Delta, Utah, [ILLEGIBLE]Date unknown

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Summary

A resident near Delta, Utah reported seeing a silver object hovering about four miles south of Delta Airport around November 1952. The object wobbled and made a vapor trail, then fell to earth on the witness's farm, causing a dust eruption. The witness initially thought a jet aircraft had passed overhead at the same time. A private pilot reported seeing scattered debris and broken visibility in the area. The Air Force later identified the object as a wing tank from a jet aircraft, possibly from an F-86 Sabre jet based at a nearby installation.

Reported location

Delta, Utah, [ILLEGIBLE]

Date of incident

Date unknown

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

PROJECT 10273 RECORD CARD 1. LOCATION Delta, Utah 2. CONCLUSIONS 13. Was Balloon Probably S. Sun Fisc U. Unk un 12. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 4. SOURCE Airman - Zilco 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. SOURCE 1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Silver color. Was wing tank from jet aircraft. AFFC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)