UFO seen as locomotive in Wyoming

Summary

In October 1955, a 23-year-old man in Cheyenne, Wyoming, claimed to have seen an unidentified flying object shaped like a blue-lit disc. According to his account, the object emitted a sound similar to an electric motor and made looping movements. However, military investigators concluded that the sighting had no real basis. They determined that the sound heard was that of a diesel locomotive passing nearby, and that the object's description stemmed from the witness's overactive imagination. Additionally, there were no other witnesses or physical evidence supporting the existence of an unidentified aerial object.

The confusion partly arose from inconsistencies in the testimonies. The main witness, a hunter using a spotlight to track deer, initially claimed to have seen the object, but later retracted his statement. Other reports agreed that there were no additional sightings or physical traces of the alleged UFO. The investigation concluded that the rumor originated from a combination of fear, imagination, and the coincidence of a train passing nearby. The most plausible explanation, according to investigators, was that the sound and light perceived were the result of the diesel locomotive, and that the witness projected his experience into a more dramatic narrative.