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ATIC HO.- DATE OF IN : 20 Sept 1950
AF HO._ i.OC.TION.Denver, Colo.
UFPOMT NO. SOURCI:  USAF PilotS & A/C obser
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THE OF ETIFTINO_ 2245 MST COLOR Brilliant white to
slightly faster thantimitiil
SAME Meteor SPEEDF-86 (700 mph)_1aur Rsti.t.
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COURS154_magnetic LENGTH OF TIM: OBSERVED_ 1C
NO. IN GKOJP_2. TYPE OF OBSERVATION_Aerial
JOUUD MANCUVTRS hanges in Speed

miles vieibility prevail
2. Inclosed tened statement, concerning the sighting. made by USAF
officer eccupants type
forwarded also an annotated drawing depicting the position of the observers' nircraft
in relation to the unidentified flying object at the time of the sightinp. Apnarent
confirmation of the sighting is furnished by the inclosed reports of burteen persons
also having observed flying objects.
APPROVED:
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PERCY SUTTON WILLIAM L. TRAVIS
Captain, USAP 1 Lt. Colonel, USAF
Chief, Intelligence
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1. Statement by USAF Carded
2. Annotated drawing.
3. Report of persons observing jects
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2 1 sonian Institution in
:1 fireballs were reported by plane crews flying over a six-state area—
--- Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico [9,
p. 115]. Similar fireballs that vanished without trace vere reported
on September 28, 1953 (AMS 2331 ); Octobe 1953 (AMS 2330);
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LSERVICECENTER
s LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE
DENVER-COL
ToR recefved-by Low
on unidentifie objdcta aaon
Boran a tEsg olorado bal
colorch. dheadin. aguthe Dia
ob.
Capt HcFadden, Firat Officer Hanaen of United ALr Lines, Frank
Goodliver andaMr BLack of CAA Maintenancey rapor seeing.s
balls icfire eadins southerly direct
Eields No gthr Anfo
MF or 2600 0nedds eDar
called CAl with he had sighte mateorov Dam
Control called 00101
t. 1
object at 20,00a fegt aver abject at20.o0a fegt aver
treingular in ahaper treingular in abape colOrn wand along 8l0m
Sightad at approrimatal Sightad at approximatal
Capt Gurnay tbomn be thoug be thou
wasi8 wasia metoor over St. over St. Utahen. Utahe Object waa traveling Object wast traveling mest to esata mest to esatd
It. It. was wask very large. While he watched it broks watched it broks Into four into four places piaces Timer of
sighting natigiran
ata 101:
were Heading acuthe oth information
In meater Dens
ing over the thaater S6YED bnnd
CoLor red Headad south at approx Sighted
Major M. M. Taylor, 3416th Student Officor Lonry Ar Base
sighted two round Lights in the vicinit,
When firat aigted objects rere at abqut I6,000 dowm to 1
12,0o0 feat and than rent bacE upi tday
north then
Ordnance: Depot) calLed the Grand LaLand micationrStationgabox
what they thoughtimassanaireraf i dfstresc 061
Kchein front a.d
Longtand trivo.
ingn south an
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Regarding si the object- 81
becaumE mOre Iights the sane- 65 mo don
Lahts-Wo 8a 20 a-tha
ouT There was ndexmaus Saund Theight WSO
Har to an aircraft an fire, except ragged in back. Thisisnot& con
ventional aircraft and not a jat. It may have been rockat powered;
no blue Alamer Na have sear static eIectricit 8
tuemght but this as nat the rouldntba poaainle
far and that brilliant
It ir belfeved the abject had about I54 headin
right over acrods us and ie were, ont the south v.ng. nTEOO
CR 3000
ROBER-GAHOLAIDA
2nd Lt US/U
Pilot, 716th Tng So, Loury LE, Colo

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When
samd level
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in the a1T
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accelerated or thei PP
of bright spari
11ke the drawinge o1
can In the comia
out
left pulr
Light.
We watohed it for io to 3
To 84 :
first aa d
befor anuthin
who orossed 8500 Roin rout,
no port and
had 08 VOTR roun objegd
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had 6. told th
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when
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