Editing Carson Sink (section)

==History==
The Carson Sink was a deep portion of the [[Pleistocene]] water body [[Lake Lahontan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rangerovers.net/expeditions/lahontan.html |title=Lake Lahontan Expedition |work=RangeRovers.net |access-date=2013-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712031911/http://www.rangerovers.net/expeditions/lahontan.html |archive-date=2013-07-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the lakebed of which is now the [[Lahontan Basin]].  

The [[California Trail#Carson Trail|Carson Trail]], used during the [[California Gold Rush]] across the Lahontan Basin, included a section through the [[Forty Mile Desert]] to the first drinkable water on the [[Carson River]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://emigranttrailswest.org/virtual-tour/carson-trail/ |title=Carson Trail |work=Trails West.org |access-date=2013-07-12}}</ref> The Carson Sink station of the [[Pony Express]] was built in March 1860.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carson Sink |url=http://www.xphomestation.com/nvsta-carsonsink.html |access-date=2013-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804074102/http://www.xphomestation.com/nvsta-carsonsink.html# |archive-date=2013-08-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In June 1952 two [[U.S. Air Force]] colonels flew a [[B-25]] bomber from [[Hamilton Army Airfield|Hamilton Field]] near [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] to [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]]. While passing over Carson Sink, the two reportedly saw three [[UFO|unknown aircraft]] fly within 800 yards of their aircraft before speeding out of sight seconds later. Upon landing, the two colonels reported the incident to the [[Air Defence Command]] headquarters, who informed them that there were no military or civilian aircraft in the area at the time. The incident was never resolved and is known today as the Carson Sink UFO incident.<ref name="Ruppelt2007">{{cite book|author=Edward Ruppelt|title=The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDtd6CLa1aEC&pg=PA15|accessdate=25 October 2011|date=1 March 2007|publisher=Echo Library|isbn=978-1-4068-4084-1|pages=15–}}</ref>

In 1984, the natural dike between the Carson Sink and the [[Humboldt Sink]] was breached by the [[Nevada Department of Transportation]] to prevent [[Interstate 80 in Nevada|Interstate 80]] and the town of [[Lovelock, Nevada|Lovelock]] from flooding due to unusually heavy snowfall in the preceding three years.  The sinks remained connected by water for three years, until 1987.