PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8688731

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONColorado Hayden

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Hay 0 Was Balloon
(week of) 6 August 1962 Colorado Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D U Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
Local.inidnight Local nidnight X Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Wos Aircraft
03 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT Air-Vi sual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE MX Was Astronomical Meteor MX Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical Probably Astronomical
XN Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
not rptd one not.given given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING D. COMMENTS
Something huge passed through sky, Description of meteor sighting
front end a ball of fire although duration not rptd.
with sparks trailing. Accompanied
by swooshing sound. Close to Earth
and estimated landing 200-300 miles
away.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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9/5/2
Office of
Wear Sir:
about mid night during
the wicke of Ang. 6,
huge
thho the sley near
Poes trol. Rabbit Ear
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be flames
sparks; it. made a loud
swosk and
It lUae clre to earth at the
time I 1
it aftier it pasnd; plir il 91 97
must have Landed not mst have Landed not too too
many many hundred milea from hundred miler from
here here

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