Sighting record / 1965
August 4, 1965. Viney Grove, a small community north of Prairie Grove in Washington County, Arkansas. Bill Estep noticed a flashing light in the sky. He went to take a closer look. What he found was hanging in the air just above the trees. A long, narrow, silver object. Lighted windows. A revolving light on top. That same night, people across Fayetteville reported lights in the sky. Police could not confirm what Estep had seen. But the man who investigated told the press he believed Estep had seen something. The case was never confirmed. It was never explained either.
The summer of 1965 was restless over the American Plains. In the first days of August, reports poured in from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. On August 1, radar at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma picked up targets. The same day, a TWA 707 near Topeka reported "12-15 targets on Air-Intercept Radar." In Sherman, Texas, stations and police were "flooded with reports."