not been noted on any sighting that i have heard of.

In November 1978 while i was moving with my family my father jokingly told me to come here.  We were draining the septic tank on our trailer. 
So I went the the end of it and saw what appeared to be a long cylindrical shaped object in the air. Being the all knowing 9-yr old i said it was a low flying aircraft.  
He said with out a sound?  I said it was just to far away to hear it.  He just laughed. 
While in Vegas the next morning he showed ma a article from local paper that said there was 1500 reports of a mysterious sighting in the desert the night before.  
To date i have not seen a thing on this.  
is there a way to look this up?
Date of sighting may be approximate, although the witness does not indicate that fact.  Witness could access newspapers from that area, for that date.  PD