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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
25 Nov 55 Laveta, Colort0 0 Was Balloon
00 Probably Balloon
3. 4 TYPE QF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
¤ Probably Aircraft
GMT25/16302 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 00 Probably Astronomical
No civilian Possibly Astronomical
Other UNIDENTIFIED
7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 008 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
5 seconds 1 unk
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMAENTS
Shaped like a dirigable, slightly barrel
shaped, large front end, tapering toward the UNIDENTTIFED
tail, greenish blue in color, appeared .
luminois, seemed made of jelly like :
iwnrnols, beem
substance. No sound, no sound exhaust, at exhaust,at about
15,ooo feet elev. Weather CAVI. 15,000 feet el . Weather CAvil.
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Ltr, DO #14, file 24-314, Subject: (UnclaSSified) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
Sighted by Sam T. Taylor near ta, Colorado, 25 Nc CIAL INQUIRY
(Cont'd)
ADIPM (25 Jan 56) lst Ind
HQ AIR DEFENSE Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Sprin gs, Colorado
TO: Commander, Air Technical atterson Air
Force Base, Ohio
FOR THE COMMANDER:
C. .F. HUNPHKEYS
Major, USAF Major. UsAF
Asot Cenand Ad3 Asot Cealand Ad3
DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR INTRVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
R7C
UNCLASSIFIED
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THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
14TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
14D 24-314 LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, DENVER, COLORADO
SUBJECT: (Unclassified) 25 JAN 1956
UNIDENITIFIED FLYING OBJECT SigHtEd by
near La Veta, Colorado,
25 November 1955
SPECIAL INQUIRY
TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado
1. The Honorab Colorado State
Senate, in a letter written to the Denver ce, Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigations, dated 5 December l955, state or about 25 November 1955
he had seen an unidentified object in t La ado.
2. The Denver Orfice, FBI, referred the matter to this office by tter
dated 9 December 1o55. Tvo attemots were mad contact
at his home in Walsenburg, Colorado.
3. On
interviewed Senator at the Senate Chambers, Colorado State Cayitol
Building. Senator verified the date and location where he had seen
the object. He described the object as being shaped like a dirigible, slightly
five seconds and he estimated the speed of the object as being about one-half
the speed of a meteorite. He stated that the object suddenly appeared from
view almost overhead diving at aporoximately a 45 degree anele, leveled off
and ascended at approximately a 30 degree angle until its disappearance. He
stated that the flight line of the object would have been from southwest to
northeast. He estimated the altitude of the object approximately 7ooo to 800o
feet. He said that the time of the sighting was approximately lo3o hours 25
November l955, that there was an uhlimited ceiling, and that there were no
clouds or thunderstorms in the area. In conclusion,Senator stated
DOWNCRADFD XTSYEXT ERVALS, R
DECLASSIFIEO AFT
DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIED

south of Pueblo at l6oo hours they observed an unidentified flying object.
stated that his attention was called to the object
called a vapor trail. Ie said that the object appeared to be white in color,
was shaped roughly like a cigarette with a pure white colcr, apparently gloy-
ing at the top. He seid that they observed the object for approximately
tuenty minutes and that its movement was too slow for a jet. He said that
there were no clouds in the sky on that day and there is no normal air travel
in that area. He said that the last he saw of the object was when he was
5. This letter is classified pursuant to authority con- pursuant to authority con-
tained in paragraph 4a, AFR 205-1. tained in paragraph
Saeh.Clk Srneh.Clk
FRANK M. CLARK
Lt Colonel USAF It Colonel USAF
District Commander District Commander
CC: Dir. OSI OST
DOWNGRADED AT S YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFTED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
FOR OFRCAL USE ORLY
UNCLASSIFIED
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