Vernal, Utah unknown object sighting
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An unknown object described as resembling the moon with a blue pulsing flame was reported to have landed near Vernal, Utah on October 10, 1957. Air Force investigation found no object or evidence.
“On October 10, 1957, the Air Force was flooded with calls and the newspapers were full of reports that an unknown object described as "looked like the moon" and trailing a "blue flame that pulsed like a heart" had landed in the vicinity of Vernal, Utah. The Air Force immediately investigated these reports with negative results, inasmuch as no object was located nor was there any evidence of an object having fallen in Utah.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1957-10-10
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Vernal, Utah
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Utah
- Branch
- USAF
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- described as "looked like the moon"
Resolution
Air Force investigation found no object or evidence; determined nonauthentic
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_9
Case ID: 1957-USAF-89CC
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