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America West Flight 564 Bovina Cigar-Object Sighting

May 25, 1995Airspace near Bovina, Texas, United States

America West Flight 564 cockpit witnesses reported sequential bright lights outlining a dark wingless elongated object near Bovina. FAA voice tapes documented real-time communications; the sighted object was not on FAA radar, and a later controller account of a separate unusual NORAD target could not be confirmed.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Elongated / Cigar / Cylinder(C-000255)→Physical Trace & Environmental Effects(P-000103)→
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Encounter Claim

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CLAIM-950041reported
“Flight 564 crew reported sequential bright lights and, against lightning-lit clouds, a dark wingless cigar-like silhouette; FAA voice tapes captured real-time discussion and military checks found no explanation.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · May 25, 1995 America West Flight 564 case; uploaded PDF pp. 81-82
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-950042unverified
“A controller later said NORAD had tracked another target that stopped and accelerated, but Hall states this account, based on one controller’s word, could not be confirmed.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Unconfirmed later NORAD-target account; uploaded PDF pp. 81-82
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Hall Volume II Physical and Instrumental Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Evidence Claim

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CLAIM-950010reported
“Section I summarizes physical/instrumental evidence as radar tracking correlated with visual observations, ground and foliage traces, physiological effects, electromagnetic effects on vehicles, and photographs.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · What Physical and Instrumental Evidence Is There for UFOs?; uploaded PDF pp. 71-71 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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