PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070211

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONCrestone Colorado

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
28-30 August 1956 Crestone, Colorado 0 Probably Bolloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Locel Ground-Visual Ground-Radar o Was Aircraft
a Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 29/0350Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6 SOURCE Was Astronomical Mars
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
xO No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
Still fisible after 000 Insufficient tion
Unknown
1 hr 59 mins one in orbit
1. BRIEF SUI SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One ob7 shaped like an All details of sighting conform
airplan basketball at to characteristics of planet
arm's length sighted at Mars. Evaluation is astro (Mars).
approx approx D
not moving ppea slightly
above skyline of above skyline mountain. On 28 Aug mountain 3 Aug
obj obse obj observed hr 59 mins & still still
in sight same
obj h ins(0345Z
to 0553z) & still sight
at time of rpt. obj was
viewed for 1 0 mins & still in
sight when went to bed.
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