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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6978735

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONColorado Springs Colorado

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6. PHOTOS

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

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APPROVED | JUNE 1248
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agene9) | ~*PORT NO.
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le 19 July 1953

26 22,5 hours

3. Mountain Standard ’

4. Golorads Sorings, Colors io -gMMMBep Southeast sort of Colorado
Sorings

5. 5 nlnautes S.1 Certain

6. No trace of daylight

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15. “Wndishield

16. No sound White Li-nt

17. Round Like a headlign’ om 2 car

13. Sharrly outlined

19. ly one odject

20. The cbjact moved ba i forth in a straizht line from North to South.
No changes in direc’ ».

21. 200 feat

22. Fea or dime 22.1 Fairly certain

23. Oisapreared from vi->. «°*er about five minutes.

24- Jeem to be metal, ‘tly round. Looked like a cig silver ball or balloon.

25. Ina car

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AF FORM 112—PART I

UNCLASSIFIED

In the residential . 22 of a city
Bringing my girl frienc home

NA

East

Southeast

About 45 degrees from “orizon when first sizhted.

About 55 degrees fram ticriszon when last sighted.

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YRAR INTENT?
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS ~
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AF FORM 112—PART | we

APPRUVED I JUNE 1948
COUNTRY | DEPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK)
United States of Ame arics

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Unidentified Flying Object tepor*

AREA RER On 2) FROM (Agency)
Colorado Surings, Solo. _D95/i I, ADC
DATE OF DATE OF MPCW MATION EVALUATION Seems abe Bit

9 Sentemder 1353

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REFERENCES (Comsral anmeer, direciiee, grateus report, ic. 42 1pplicatia)
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STATEMENT

I saw an object coming from the north at a high speed.
Tt moved back and forth for abcut Siva minutes until it rot out
of sight. It was round shaped and gave off a bright light. I
would say it was 1iround three miles from me at the time I tok

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