12 Mi NW Of Las Vegas, Nev., August 1958August 1958

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On August 13, 1958 (0730Z), two civilians at a ranch about 12 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, reported an unidentified flying object during night hours. The witnesses described one round, light orange object the size of a grapefruit. It gave off diffused light in an area where no lights had been seen before. The light moved down and to the left to tree-top level, then returned to its original position. It moved a second time in the same way, slowly descending until it disappeared. The sighting lasted 4 to 5 minutes.

The area was arid, rough, and broken terrain with no roads. Weather had broken high clouds with thunderstorms and occasional lightning to the northwest. An inbound T-33 aircraft within 12 miles of the sighting reported no unusual incidents. The Air Force conclusion on the Project 10073 record card was probably a conventional light of some sort. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

12 Mi NW Of Las Vegas, Nev., August 1958

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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gy PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
. O Wes Belloon
) August 1958 12 Mi NW of Las Vegas, Nev, O Probably Belton |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Belleen |
; IT — Rt RTP O Ground-Roder EH Proidity Severely
GMT 13/07302 0 Air Visuvel O Air-Intercopt Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
S$. ‘PHOTOS. « SOU O Was Astronomicol
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
XINo Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CF
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
0 Unknown
4-9 mins ONE Descending
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd, light orange obj, size of grape- Probably conventional light of
fruit, diffiused light in area where some sort,
no lights of any type have been seen |
before, Light moved down & to left to
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disappeared.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979422