Salt Lake City, UtahJuly 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 15, 1959, in late daylight, a civilian in the southeast part of Salt Lake City, Utah, reported an object in the sky. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The witness described a half-moon shaped object about the size of a quarter held at arm's length. The outline was a mass of flickering lights, like the windows of an airliner. The observer said it moved about four times faster than jets in the area.

The record card noted the information was meager and that the reported speed was probably overestimated. It concluded the sighting was a possible aircraft.

Reported location

Salt Lake City, Utah

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

UT / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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Eo : J PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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BE 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i O Was Balloon
5 15 Jul 59 Salt Take Cit. Utah ; O Probably Balloon
5 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION —| 8 Possibly Balloon
: 189A x ¥ 2 0 Was Aircraft
A Baealimi ans bit Whole voi diy =e) Or Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0. Probably Aircroft
fit a pL ARR TERN x : :
- GMT 1. BALTES EOIESE®, 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
A © PHBTAE a
E 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
A 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
4 Xx No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [ef 0}, (YE SR Ee SN
i O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
’ 0 Unknown
E OGD aan one :
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iE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Half Moon 1aped obj, size of quarter at Possible a/c. On meager info given
# -farm’c length. Outlin obj was a mass of fl ighting clasced as possible a/e.
J a lickering lights--1ike windon f airliner, peed of 4 times faster than Jets in |
loved four times fasber than jelbs in area. area probably overestimated
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983857