Project 10073 Record Card - Las Vegas, Nevada - 26 April 1964

On April 26, 1964, at 1826Z, a civilian engineer for Westinghouse observed a formation of 12 to 15 unidentified objects near Thunderbird Airfield in Las Vegas, Nevada. The witness, who was watching light aircraft take off, described the objects as oblong, silver, and similar in appearance to an open parachute canopy. The objects were observed at an elevation of 20 to 30 degrees above the horizon. They traveled in a southerly direction for approximately 30 seconds in a random pattern, which the witness described as being 'like a bunch of bees,' before reversing course to the north and disappearing after approximately 45 seconds. The total duration of the sighting was two minutes. The weather was reported as clear with high thin broken clouds. Lieutenant Colonel Jack L. Pope, Chief of the Training Division, concluded that due to the available facts, it was impossible to make an accurate analysis of the cause of the sighting. The report was marked as terminal unless further information became available, though a note on the record card suggested the sighting was characteristic of the flight of birds.