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Reconstruction of Truman Bethurum's 1952 contactee encounter near Salt Lake City showing a color-cycling disc-shaped craft hovering over desert terrain along Highway 91 at night with small humanoid figures near an open doorway.

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Utah Sightings

1952: Encounter near Salt Lake City, Utah

Published: April 8, 2013 | Updated: November 5, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP & ENTITY ENCOUNTER REPORT 1952: Encounter near Salt Lake City, Utah – 2nd Sighting Two weeks after his first claimed boarding...

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Reconstruction of Truman Bethurum's second 1952 encounter near Salt Lake City showing a female figure silhouetted in the amber-lit doorway of a grounded disc-shaped craft with a man in work clothes approaching across desert terrain.

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Utah Sightings

1952: Encounter near Salt Lake City, Utah – 2nd Sighting

Published: April 8, 2013 | Updated: June 19, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT 1952: Encounter near Salt Lake City, Utah – 2nd Sighting Two weeks after his first claimed boarding near Salt...

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1952: Encounter near Salt Lake City, Utah

1952: Encounter near Salt Lake City, Utah – 2nd Sighting

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