Las Vegas, NevadaMay 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 30, 1960, a witness in Las Vegas, Nevada, saw objects in the sky. The card lists one object that became two. The object was seen high in the sky at about 75 to 80 degrees above the horizon.

The object was white and a dark color. It disappeared behind clouds and then reappeared as two objects. The witness reported extreme speed and height. The witness was described as well qualified in aviation.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that if the sighting had not been made by a person well qualified in aviation, the case would have been classified differently.

Reported location

Las Vegas, Nevada

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

NV / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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30 May 60 Las Vegas, Nevada O Probably Balloon |
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
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CMT 30/21452 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft |
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# 8 Mh Civilian o Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHR RES RRS oh ot al
i X Insufficient Data for Evaluation
j 2 min one then two | NW w/90° turn [CO Unknown /
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1). COMMENTS
One object white and dark color disappeared If this were not observed by a person
& | behind clouds and reappeared as two objects. well qualified in aviation the case woul
| Extreme speed and height. 75-80° above horizon be classified as probable a/ ¢, however
| 055 az. Made 90° turn (one) from course of NW.| in View of observers qualification and
4 Objects disappeared behind clouds after being femiliarity with aviation case listed as |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987061