Santa Ana UFO Photograph by Rex Heflin
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Rex Heflin, Orange County Highway Department project inspector, photographed a controversial UFO on August 3, 1965, near the Santa Ana freeway, later termed among the top photographic evidence by University of Colorado researcher.
“Robert J. Low, project co-ordinator of a Government-sponsored UFO study, is in Santa Ana to study a controversial 1965 UFO photo previously discredited by the Air Force... Low termed the picture, taken by Rex Heflin of Santa Ana, as "among the top four or five" items of photographic evidence of UFOs. Heflin, 37, a project inspector for the Orange County Highway Department, took his picture August 3, 1965, just off the Santa Ana freeway.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1965-08-03
- Precision
- day
- Location
- near Santa Ana freeway, Orange County, California
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Branch
- FBI
- Sensors
- photo
- Shape
- round, saucer-like
Resolution
Initially discredited by Air Force as hoax; later reevaluated by University of Colorado study as among top photographic evidence of UFOs.
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10
Case ID: 1965-FBI-F088AC
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