CaseLight1978

Las Vegas (interstate east of), NV, USA

I THOUGHT IT WAS A MORNING STAR UNTIL A CLOUD COVER MOVED IN BEHUND IT. I PULLED OVER TO TAKE A PHOTO AND AS I AIMED MY CAMERA THE OBJE

Report quality: Moderate49/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-06-01
Where
Las Vegas (interstate east of), NV, USA
Shape
Light
Duration
Geo
36.175, -115.137 · exact
Slug
light-over-las-vegas-interstate-east-of-nv-1978-3b4dae
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

    Colares & Operação Prato

    Ilha de Colares and the Baixo Amazonas, Pará, Brazil

    The most physically aggressive wave on record. Luminous objects — locals called them 'chupa-chupa' (sucker-sucker) — descended nightly over fishing villages, projecting beams that left burns, puncture marks, anemia and…

In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Las Vegas (interstate east of), NV.
  • This case is one of 2 Nevada reports filed in 1978.
  • Light craft made up 11.6% of 1970s reports, vs 20.3% across the whole archive.

Report

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