| ID | #1570625904 |
| Added | Wed, 09/10/2019 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Flying Saucers: Serious Business, Edwards, Bantam paperback, 1966, p 165
The UFO Experience, Hynek, ISBN 0-345-27361-3
Source: “Flying Saucers on the Attack”…Harold T.Wilkins. pg.317; thanks to Victor Kean; identical to that in Vallee, Challenge T
Lorenzen, Flying Saucers, Signet 1966, p 240
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
Robert Campbell, patrolman Peter McCollum, Sherman (TX), 2 August 1965 3am:
"... a glowing UFO hovered near Sherman. Broadcasting stations, police and other agencies had been flooded with messages within a few hours. Television cameraman Robert Campbell met police patrolman Peter McCollum, interrogating witnesses and watching the objects for themselves.
Campbell did fixed the hovering UFO (two-minute exposure), while he and the policeman watched. The picture was overexposed, possibly due to the brilliance of the UFO...
He followed police calls on the radio and left the house at 3:00 in the morning, armed with 4×5 Speed Graphic and Tri-X to photograph a strange light, which he heard on police radio...
Shortly after midnight a news photographer for a local TV station, heard on his short-wave radio station, two police patrol on the highway to discuss reports of a UFO tracked on radar, and going to the border of Texas.
The photographer met with the chief of police. Together they searched for the object, and soon saw that it hangs in thirteen miles East of Sherman on highway 82.
Its outlines were clearly defined in the North-Eastern sky, and the photographer set up his camera. He took four pictures, two minutes with three-minute intervals. The negatives have been carefully studied by scientific consultants in the air force and astronomers. Not found acceptable explanation for the object on the negatives. This should be considered a UFO.
The remarkable aspect of this particular incident is that, being warned of the same radio program, several other people also watched the object. Campbell and McCollum were one mile East of Bells.
Highway patrol bill Caires was watching from Durant, 30 miles North of Bells, and the Manager of the Department of public safety Jim Falla was watching from a point seven miles South of Sherman, thus eliminating the possibility that the object could be a planet or a star.
The shape of the object was a cylinder with the shape of the mercury capsule at one end, possibly rounded at other end. Several distinct bands around diameter of cylinder, with disc-shaped "projections" on the surface.
Extrusion of the luminosity of one strip and the release of an unknown material accompanied the object."
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Original news
Robert Campbell, Patrolman Peter McCollum, Sherman TX; Aug 2, 1965. 3 AM: “… a glowing UFO hovered near Sherman, TX. Broadcasting stations, police, and other agencies had been flooded with reports for hours. Television cameraman Robert Campbell was out with Patrolman Peter McCollum, interviewing witnesses and watching the objects for themselves.
Campbell took a still picture of the hovering UFO[footnote 1] – a two minute time exposure while he and the police officer watched the thing. The picture was overexposed, possibly due to the brilliance of the UFO…”[footnote 2]
“… I investigated ‘on-location’ at Sherman, TX… was photographed by television newsman Bob Campbell… He had been monitoring police calls on his radio and he left his home at 3:00 AM, armed with a 4×5 Speed Graphic and Tri-X film, to photograph the strange light he had heard reported on the police radio… “[footnote 3]
“Shortly after midnight a news photographer for a local television station, heard on his short wave radio, two police highway patrols discuss reports of an UFO tracked on radar and streaking towards the Texas border.
“The photographer took his 4×5 Speed Graphic camera and drove into town, where he met the Chief of Police. Together the two men searched for the object, and soon sighted it hanging stationary thirteen miles east of Sherman, on Highway 82.
“Its outline was clearly defined in the north-eastern sky, and the photographer set up his camera. He took four exposures, two minutes each at three-minute intervals. The negatives have been carefully examined by Air Force scientific advisers and by astronomical experts. No acceptable explanation has been found for the object recorded on the negatives. It must be considered a UFO.”[footnote 4]
“The remarkable aspect of this particular incident is that, having been alerted by the same radio broadcast, several other individuals were also watching the object. Campbell and McCollum were one mile east of Bells, OK.
Highway patrolman Bill Quires was watching from Durant, 30 mi north of Bells, and Department of Public Safety Dispatcher Jim Faglia was watching from a point seven miles south of Sherman, thus precluding the possibility that the object could have been a planet or a star.”[footnote 5]
The object’s shape was a cylinder with “Mercury capsule” shape at one end, possibly rounded at other end. Several distinct bands around diameter of cylinder, with disc shaped “bosses” on surface. Bands of luminosity.
An extrusion of luminosity from one band, and an ejection of an unknown material accompanied the object.
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