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
Part of a wave
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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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