There aren’t many crash/retrieval stories that took place on a military base. The vast majority of UFO accounts come from civilians who happened to be around when an exceptional event occurred. The reported destruction of a craft in 1962, not far from Nellis Air Force Base south of Las Vegas, Nevada, is one of the few UFO cases that need further investigation.
The Las Vegas case, like many other accounts of UFO crashes, was largely disregarded by the UFO research community. Frank Edwards, who mentioned the Roswell case in his 1966 book “Flying Saucers-Serious Business,” shared more information about the crash near Las Vegas in his 1964 book Strange World.
Edwards claimed that a craft seen over Oneida, New York, was traveling west. Reports came in from Kansas and Colorado, and there were hints of something nearby outside of Eureka, Utah. Something bright enough to illuminate the streets of Reno, Nevada before turning toward Las Vegas. At a height of 10,000 feet, it blazed brightly before disappearing from the radar scopes of the Nellis Air Force Base.
On the evening of April 18, 1962, thousands of people witnessed this object as it traveled across the nation. It was quickly assumed as a bright meteor by the air force and debunkers because it was so dazzling that it could illuminate the darker terrain like the sun in the afternoon.
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