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Salt Lake City Pilot Pursuit of Hovering Disc

October 2, 1961Utah Central Airport / Salt Lake Valley, Utah, United States

Private pilot Waldo J. Harris reported approaching a hovering disc south of Utah Central Airport while ground personnel also watched. He described abrupt vertical movement, relocation to a distant hover, and a high-speed climbing departure.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Disc / Saucer(C-000253)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-689007reported
“Hall reproduces Harris's account of a disc that remained approximately stationary, rose abruptly as he approached, moved roughly ten miles to another hover, then departed on a climbing course and disappeared in two or three seconds.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Waldo J. Harris Salt Lake report; uploaded PDF pp. 9-10
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Salt Lake City Sand-Blasted-Aluminum Disc (1961) · Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-689008reported
“Harris described a disc roughly 50-55 feet in diameter and 8-10 feet thick, with a sand-blasted-aluminum appearance and no visible wings, tail, windows, doors, or landing-gear features.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Harris morphology description; uploaded PDF pp. 10-10
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The UFO Evidence (1964) Selected Case Corpus · Hall / NICAP Corpus Method

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CLAIM-689001reported
“The Abstract says NICAP selected 740 reports after considering more than 5,000 signed reports and many hundreds of reports from newspapers and other publications, emphasizing observer qualifications and multiple-observer cases.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Selection method and 740-report figure; uploaded PDF pp. 3-3 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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CLAIM-689002reported
“Later in the Introduction Hall says the report contains 746 sightings: 575 in the main chronology and 171 in separate concentration chronologies.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · 746-sighting total and chronology breakdown; uploaded PDF pp. 8-8 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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CLAIM-689003reported
“Hall states that 50% of the 575 main-chronology cases involved trained or experienced observers.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · Trained/experienced observer statistic; uploaded PDF pp. 8-8 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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The UFO Evidence (1964) Selected Case Corpus · Investigation Source Caveat

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CLAIM-689004reported
“NICAP explicitly distinguishes its physical-UFO investigation from contactee, religious, philosophical, and spiritual claims and says its investigations found no evidence supporting claimed rides in flying saucers, while alleging considerable fraud in that area.”
The UFO Evidence
SRC-002107 · NICAP scope and contactee/fraud disclaimer; uploaded PDF pp. 4-5 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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