Nealis AFB, NevadaSeptember 1955

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Summary

On September 4, 1955, before dawn near Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, military witnesses saw an object. The observers were a pilot and a weather forecaster. The Air Force time stamp was 1258Z. The sighting lasted about seven minutes.

They described one spherical, orange-red object about the size of a dime held at arm's length. It appeared to be blazing, and various colors were seen, but orange was the main color. When first seen the object looked stationary, but through a theodolite (a tracking instrument) it seemed to be moving slightly.

A local intelligence officer first thought the sighting might be a comet. The reporting headquarters found the description matched a balloon, especially since it was seen just before dawn. Records showed a weather balloon (number 97W) was in the east over Nellis at the time, and the object was seen at 80 degrees azimuth. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a balloon.

Reported location

Nealis AFB, Nevada

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

NV / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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1. DATE 2 LOCATION a CONCLUSIONS

& Was Balloon :

4 = Sep 20 : | Nedlis AFB, Nevada (m} Probably Balloon

1 ENCE EE Bn LS Rk AE

4 (reean & Ground-Visudl 0 Ground-Radar = Nm alrceay

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: GMT 04/12582 Sep 65 i 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft !

E 5. PHPTOS 18. SOURCE Geel Wes Astronomical

= Yes O Probably Astronomical

3 a ih gore | Military (Pilot and forecas @r Possibly Astronomical

- 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE We OYfeR wl Sh sue

Eo : O Insufficient Data for Evaluation

i Seven (Minutes) : One (1) ile O Unknown |

i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |

P One (1), shperioal, orange-red object, the size Received by AF Form 112. The local in-

| of a dime hald at arms length, appeared as if telligence officer £ +

E He WET dread bl was of the opinion

© ® objach was bla,img, Vardous colors | that this eighting was generated by a

PE wore observed but the pradominand color was comet. The description of this object |
E orange. Then the object was first observed it | appears to be that of a balloon, es=
: Srodeet to be statiomary, tut nheerved thru pecially since this was seen just before

1 heodolite iteppeared to tw waving slightly. dawn. MDH Balloon # 97W was in the east ]
over Nellis at the time of the sighting |
E | and the object was seen at 80° azimuth. |
Eo : | Resolved by this headquarters as WAS
- ( N 0 CASE 1M €i A Balloon |
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