Near Cedar City, UtahSeptember 1955

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Summary

On September 30, 1955, near Cedar City, Utah, four civilians reported an object. The sighting lasted about two hours. The Air Force time stamp was 1800Z.

The witnesses described one square, silver object about the size of a grapefruit held at arm's length, seen without optical aids. The object stayed stationary. Two of the observers claimed to have held a mental conversation with the object, which they said claimed to be from Jupiter and said it would return in two weeks.

The Air Force concluded the object was a probable balloon. Records showed an upper-air balloon (number 81W) was over the area at the time of the sighting.

The file also includes unrelated information-only items, including a newspaper letter from late 1955 about a photograph of an object near Edwardsville, New York, and a list of October 1955 sightings with their Air Force evaluations.

Reported location

Near Cedar City, Utah

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

UT / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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: GMT 30/1800% Sep 58 O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |-O Possibly Aircraft

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1 3 en | " Civilian (4) jk o, Bavuibly Adirensiica)

3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 07 Other muisiciy S& vig puis

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1 Approx two (2) hours - One (1) |Stationary ~~ |° "™™ i
1 One (1), Square, silver objest, the size of | Preparing Officer believed this ob |
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4 a grapsfumult held at arms length, seen by 4 to be wy A oheck of MAH iE s
i obseryers, two of which held a "mental con- revealed that MDH balloon # 81W was ove

: versation” with the objeoh, seen without op~ the area at the time of the sight

: ghting.

4 tical aids. The object dlaimed to be from Resolved by this organization as Probab

i Jupiter and would revisit the obssrvers in Balloon, :

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| AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) 5 ne

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963787