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Investigator summary Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d

UFO sighting near Tonopah, Nevada (1985)

21 October 1985 night Tonopah, Nevada

Account

During a nighttime stealth test flight between two desert airfields, two aircraft crews observed an unidentified object without navigation lights maneuvering above them and unable to be shaken. Fighter jets were scrambled and fired missiles that damaged the object, which landed in a remote test area where a second identical object briefly appeared. After a multi-day wait, a recovery team forced open the craft, found three seats and no conventional controls, and moved it to an underground facility.

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What was reported

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Sightings

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Facts & provenance

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Date
21 October 1985
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · transcript:00:36:00-00:38:01
Time of day
night
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · transcript:00:36:00-00:38:01
Place
Tonopah, Nevada
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · transcript:00:36:00-00:38:01 · read with 75% confidence
Map point
38.0822, -117.2246 (± 15 km)
Geocoded Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · gazetteer:place · read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Tonopah CDP (GEOID 3273600), matched from nearest town 'Tonopah'
Account type
Investigator summary
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · transcript:00:40:33-00:43:00 · read with 85% confidence
Figures reported
2
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · transcript:00:47:58-00:50:24 · read with 85% confidence
Witness was
test flight training mission
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · transcript:00:36:00-00:38:01
Witness's word for it
Bogey 1
Stated Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · transcript:00:38:01-00:40:33
Creature category
UAP
Derived Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d · transcript:00:36:00-00:54:54 · read with 80% confidence

Evidence & investigation

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Other

Measurements: 30-foot diameter, 3,405 pounds

transcript:00:52:25-00:54:54
Other
transcript:00:40:33-00:43:00

Source timeline

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  1. Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #709fe89a-f8a4-48bd-a6d1-57a09af02d1d Podcast Interview
    Published 2022-06-20 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Listen from 0:36:00 (account ends about 0:54:54) Hash f08eac308c71
    Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)