Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Correspondence regarding Delta, Utah Sighting
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A reported UFO sighting near Delta, Utah, in September 1952 was investigated and subsequently identified as a dropped jet aircraft wing tank.
This document contains a Project 10073 record card and subsequent military communications regarding a sighting near Delta, Utah, on September 11, 1952. Initially, a private pilot reported seeing a silver object high over his farm that wobbled, created a vapor trail, and dove to earth, causing a dust eruption. The witness, who was unable to locate the object immediately due to heavy sagebrush, initially suspected it might be a jet aircraft. The initial record card entry, dated September 1952, suggests the sighting was believed to be a reflection of lights due to weather conditions. However, follow-up military cables dated September 11 and 12, 1952, clarify the incident. The witness later located the object in his field and identified it as a 129-gallon wing tank from a jet aircraft (Foxtrot 86). The documentation concludes with the identification of the object as a piece of military hardware rather than an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
LOCATED OBJECT AND IDENTIFIES AS WING TANK PD BELIEVED TO BE OF 129 GALLON CAPACITY PD FOUND IN HIS FIELD AND PLAQUED AS BEING FROM JET ACFT FOXTROT 86
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Official Assessment
Believed to be reflection of lights, due to weather conditions (initial card); later identified as a wing tank from a jet aircraft (cables).
The object reported as an unidentified silver object was subsequently identified by the witness as a 129-gallon wing tank from a jet aircraft (Foxtrot 86) found in his field.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Private Pilot
Key Persons
- [illegible]Witness/Partner