Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 13 November 1957 Sighting, Las Vegas, Nevada
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1957 sighting over Las Vegas involving a TWA pilot and radar confirmation was officially attributed to an aircraft. The report highlights the intersection of commercial flight patterns and unidentified radar contacts.
On November 13, 1957, at 0429Z, an unidentified aerial phenomenon was reported over Las Vegas, Nevada. The incident involved a single object characterized by bright lights, which witnesses compared to landing lights. The object was observed by a TWA pilot while the aircraft was on a base leg approach to McCarran Field. Simultaneously, the object was tracked by ground-based air-intercept radar at a G.C.I. site. Other air traffic, including United Flight 615, was also in the vicinity within the traffic pattern. The official record card for Project 10073, processed by the Air Technical Intelligence Center, concludes that the object was 'probably aircraft,' citing the presence of other aircraft in the area and the nature of the visual and radar observations. The documentation includes a teletype message confirming the details of the sighting, noting the specific time and the involvement of commercial airline traffic in the area. The report is marked as unclassified.
Object with bright lights (as landing lights) sighted also on radar. Obj was orbiting.
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Official Assessment
Probably aircraft
The object was observed visually by a TWA pilot and tracked on radar. The conclusion reached by the evaluating agency was that the object was likely an aircraft, noting other aircraft were in the vicinity.
Witnesses
- TWA PilotTWA
- United Flight 615 crewUnited Airlines