Incident #1001247
Mercury, Nye Cty, Nevada
Jan 1980
Account
An employee of an engineering company driving South through the Nevada Nuclear Test Site on the Tippipah Highway saw a 6 to 7-foot creature covered with dark hair walking like a man. He stopped about 40 yards from it and watched it cross the highway headed Northeast towards Yucca Flat and disappear out in the sagebrush. He reported to test site security personnel, who were not able to find any tracks.
When
- Observation Date
- JAN 16 1980
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1980
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- noon
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Nevada
- County
- Nye Cty
- Nearest Town
- Mercury
- Direction from Town
- North Northwest
- Distance from Town
- 20
- Population of Town
- 300
- Elevation/Altitude
- 50
- Latitude
- 364---
- Longitude
- 1160---
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- on
- Terrain Object
- road
- Shot Hit
- No
- Tracks
- not found
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- 2nd person
Setting
- Terrain
- desert
- Exact Terrain
- open area
- Slope
- level
- Cover
- none
- General
- none
- Undergrowth
- some
- Undergrowth type
- hard stemmed
- General undergrowth
- moderate
- Variety
- sagebrush
Weather and light
- Lighting
- daylight
- Visibility Index
- 8
Source
- Source
- Associated Press from Las Vegas quoting Dave Jacks
- Source Type
- newspaper
- Source Date
- JAN 23 1980
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 5
- Jwg file date
- FEB 1980
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- dark
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- crossed road, walked away
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Male
- Interviewer
- Security personnel at the Department of Energy command post at Mercury
- Interview date
- JAN 161980
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in truck
- Moving Y/N
- Yes
- Position
- seated
- Making Noise Y/N
- Yes
- Closest horizontal distance
- 50 yards
- Least vertical distance
- nil
- Action on sighting
- stayed still, studied
- No of witnesses
- 1