NW of Las Vegas, NevadaAugust 1955

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On the night of August 17, 1955, into the early morning, a civilian woman saw a strange light while driving northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. She was an elementary school teacher who lived in a Las Vegas trailer park. The sighting lasted between about 1.5 and 2 hours.

She described one pear-shaped object, like an electric light bulb, giving off an intense bluish-white light. The light suddenly appeared in front of her car. She said it seemed to hover, then rose and moved around, appearing on all sides of the car at different times. She believed the object was interested in capturing her and her car.

The object stayed with her until dawn, then disappeared behind a mountain range to the east.

The Air Force concluded the report was due to psychological causes. The investigating officer wrote that the witness seemed sincere and intelligent but noted the possibility of paranoiac symptoms. Her reliability was listed as unknown.

Reported location

NW of Las Vegas, Nevada

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

NV / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

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aie PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
17 Aug 55 NW of Las Vegas, Nevada : Biohioiy Bellvon
ih A Sid dices si ion eA i dia ii A As i tit i it ingame 2 |
13. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION edt (nin |
I cin niiiaiisast 0 Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar a Bridie Riviere
eMT_17/1030-1200 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS + SOUR O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
O-Ne } O Possibly Astronomical
CIARA 1 Bl BL Ta) RRO 4
. | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B Other _PsychologicalCauges
4 OD Insufficisnt Dota for Evaluation
4 | approx 1% hrs 1 See description |B Unknown
NTR LT 11%
i Une pear shaped obj, similar to light bulb, Ascribe report to psychological
§ seemed to be intense blue light. Light causes of witness. :
i suddenly appeared in front of observer's car.
{ “bserver stated obj was seen on all sides of
» .2r car, and believed obj was interested in
i "apturing her and her car. Obj left with
i poreach of dawn, disappearing behind mountain |
“ange to east.
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| “IC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) |

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