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Damon Deputies’ Close Triangular-Object Encounter

September 3, 1965Damon / West Columbia Highway 36, Texas, United States

Deputies Bob Goode and Billy McCoy reported a huge silent dark triangular object rushing toward them, hovering close above a pasture, illuminating the ground and patrol car in purple light, radiating heat, and later departing rapidly upward. Hall notes the Air Force ultimately treated the case as unexplained.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Triangle / V / Boomerang(C-000254)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Encounter Claim

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CLAIM-950017reported
“Goode and McCoy described a huge dark triangular object with purple and blue end lights hovering about 100 feet high, illuminating the ground and vehicle while heat was felt, then departing rapidly.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · September 3, 1965 Damon deputies case; uploaded PDF pp. 56-58
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-950018reported
“Hall says Project Blue Book first applied an Antares/refraction explanation but Maj. Hector Quintanilla later retracted it and characterized the sighting as unexplained.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Damon Blue Book explanation history; uploaded PDF pp. 58-59
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Hall Volume II Model-UFO / Typical-Features Framework · Hall Volume II Source Framework

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CLAIM-955250reported
“Hall’s model-UFO table uses ten recurring features: multiple witnesses, disc/ellipse shape, E-M effects, body lights, bright illumination, light beams, hover-acceleration, sharp maneuvers, physiological effects and physical effects.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · The Model UFO/Table 2 typical features; uploaded PDF pp. 463-465
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Hall Volume II Model-UFO / Typical-Features Framework · Hall Volume II Recurring Feature

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CLAIM-955251reported
“Hall selects ten cases to illustrate combinations of the model features and describes Socorro as prototypical in other respects because of witness quality, traces, prompt investigation and an unresolved official outcome.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Model-case discussion; uploaded PDF pp. 463-465
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Hall Volume II Model-UFO / Typical-Features Framework · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-955253unverified
“The typical-feature table intentionally favors detailed multi-channel cases and therefore should not be interpreted as the necessary definition of every UFO report.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Model-feature caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 463-465
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