Wabuska, NevadaMay 1955

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Summary

On a day in May 1955, a witness near Wabuska, Nevada, reported an object in the sky. The source was a civilian.

The object was circular and silvery white. It made a rumbling sound and flew level from south to north. The witness said its speed was greater than a jet aircraft. The sighting lasted about 10 seconds.

In Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports, this case was marked as possibly astronomical. The card notes it was possibly a meteor.

Reported location

Wabuska, Nevada

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

NV / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION [12 conclusions [
0 Was wilh
928 Ma vy 1955 _Wabuska Nevada 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 0 Possibly Bolloon
{ 2 0 Was Aircraft
Local “55703307 a AK Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
) 1 IEE bre erring a Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical M2to2o0OX
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XNo Civilian 8x Possibly Astronomical
y 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE rl oA RR RAN
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
10 secids : chi Lane 5S to North
110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Circular, Silvery-white, Rumbling Possibly a meteor,
sound, Level flight, Speed greater
than jet a/c.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
8 SR NR dA ae ATR A RE I be BR i i 4

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