PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6788658

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATION1Mi EOf Denver Colorado

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Bolloon
5 August 1956 1 Mi E of Denver, Colorado 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bailoon
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Airereft
GMT_ 06/0400Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Poxsibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6 Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
DNo Civilian PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 00 Other.
Insufficiont Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
10 seconds six 1340 to 300 I
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 17. COMMENTS
Six round pale orange colored objects, Distance traveled in 10 seconds
approximate size of a pea flying in and general description indicate
triangular formation. Ten seconds in meteors. Observation of meteors
sight. Flight path straight. most probable cause.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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JEDWP H008 WPC043UYMB002ENA028 34+26
PP RJEPHQ RJEDWP RJWFDN E
DE RJEDEN 01
P 060646Z 1
FM COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO
TO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HDQRS USAF WASH 25 D C
RJEDWP/COMDR WRIGHT AIR TECH CEN WRIGHT PATTERSON N AFB OHIO
RJWFDN/COMDR 34 AIR DIV ALBUQUERQUE N M
BT
Soc CITE 8-5. UFOB
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A. "• *•Oooms 1.ROUND as obsied with wite 2 22
2. PEA 2.PEA 3.1. 31. hel hel -
3 PALE ORANGE 3. PALE ORANGE 00:00
4.520 4.6
5 TRIANGULAR fn bnt do ut tonl, , bat do ut tod,
tmiguerfimtion tmgefimtion
6. NONE 6.NONE
7 NONE
8. NONE
9 NONE
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PAGE TWO RJEDEN 91
B. 1. LOOKING AT STARS THROUGH TELESCOPE
2. 65 DEGREES ELEVATION 134 DEGREEZ AZIMUTH G1G
3. 63 DEGREES ELEVATION 30 DEGREES AZIMUTH
4. STRAIGHT LINE THRU MOST OF FLITE CURVING GRADUALLY TO EAST
5. FADED
3 6. 10 SECONDS
C. 1. NAKED EYE
2.N/A

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D.10400∠
2NITE
E. ONE MI EAST OF DENVER COLO
1ST LT. 3416TH STUDENT TRNG SQDN.
LOWRY AFB COLO
2 21 YRS
ELECTRICIAN
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3 55 YRS
7 RADIO TECHNICIAN
G. 1. CLEAR AND UNLIMITED
2. 6009 100/13
6
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PAGE THREE RJEDEN 01 PAGE THREE RJEDEN 01
10009 20/8
160000 213/10
20000 230/12
30009 MISG
50000 MISG
80009 MISG
3. CLEAR
4. 30 MI
5. NONE
6.NONE
H. NONE
I. NONE
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