3 October 1961
(Deseret News/Salt Lake Telegram, Salt Lake City, Utah)
(Deseret News/Salt Lake Telegram, Salt Lake City, Utah)
Waldo J. Harris, a civilian
pilot, and seven other persons witnesses sighted a disk shaped UFO over the Utah
Central Airport, Granger, Utah (now known as West Valley City), a suburb of Salt
Lake City, on 2 October 1961, according to the article:
Quote from the article:
“Air Force officials Tuesday
were investigating reports by at least eight observers, including a veteran
pilot, that a ‘flying saucer’ was seen hovering over the southern Salt Lake
Valley Monday.
Investigation teams from Hill
Air Force Base Monday questioned the observers, including pilot Waldo J. Harris,
531 Garfield Ave. (1831 South), who was the first to sight the unidentified
object.
Mr. Harris was preparing to take
off on a routine flight Monday shortly before noon from Utah Central Airport, 3200
W. 2100 South, when he saw the object south of the field.
Harris said he was about five
miles from the disc when he first sighted it and attempted to close in on the
object.
‘When I got about three miles
from the object, it suddenly moved upward like an elevator and began to move
south.’
The object had no visible portholes
or exhaust smoke.
It was flying at about 6,500 to
7,000 feet ,
Mr. Harris told HAFB security officers.”
“Abandoned & Little-Known
Airfields: Northwestern Utah:
Utah Central Airport, Granger, UT” (airfields-freeman.com):
Utah Central Airport, Granger, UT” (airfields-freeman.com):
“West Valley City, Utah” (City-Data.com):
http://www.city-data.com/city/West-Valley-City-Utah.html
Satellite photo of West Valley City, Utah
(tageo.com photo)
