PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 2. CONCLUSIONS
Was Bolleon
1l August l956 lo, Colorado Probably Balloen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolioen
Locol Ground Visuol 13 Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
D Probably Airoraft
GMT. 12/0550Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Arcroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE SOURCE 0.0 Wes Astronemical Wes Astronemical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No 8.No Crvilian Clvilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 9. COURSE 0 Other Other._
southwestio southwest C 0 0 Insulficient Data for Evaluation
one second second six to eight 0 Unknown
one northeast northeast
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Six to eight objects w/a Six to eight objects w/a greenish greenish Short duration (one sucond) and
slow in a "y" formation. slow in formation. Objects circumstances of the sighting
about a half half dollar dollar indicate possible metcor indicate possible metcor
at ar at arm's length. length. bjects bjects appeared observation.
at 230 dgrs azimuth at 23 ) dgrs azimuth & disappeared sappeared d in in
a staight flight path a staight dgr azimuth. azimuth.
Objects fm a dark-
ened room for one second. cend.
No Report In File
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Wos Balloon
29 August 1955 Pueblo, Colorado 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local X Ground-Visual Ground-Roder 0 Was Aircraft
0 Prabably Aireraft
GMI 30/0330Z AirVimuel Air-Intercept Roder 0 Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Mars
Yes O Probably Astrenomical
XC No Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF COURSE Other.
two hrs & 21 minutes 000 Insufficient uation
Unknown
one SE
BRIEF SUI CHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round object, size of basketball See lorado case of
held at arm's length. Color was orange 28 Aug 1956.
to naked
reddish bottom and green on
Object looked lik Ohiect ookod. 7t mo may ha been a
weather balloon. ight attachec.
Object observed visually for two hours
and twenty one minutes. Object faded
gradually fm sight w/hhe direction of .
the wind.
No Report In File.
ATIC FORM V 26 SEP S2)
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Case 200, Ft. Collins and
27, 29, 1956-Nothing timid d Loveland, Colo., Aug. 24, 26,
lines which prefaced a day-by-day about the Denver Post head-
vities of a UFO seen over Northern account of the acti-
Colorado. The mys-
tery object not only causéd the telephone
of the police department and switchboards
with calls but caused newspapers to be swamped
tried to explain it embarrassment to the experts who
object was round and away. Most observers agreed, that the
the the witnesses, and a reporter witnesses, intensely red. red." one of one of
said said t the object the object and a reporter for radio station for radio station KCOL,
ishing in intensity toward ishing in i intensity glowed bright glowed bright red red in the center, dimin- in the center, dimin-
glow was constant, rather was toward the outer borders. He said the the outer borders. He said the
have have been been constant, rather than a star" a than pulsating. It couldn't pulsating. "It couldn't
star" he said. "It he said. was a clear night, the was a clear
stars were out, bu stars were out, but this object was a bright red, much this obiect was night, the
larger than a star, and it was moving. It looked as if bright red, much
it were leaving a very slight smoke trail." Another wit- it were leaving a very slight smoke looked as if
ness said it was just a little "smaller than the moon, ness said it was just a lit Another wit-
moving very slowly in the sky. .. Sometimes it appeared the moon,
flattened or disk-shaped and flattened or disk-shaped and then it would change to a
ball-like shape. When it finally disappeared it seemed to fade out as though it
only thing wrong were passing behind a cloud. The
was clear in that area. that explanation is that the sky
observers thought it There weren't any clouds." Some
Newkirk, might Mars. but Dr. Gordon
astronomer at the University of Colorado ruled
in the wrong out this explanation, thus: "Whatever it was, it appeared
kirk, "Most sector of the sky to be Mars." Said New-
time.... aircraft transit the sky in a fraction of the
instruments formerly Meteorological balloons sent aloft with recording
tracking them at night. y carried lights to aid scientists
these Such lights seldom are seen on in
balloons nowadays, since
method of following balloon." A radar affords a better
and other air installations in check of Lowry AFB
any balloon release or the area failed to disclose
accounted for the phenomenon aircraft flight that could have
derson, meteorologist at Said Capt. George San-
Ft. Collins Lown Recurrence of the
inversion an object for several nights makes
temperature