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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
1 Dec 55 Puebloe, Colorado 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aiscraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT01/2300Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE D Was Astronomical
Y.s 00 Probobly Astronomical
No civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other Contrail.
00 Insufficient Data Evgluation
20 mins one Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object observed for 20 minutes, appearance of Possible contrail from high-flying a/c.
contrail, white in color, like cigarette.
Disappeared beyond moutains. Glow at top. Director
Too slow for jet. No clouds in sky. No
normal air travel in area of observation.
Maxwell AFB, Alabama ATTN: Archives Branch Aerospoce Studies Inst Dec 1955
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MONTH LCAPLN OF SICHTING COLUSIONORE/ALIEA
Sep 1955 Downey, California Belloon
Chicago, Illinois Ballcon
Dayton, Ohio Probably Balloon
Briarsliff Monor, New York Bulloon
Ossining, New York Astrononical
Flushing, New York istronomnenl
Dayton, Ohio Possibly Aircrart
Oct 1955 Elyria, Ohio Insufficient Data
Dayton, Ohio istronomical
Louisville, Kentucky Possibly Balloon
Dayton, Chio Poseibly Balloon
Union City, Pennsylvania Other (SL)
Cream Ridge, New Jersey Balloon
Nov 1955 Galveston, Texas Balloon
Wooster, Chio Possibly Aireraft
Fhiladelphia, Pennsyivania Possibly Airerart
Dec 1955 (No reports by letter)
Jan 1956 i. Stonington, Connecticut i. Stonington, Connecticut Possibly Aircraft
hittenango, New York iittenango, New York Insufficient Data
n Francisco, California Probably Aireraft
Landaster, Ohio Lancaster, Ohio Possibly Aircraft
: Insufficient Data
Feb 1956 Troy, Ohio
Caribou, Maine Insufficient Data Insufficient Data
irado, California Probably Balloon
Iilgore, Texas Kllgore, Texas Insufricient Data
Mar 1956 ork Harbor, Maine Possibly Aircraft
Norfolk, Virginia Unknown
Fremont, Nebraska Insurficient Data
Tucson, Arizona Balloon
Denver, Colorado Other (Eccentric, Hoax)
Tarson AFB, Washington Insufficient Data
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Apr 1956 Dayton, Ohio Probably Aircraft
Dayton, Ohio Insufricient Data
Argyl, Pennsylvania Probebly Aircraft
Berkeley, California Hoax (Other)
San Francisco, California Probably Aircraft
May 56 Brooklyn, New York other
Covington, Kentucky Aircraft
McKinney, Texas Balloon
Allentown, Pennsylvania Possibly Aircraft
Dayton, Chio Balloon
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UNCLASSIFIED
Ltr, DO #14, (Unclassified) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
Sighted by Color INQUIRY
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HQ AIR DEFENSE COI MAND, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Bureau or Irves-
tigations, dated 5 necenberl955, state or about 25 November 1955
he had seen an unilent ified object in tt ity of La
2. The Denver  fiee, FBI, referred the matter to this office lac letter,
dated 9 December l . Iwo attemots were made contact
at his home in Walse rg, Colorado.
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interviewed Senator ? at the Senate Chambers, Colorado State Caoitol
Building. Senator verified the date and location where he had seen
the object. He des ribed the object as being shaped like a dirigible, slightly
barrel-shaped with ge front end and tapering toward the tail. He compared
about ten miles during his observation and suddenly disappeared from view over
Mt. Mestas. He estimated that the object was in his sight for approximately
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 approximately a 45 de gle, leveled off
and ascended at approximately a 30 degree angle until disappearance. He
stated that the flight line of the object would heve beer from southwest to
northeast. He estimated the altitude of the object approximately 7ooo to 8o0o
feet. He said that the time of the sighting was aoproximately lo3o ho ours 25
November l955, that there was an unlimited ceiling, and that there were no
clouds or thunderstorms in the area. I In conclusion, Senator stated
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called a vapor trail. He said that the object aopeere
Was shaped rcughly like a cigarette with a pure whi color, apparently glow-
ing at the top. He said that they observed the object for aoproxirately
trenty minutes and that its movement wes too slow for a jet. He seid that
there were no clouds in the sky on that day and there is no normel air travel
in that area. He said that the last he saw of the object was when he was
5. This letter is classified 5. This letter is classified pursuant to authority con-
tained in paragraph 24a, AFR tained in paragraph 24a, AFR 205-1. 205-1.
RFC
FRAK K. CIARK
Lt Colonel USAF Lt Colonel USAF
District Commander
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