PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8698143

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONDenver Colorado

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
25 Nov 61 Denver, Colorado D Was Bolloon
00 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
2.0 Ground-Visuol Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircroft
Local_ 00 Probably Aireraft
GMT. 2510202 AirVisual Air-Intercept Rodar Passibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a Was Astronomical METEOR
Y 0 Probably Astronomicol
XD No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTI ATION DURSE 0 Other Other.
000 0 Insufficient Data Insufficient Data for for Evaluation Evaluation
4-5 1 then 2 1 then 2 0 Unknown
4-5 sec sec
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTIN oLarge, irregular-shapei n1. comMents.olor, duration, n. comMents.olor, duration, flight, and
objt with orange tre Appeared as blue flash disappearance conform to otservation of disappearance conform to observation of
diminishing to crange breaking t breaking E into two piecep explosion of bolide-type zeteor.
still with orange trail. Looked squashed
football. Flash like explosion. Flight parallell
to earth. Disappeared all at once.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE (
, STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAC!
INCO 11FO
CCHQC
File
SMB A 058 AF IN : 16858 (29 Nov 61) C/trc
CZCZHQC106ZCWJA301 ACTION: CIN-17
MM RJEZHO INFO : 0OP-2, -CP-1, SAFS-3,DIA-2 (26)
DE RJWFAM 385
..NR
M 282330Z
FM LOWRY AFB OLO
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT T AFB COLO
RJWZGU/29 AIRDIV MALMSTROM RJWZGU/29 AIRDIV V MALMSTROM AFB MONT AFB MONT
RJEDSQ/AEROSPACE TECHN ICAL INTELLIGE INTELL CENTER WPAFB OHIO OHIO
RJEZHO/COFS USAF
RJEZHO/OSAF USAF
BT
UNCLAS OS 8822. COF SAFIS UFO UFO
15A(1 EXTERMELY RGE SHA PE STRUNG OUT WITH ORANGE
TRAILING.
(2) 16 INCHES ACROSS SHAPED LIKE A FLATTENED FOOTBALL
(3) BLUE FLASH, DIMINISHING TO ORANGE.
(4) ONE, THEN EXPLODEI NTO TWO.
(5) N/A.
(6) LOOKED LIKE SQUASHED OUT FOOTBALL
(7) ORANGE TRAIL.
(8) NONE
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( DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESS-!
INCON
AF IN : 16858 (29 Nov 61) pg 2 of 3
PAGE TWO RJWFAM 385
(9) N/A.
B(I THE FLASH WAS VERY BRIGHT LIKE AN AIRCRAFT EXPLODED.
(2) 20 EGREES PARALLES TO EARTH
SAME AS (2) ABOVE.
(4) PARALLEL TO EARTH.
(5) ALL AT ONCE
(6) 4 TO 5 SECONDS.
C(1 GROUND VISUAL
(2)NONE (2) NONE
(3) N/A. (3) N/A.
D(1 1020 ZULU 25 D(1 1020 ZULU NOV 61 NOV 61
(2NIGHT
E. DENVER COLO
AGE UNKNOWN, , ,
AGE GE UNKNOWN
ALL UN KNOWN.
G.N/A.
(1) N/A.
(2) SURFACE CALM 6M- L/V, 10M - 220/10, 16M - 250/25,
20M - 240/35, 30N 80M - UNKNOWN.

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C
( DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSACE
INCOMI
AF IN : 16858 (2 Nov 61) pg 3 of 3
(3) NONE
(4) 15 PLUS
(16M BROKEN HIGHER THIN BROKEN.
NONE
H. NONE
I. N/A
J. UNKNOWN
K. AIRDROME OFFICER NO ANALYSIS ANALYSIS
L. N/A L. N/A
BT
29/0141Z 29/0141Z NOV RJWFAM