PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION |

28 Oct 195) Buena Vista, Colorado

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4, DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

| 12. CONCLUSIONS

Wos Bolloon
Probebly Bolloon
Possibly Balioon

mi i appeared in a descendines ctrve.
ngle it was descending at
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Rstdone bec

approximately 30 deg.
r passage of the object there appeared to

a tail or incandescent glow in the #4 forma

of a tail. It changed color te sort of white
color,

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Local oe ; — - 0 Ground- Vi sual D Ground-Redar Q Probobly Aircroft
GMT__ ec {0301 Nes aioe = 0 Air Visuol D0 Air-Intercep? Rador oF ossibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE o Was Astronomicel Meteor
O Yes D Probably Astronomicol
CNo Pilot 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE as E Other :
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
30 Seconds 1 I to ony \° Unknown
19. BRIEF SUMMA IARY OF SIGHT NG : Ti. COMMENTS
Bo or wis Grecnisn~—Slue light. Speed not estimtled, Evaluated as a meteor

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Sighting of Unidentified Object CN. CB Pol
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DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION
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PREPARED BY (Officer) ae» MAO, Uo.
Te Fredenburgh, Major, USAF 21934 Air weather Grp, Peterson Fld, Colo

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A ve snish=-blue brilliant light with an incandescent g¢low in the form of a tail
las sthswrs aut 15-20 seconds, traveling North to SOUL ves § in a descending murve at a

angle of ena 30° was seen on/or about 2000 - 2030 hovrs, 28 October 1951, approxi-
fia bely seven (7) miles from buena Vista, Colorado,

The observer is a rated pilot of the weather Squadron indicated abovee
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On/or at “Sp Locate fi 2030 hours, 20 October 1951, I was at the base of a ntatia
sooroximately seven Ee miles South from buena Vista, Colorado, on a hunting trip and
was sitting in ac facing N weste J was startled by the : G2 O very

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rilliant light, pe was greenish-bluee This object aporoached fro ist
poing horth to Southwest and in a descending curvee I would esti U la 4
das descending at at aoproximately 30°,

tie object stayed within my sight approximately 30 s = the brilhi Li;
‘ iat LSe I wD ih int t ‘ tiem pt to Sti vie wie ea ede AL AA af ei! Ji} ;

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there appeared to be a bail or ineandescent glow in the form of ile It was just :
low aiter the light was descending. It lit up the country side, | s wlow wt Sust
an incandescence in the sky. This glow lasted about 15-20 secon 1 4 ang ‘Lor
' id seomed to change toward a white ~- the green bleached 9 into so a ite color

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LUnat tne speed at which it was foiling caused it to glow hd DAP ULCL i® on) 20) ’
changed color as the tempereture of the particles chanzed.

aith a visit to the spot I conld, I believe, very accurately determine the di-

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rection the light was travelinge The directions I gave previously wore an estima!
as the roads were only tracks along the mountains and we wove in 1] around, 1 I am
not positive of the exact direction I was facing when I saw the object.

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ATE: 2&6 Oct 5l
TIME (Local): 2000 - 2030
LOCATION: Luenn Vista, Col.
LENGTH OF TLHE OBSERVED: 15-20 Secowis, -
SOUND: Nore )
~SPstD: Unknown
ALTITUDE: Unknown
HEADING: “] to SW
SOURCE: AF iinjor
ACTION OR COMMENTS: Example of green fire:
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Gr enish=blue brillian