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UFO case file · UFO-30220

12Mi NWOf Las Vegas unidentified aerial event — August 1958

CE1United States1958-08-01

12Mi NWOf Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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Case description

On or during August 1958, at or near 12Mi NWOf Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, the source reports the following sequence: THE FOLLOWING UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IS SUBMITTED. OBJECT SEEMED TO RISE 30 DEGREE TO LEFT AGAIN CONTINUES TILL DISAPPEARED. C5) OBJECT OBSERVED TO HOVER AROUND 5 MINUTES. THEN ACCELERATED TO LEFT AND DISAPPEARED INTO GROUND HORIZON. 28 AUG FJWZJ8 CZCSQC4272CYYA544 PP RJEDSQ DE RJWZNJ 73 P 1528132 FM COMDR .4527TH CCTRAWG TAC FTR TO REDDN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB RJWZJB/COMDR 27TH AD RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENT RJEZHO/ASST COPS INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF RJEZHO/DIS HQ USAF INFO RJEDDN/COMDR 1025TH AISS BT UNCLAS FROM OI-08 0404 SUBJECTS UNIDENTIFID FLYING OBJECT. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2, PARAGRAPH 13, 5SFEB 58. ORANGE, (4) 20- (5) N/A. (6) NONE. (7) NONE. (8) NONE. (5) OBJECT FIRST SIGHTED AS DIFFUSED LIGHT. IN ROUGH BROKEN TERRAIN. (2) ELEVATION 22 DEGREES, AZIMUTH 33 DEGREES. (4) AFTER ONE AND ONE HALF MINUTE OBSERVATION OF OBJECT, IT MOVED DOWN AND TO LEFT FOR SHORT DISTANCE TO THE LEFT FOR LEVEL OF REFERENCE POINT AND REMAINED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE, THEN WENT BACK TO LEFT OF ORIGINAL SIGHTING POSITION. OBJECT MOVED SECOND TIME IN SAME MANNER AND STOPPED JUST TO LEFT OF REFERENCE POINT AND REMAINED IN THIS POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE, THEN SLOWLY DESCENDED TO LEFT AND DISAPPEARED. (6) OBJECT VISIBLE (FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES) C. REPORTED NO UNUSUAL INCIDENTS.

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