PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971528

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONColorado Springs Colorado

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5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astranomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XNo Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE othe,Shorted yower
Fell to ground 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown lines
"soveral seconds" ono Bounced into air
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Inl. cOMMENTsNotification of Inl. coMMENrsNotification of this this UFO
One circular, circular, bright purple object, bright purple object, came directly directly to Hqs 4602d AISS.
the size of a baseball held at arms The CQ & duty The & duty officer office) made a chedk a chedk
length, with a buzzing sound, descend police power power
ed to the ground ed to the ground & bounced back into bounced back into company . Power
the air & disappeared the air & disappeared bject appeared//power appeared //bower of sighting; of sighting;
to burn itself out. police investigation revealed a
length of burned length of burned conduit, whih conduit, whidh
appeared to have appeared een thrown
accross a high voltage line.
Resolved that childredn who wit- Resolved that childredn who wit-
nessed the UFo had thrown the
conduitacrassthe. highvo lind
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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TO JEPHQ D I USAF TE (
JEDVP COMDE AIR TECHNICAL INTEL CENTER VPAF3 ONIO
JIFDI COMIR 34TH AD KIETLAND AFD MEX
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UNCLASSIFIED AISOP 2SSPD FOL. PRSLIM UFOS RPEPT BECRIVED AT HO 46C2D
AISS BY CQ 22 MAR 195S PD CONDUCTED INVES BY PHONE AND SECUIED POSITIVE
IDENT OF SIGHTING PD
(1) (A) CIRCULAR (A) CIRCULAR
(3) BASEBALL (B) BASEBALL
(C) BRIGHT PURPLE
(D) O1 (D) O1E
CDNA GD MVA
(F) NA
(G) N'A
(H) HUMMING SOUND
() APPEARED TO BE LIKD A BALL OF FIRE
C
(2) (A) SIGHTING BY CHILDREN PLAYING IN YARD
(D) N'A
(C) NA
BOUNCEL 3AC
UP INTO AIR AND DISAPPEARED
(E) DISAPPEARED BY INSTANTLY BUNMING ITSEIF OUP
(F) SEVERAL SECONDS
(3) (A) GROUND VISUAL 2
(H)NA

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(C)1X
(4) . (A)PZUL 23,.020(
(S) NIGHT
(5) COLO
(0) WOSOLOFADO SPHINGS COLO
(B) RELIABILITY UNK
(7) NA
(0) NA
AISS CMY SQ CO CALLED THE FOL ACENCIES CLN COLOFADO SPRINGS POLICE
DEPARTOENT CM COLORADO SPRINGS PONER COMPANY PD POHEF COMPANT VERIFIED
A LOCAL POWER DROP AT APPROY SAME TIME AS THIS SIGHTING PD POLICE IIVES
RESULTED IN FINDINC LENGTH OF BUPIED CONDUIT WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE
BREN THROUN ACROSS A HIGH VOITAGE LIMM PD THIS EVIDENCE WAS LOCATED IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MK CLOSE PROXINITY TO MK DIGS HOME HOME PD PD
(1O) (AO) NA N'A
(11) (11) OPS OPS CONFOL OFFICER 4GOED AISS CONCLUDES THAT THE COMFOL OFFICER 4OOED AISS CONCLUDES THAT THE CHULDREN WHO
HAD BEAN PLAYING IEAR THE SICHTING HAD BEAN PLAYING HEAR THE SIGHTING OF OF THIS REPORTED PHENOMENON HAD
CAUSED THE CONDUIT TO BE THROUN ACROSS THE CAUSED THE CONDUIT TO BE THHOBN ACROSS THE POWER LINE POWER LIME RESULTING IN
SHORTED CIRCUIT AND THE BOLT OF FIRE PD SHORTED CIRCUIT AND THE DOLTOE NO FUITHER INVESTIGATION WILL.
BE CONDUCTED BY AGOAD AISS
C12) NA
PD ENT
BT
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