PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8849557

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONClimax Colorado

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
30 Jun 58 Climax, Colorado 0 Probably Balloon
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION o PossiblyBalloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
a Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 30/0830Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 5. PHOTOS SOURCE e. SOURCE X Was Astronomical MX Was Astronomical Meteor Meteor
Yes Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomical
XNo XINo Civilian Civilian o Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE Other. Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
2 seconds one West West
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd obj, red changing to bluewhite, Rnd obj, red changing to bluewhite, Description of a meteor. Description of a meteor.
size of dime, had trail lik size of dime, had trail like meteor. meteor.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S2)
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UNCLAS EFTO
QNBR 00078 02 JULY 58
PRIORITY
FM COMDR 1910 AACS SQUADRON LOWRY AFB COLO 01 JULY 58
TO COMDR AIR_TECH INTEI IGENCE CEN WPAFB OHIQ.
/ UNCLASSIFIED EFTO/ CITE UFOB 1910 0-1-G-38. REFERENCE YOUR 6-1305-F
FROM AFCIN-4• FOLLOWING INFORMATION FURNISHED AS REQUESTED.
PARA 1. A ROUND
B DIME
C RED CHANGING TO BLUE WHITE 1-
A 1G TRAIL LIKE METEOR
H UNKNOWN 3- 454
I NONE. AZIMUTH 3-1
PARA 2. A SAW IT B 45 DEGREE ELEVATION 90 DEGREE
C DEGREE ELEVATION 270 DEGREE AZIMUTH
D 45 DEGREE DROP 4-
E BEHIND LA PLATA PEAK
SECONDS
PARA 3. A VISUAL
B 9
C N/A
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PARA 4•A PARA 4A 0830Z 30 JUNE CURR 0830Z 30 JUNE CURR 62
B NIGHT B NIGHT
PARA 5. 5. 106 06 DEGREES DEGREES 25 MIN W LONG 39 DEGREES 3 MIN N LAT. 25 MIN W LONG 39 DEGREES 3 MIN N LAT. •
PARA 6. 6. CLIM PHONE
B NONE
PARA PARA 7. A CLEAR AND 15 CLEAR AND 15 FEET-250 DEG 20 KT,
B 6,000 B FEET-260 DEG 20 KT FEET:260 DEG 20 KT 10,000 10,000 FEET-250 DEG 20 KT,
16,000 -250 DEG 30 KT, .20, 00k FEET-230 DEG. 25 KT,
30,DQl T-240 DEG 40 KT,. 50, 00 EET-250 DEG 45 KT,
80,000 ....
C_CLEAR
D UNLIMITED E NON NONE.
NONE
NONE
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11. ASST CENTER OPS OFFICER LOWRY FLTSVC CENTER NO COMMENT
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him.
game CAMBRIDGE, , Mass., Jumne. 29- roc:
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plorer satellite Ex
Mur III apparently died on or stan
ahead of schedule with no re Hurn .
ported fireworks, 'experts attae .
Smithsonian Astrophysical nam:
servatory sald today. ::
urphy top official said there had SQ
been no confirmed sighting of becos
I gloves Explorer m since
I j to eat day at 10 : 30 p.m. Fri- space
Memphis, Tenn. where vanta
the arlificial moon appeared on some •
schedule. Astrophysicists here tical
and at other agencies had pre- The
dicted Explorer III would burn up an E .
in the Earth's atmosphere by to- tion
sice night.
Smithsonian soien tists dis
JPD- counted reported sightings since Lo
cover, Friday night in Connecticut, , Arl-
: de zona and over the Atlantic ocean.
d the If still aloft, Explorer III would Se
. ation have passed over the southern
half of the United States at vary .
tion. /ing tmes last night.
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