Case file · Close encounter
John Reeves landing, Brooksville
On 2 March 1965 retiree John Reeves said a saucer landed in the scrub between Brooksville and Weeki Wachee, Florida, and a robot-like being stepped out and photographed him.
1965 CE · 28.55, -82.45 · status: hoax
The account
He produced sheets of thin paper covered in strange markings that he said the being dropped. The Air Force collected them, and Reeves later claimed the papers he got back had been switched.
The sceptical view
Project Blue Book concluded the case was a hoax; the 'alien writing' was reported to be a simple substitution cipher. Local officials described Reeves as sincere.