Project 10073 Record and Staff Message Branch Incoming Message regarding UFO Reports in Las Vegas, Nevada

This document is a declassified Air Force staff message dated March 24, 1967, regarding four separate UFO reports filed in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 11 and 12, 1967. The reports were compiled by 2LT Peter B. Thatcher, the UFO Reporting Officer at Nellis Air Force Base, and forwarded to the University of Colorado for the attention of Dr. Condon. The reports describe various sightings of round objects with white, green, and red lights. Witness descriptions vary, with some reporting the object as round, others as V-shaped, and some noting antennas. The duration of the sightings ranged from less than one minute to one and a half hours. The investigating officer noted that despite the time differences, it appeared all four parties were observing the same object. The official conclusion for the initial report suggests the object may have been the planet Venus or an aircraft, noting that Venus was low in the western horizon at the time. The document emphasizes that the witnesses were independent of one another and did not know each other, which the investigator suggests accounts for the similarity in their reports. The document also includes detailed meteorological data for the area at the time of the sightings.