CaseOther1965

Whittier, CA, USA

MY MOTHER AND I SAW A SUN-LIKE SHAPED SUN OVER A HILL IN WHITTIER,CA. EXPECTING 1000'S TO BUT NO ONE SAW EXCEPT US

Report quality: Moderate51/100

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  • Duration parsed: 5s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (114 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1965-06-15
Where
Whittier, CA, USA
Shape
Other
Duration
5 seconds
Geo
33.979, -118.033 · exact
Slug
other-over-whittier-ca-1965-defab5
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1965–1967

    The Mid-Sixties Wave

    United States (nationwide), with strong echoes in South America and Australia

    The wave that broke the Air Force. Blackout-night sightings over the Northeast (1965), the Exeter close encounters, police chases in Ohio, a schoolyard mass sighting in Melbourne (Westall), and a documented 'crash-dive'…

In context

  • Whittier, CA has 62 sightings on file here.
  • 1965 brought 24 reports from California.
  • The 1960s skewed 6.8% other reports; the archive-wide figure is 6.9%.

Report

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