Nellis AFB, NevadaSeptember 1955

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Summary

On September 4, 1955, near Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, military witnesses reported an object. The observers were a pilot and a weather forecaster. The Air Force time stamp was 1258Z.

They described one spherical, orange-red object about the size of a dime held at arm's length. The whole object appeared to be blazing. 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 appeared to be moving slightly.

The Air Force concluded the object was a balloon. Records showed a weather balloon (number 97W) was in the east over Nellis at the time of the sighting, and the object was seen at 80 degrees azimuth, which confirmed the balloon evaluation.

Reported location

Nellis 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

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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] Lay PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Aost

k ). DATE | 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

2d Was Ballo

Sep 55 Nellis AFB, Nevada BD Probably Balloon

| |3 DATE-TINE GROUP "4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION nae Bly pellsen |
| Local iit h Moko Siblaesa sin, XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 2 Sra
d GMT 0k/12582 wid) 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircraft
.  |'5 PHOTOS 2, ~| 5. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

El. O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical ’

] of No a military (pilot and forecaster)T Possibly Astronomical ;

"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE WORE ae i

3 D Insufficient Data for Evaluation

1 dite 1 SLatieak 0 Unknown

"io. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING gn 11. COMMENTS : 3

1 Obj appears to be that of balloon.

1 e, spherical, orange-red nb), size of dime MDH Balloon # 97W was in east over

. peld at arms lenght, appearsd as if whole obj Nellis at time of sighting and obj was

E 8 blazing. Varolus colors observed predominant seen at 80 deg az confirming balloon

| olor was orange When obj first observed evaluaton.

i ppeared stationary, but obs=rved thru

] heodolite it appeared to he moving sligghtly.

~ [NO CASE IN FILE)

"ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82) PEF gee

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