CaseUnknown1952

Dugway (in the vicinity of), UT, USA

A USAF pilot cadet reported encountering an unidentified object near Dugway, Utah during a night instrument training flight in December 1952.

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 (141 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1952-12-15
Where
Dugway (in the vicinity of), UT, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
Geo
40.221, -112.744 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-dugway-in-the-vicinity-of-ut-1952-bd9f1a
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1952

    The 1952 Flap & the Washington Merry-Go-Round

    United States, focal point Washington D.C.

    The biggest official flap in U.S. history. On the weekends of July 19-20 and 26-27, unknowns tracked on radar at Washington National Airport and Andrews AFB — with simultaneous visual and airborne confirmations —…

In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Dugway (in the vicinity of), UT.
  • This case is one of 2 Utah reports filed in 1952.

Report

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