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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ,

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
30 October 1951 Four Cedners, Colorado 0 Wos Balloon
a ec veve a 7 = ; Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Balloon
' § 0 Was Aircraft
Cece ...... OxGround- Vi sual O Ground-Roedor 1 Probobly Aircraft
et CMT_ 30 /23307, : D Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar QO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE | ti Wes Astronomical. 12 ¢or
0 Yes 1 Probably Astronomical
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CyNo ; _ Civilian , e > | Possibly Astronomical
?. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other. re -
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Not Reported one Si ° oe ota for Eveluction
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Object believed to be a shooting star
observed in flight from Zenith to SW
covering 30 deg arc. First appsar d to

be white, then changed to red and finally
ereen. Object just seemed to disappear,
Very brilliant,

11. COMMENTS
Reported as a sho

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COUNTRY REPORT NO, (LEAVE BRLANK)

Iinited States

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

Sighting of Unidentified | Object CYL CA NMwsi- | Fol, & 2.

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Colorado Sorings, Colorado
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AREA REPORTED ON
vour Corners Area - - Colorado

DATE OF REPORT OS™ ts DATE OF INFORMATION |
Lh Kov i wb cr 1951

13 November 1951

PREPARED BY (Ojficer) souRcE 4
T. Fredenburgh, Major, USAF | D/I, Directorate or Sis

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About 1930, 30 October 1951, what was thought to be a shooting star, first
a. pearing as white, then red and the core glowing as a neon tube in a briLiis ib

green. color, and traveling from an approximate zenith of 90° in an estimates
of 30° fron north to south by west, was observed in the four Corners area wl
comprises the boundaries of Uteh, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado.

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On 30 October 1951 while in the company of ho resides ir
Littleton, Colorado, we were in the Four Corners area which comprises the bou
of Utah, Arizona, New lexico, and Colorado. We were in the NMormament Volley ;
outside of Gonldi i

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On 39 October | Lot. while in the company of 2ill Johnson
who resides in Littleton, Colorado, we were in the Four Corners
area which comprises ve boundaries of Utah, Arizona, New Mexieo,

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and Colorado. Woe were in the Monument Valley just outside of

Gouldingts Trading Po On A painting trip.

At about 1930 TI first observed, ani called _—_———— acvtcntion,
what we believed to be a shooting star. [t traveled [rom an aporoxr-
inate zenith of nincty dezrees in an estinated are of thirty decrees

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from north to south by west toward the state of Nevada.

It first appeared as white, and then as it described an arc,
iit showed red and the core gloved as a neon tube and was a brilliant
greene Jt then just scemed to disappear.

we I both remarked on how brilliant it had be« en, and then
ret®rned to the task of making camp. TI never gave it much further

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thought becaise we hadn't heard of any other sightings and we hadn't
read a paper for four dayse

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TIME (Local): 19°

LOCATION: Four Corners, Col.

LENGTH OF TIE OBSERVED: Unime:n “- 7
SOUND: Tlone |

SPEED: Uninown

ALTITUDE: Uninovn

HEADDG: 2. to Su

ACTION OR COMMENTS: Zxamole of green fireball phenouern,. iio conclusions.
DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: Object appeared white first, then red. Core flowed with
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On 21 October 1951, between 1530 and 1590 hours a licht, sinilar to thet |
of a spotlight, was seen 1/2 mile Northeast of Point Borrow, Observation of
the Licht lasted for aprroximatcly one minute and appeared to be coming from a
noint inst above the horizon, Seesausce of the lichts relation to the horizor,
oheerver believed it came from a vecsel leavine the vicinity of roint barrow,
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