Las Vegas, NevadaJanuary 1954

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On January 10, 1954, a spherical object was seen over Las Vegas, Nevada. The witness was a civilian rancher who noticed the object while tending livestock. He described one white object about 12 feet across. It sat at about 80 degrees elevation toward 340 degrees azimuth and appeared to stay in the same spot. There was no trail and no sound.

The man watched for about 13 minutes, then looked away to call Nellis Air Force Base. When he looked back, the object was gone. He was a former Air Force pilot with eleven years of service and was considered reliable.

The weather station said a weather balloon had been released from Nellis Air Force Base at 0705 local time. The balloon rose nearly straight up with a slight northward drift. The Air Force listed the case on its Project 10073 record, the official file for unidentified flying object reports, and concluded the sighting was the weather balloon.

Reported location

Las Vegas, Nevada

Date of incident

January 1954

State / country

NV / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 20

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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CTS
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
: I. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
10 Jan bY 8 Vegna, Nevada & Was Balloon
5 ARERR DY 0 Probably Balloon
BB | 3. DATE-TINE GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION W_ Possitly Sune |
boeod ooo | XXCreund-Visvel O Ground-Radar 8 Pan Rivera |
CMT Q 4 " 0 Ain Visual O Air-Intercopt Radar O Possibly Aircraft ;
HOTO! 1. Jost 0 Was Astronomical
0 VYes O Probably Astronomical
Qa Ne DO Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION , OBJECTS BD SPUN icon aiming
i3 minutes -~ : - RA Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ge :
spherical ob] 12' In dlameter, white, Balloon released from Nellis AFB at
userved at 80° elev, 340° A7/ Appeared 07052 would be over location
tationary. of cbserver. Confirmed balloon sighting.
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) sae)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28957325