23 March 1966 05:00
Temple S Us70, Oklahoma, USA
AF Base electronics instructor encountered large fish-shaped UFO blocking highway. Human-like figure ran inside craft, which ascended rapidly. two truck drivers also observed. Not experimental aircraft.
An object was observed. It departed by rapidly flying straight up until lost to sight. One silver fish-shaped object, about 80 feet across, around 100 feet away, was observed in partly cloudy weather by three male witnesses, one of them an experienced observor, on a highway for a few seconds (Anderson; Laxton, Eddie). A drilling sound was heard. One 5.8-foot-tall humanoid, wearing a khaki coverall, was seen.
Hynek rating: CE3: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Entity reports)
Vallee rating: CE3: Entities have been observed on the UFO.
Vallee reliability rating: 242: Reliable source,secondhand; site visit by a skilled analyst; natural explanation requires major alteration of one parameter.
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