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NW of Las Vegas, Nevada, August 1955

Date of account
1955-08
Location
NW of Las Vegas, Nevada
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 17Aug55 NW of Las Vegas,Nevada 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT-17/1030-1200 AirVisuol D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Y·s 口 Probably Astronomical xO.No 口 Possibly Astronomical Civilian (teacher. 7.LENGTH OP OSSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE Othor_ PsychologicalCauses InsufficisntData forEvaluation approx l hrs 1 See description 口 Unknown 1O. SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One pear shaped obj, similar to light bulb, Ascribe report to psychological Geemed to be intense blue light.Light causes of witness. suddenly appeared in front of observer's car. Observer stated obj was seen on all sides of. her car, and believed obj was interested in cap

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