DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8284644
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1966
REPORTED LOCATION[ILLEGIBLE]
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SOORCE 10. CONCLUSION CONCLUSION
vilian Vilian INSUFFICIENT DIN. FOR CAALLKION INSUFFIOIENT DIN: POR SYALLNION
NUMBER OF O3JECTS NUMBER OF O3JECTS
One
LENOTH OF OCSERVATION LENOTH OF ODSERVATION 11. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYS BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYS.
-. 15 minclas
a. 3-4 niantes Observers suw 6 :1
6. TYPE OF OSSERVATION occasionc. Both , cb,ieess were reportal cs Looking Like s
multi-otoried wit.. erved dond shabel botsem.
Ground Visual The objects wer, artrunely hoverins in the conerel bus
7. COURSE were seen to aseend and desend. 5 The objects gradually dis-
appeared form view. The boy drew a pieture of the object.
Hovering This boy said the object was huge a andyellowish-orange in colo:
PROTOS (the object seen on the 22 of Dec. 66)
o Yos
D No
). PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yos
S No
FORM
FTO SE7 33 0-329 (TDE) Provious oddions of thl: form say to uned.
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ELizabeth, Colonodo.
L W TECHNICAL AIR TRAINING CENTER (ATC)
INITED STATES AIR FORCE
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE , 8O230, COloraDo
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: XPCP Date 23 Deo 66
SIBJECT: Unide ied Flying Objects (UFO)
TO:
When unidentified flying objects (UFo) are reported, the following information
will be filled in and then forwarded immediat ans/Pr attention
XPCP.
a. Description of the Object(s):
as a multi-storied building with a curved domed shaped bottom. .
(2) Size compared to a known object (use one of the following terms: terms:
Head ofa pin, pea, dime, nickel, quarter, half dollar, silver dollar, baseball,
Items listed do not fit description.
(3) Color. B Both objects- bluish misty & hazy veh
Cne sighted I8 Dec -66 at 7PM L fie
(4) Number. Two. Cne Sightad 22 Dec 66 at 1lPM L
None
6)A Any discrenible features cails. Dim outlina appeared to be
quite huge.
(7) Tail, trail, or exhaust, including size of same compared to size
of object(s). When objects asoended a misty white haze appeared to surround the
domed area on the bottom
(8) (8) Sound. If heard, desc Sound. If heard, sound. None
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66 18De 180El
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→260°P2 70El
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b. Description of course of Object(s):
(1) What first called the attention of observer(s) to the object(s)?
lst Object sighted v while driving on highway six miles south of Elizabeth, Colo.
2nd 1I " by son in backyard of home in Elizabeth, Colo.
(2 Angle or elevation and azinuth of the object(s) when first
observed. Hovering due west from sighting approximately two or three thousand feet
above the ground.
appearance.
Objects ascendeddstraight up until out of sight. I I
Objects appeared to descend and then rapidly ascend .
lst object was visible 15 min.. .
2nd object was visible 3-4 min,
c. Manner of Obs
(1). Use one or any combination of t following items: Ground-visual,
If el etronic, specify radar.)
Ground- Visual
(2) Statement as to optical aids (telescopes
used and deseription .e thereof. None
aircraft,
identification number, identification number, altitude, heading, speed, altitude, heading, speed, and home station.
N/A N/A
1st object- 18/1400z/Dec 66 lst object- 18/1400z/Dec 66
d. Time and date of sighting: d. Time and date of sighting: 2nd. hit 22 l05907 /D0066
2nd ubject- 22/0500z/Dec 66
1) Zulu time-date-group sighting.
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- I Light conditions. (use on of the following ters: Night, day,
dawn, dusk) Both objects sighted in darkness.
e. Location of Observer(s). Exact latitude and longitude of each observer,
and/or geographical position position with reference to a known landnark
also should be given in electricalreports, such as "2ni N of Deeville; "3mi
SW of Blue Lake". T Typographical errors or "garbling" often results in electrically
transmitted messages, making location plots difficult or impossible.
EXAMPLE: 89 45N, 192 71W for 39 45N, 102 21W.
lst objeot- 6 mi so of Elizabeth, Colo.
2nd object- at home in Elizabeth, Colo.
i. Identifying Information on Observer(s): . . identifying Information on Observer(s):
(1) Civilian - Name, age, mailing address, (l Civilian - Name, age, mailing address, occupation, and estimate of
reliability.Mrs. reliability.Mrs. Bd Elizabath, Colo Elizabath, Colo.
(2) (2) Military Name, grade, organization, duty, and estimate of , organization, duty, and estimate of
reliability. N
g. Weather and winds -- Aloft conditions at time and place of sightings:
Clear, no cloud cover
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(Observer(s) account of weather conditions.
Clear as a bell. No wimd, no clouds.
(2) Report from nearest AWS or U.S. Weather Bureau Office of wind
diection and velocity indegrees and knots at surface, 6,o0o', l0,ooo', l6,o0o',
0,000
at 8 Kts 22 Dec 66 wind at 180 true at 2 Kts
(3) . Ceiling. 18 Dec 66/ High scattered-22 Dec 66 4000 scattered.
(4) Visibility.18 Dac 66/60 mi. 22 Dec 66/20 mi. 22 Dec 66/20 mi.
5) A (5) A 22 Dec 66/.6
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(6) Thunderstorms in area ad quadrant in which located.
Both Both dates-None dates-None
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h. Any other unusual activity or cc
or otherwise, Wn: ccour hting
None
i. Interception identification action taken (such action may be t taken
whenever cisting Air Defense directives).
None
j. Location, general
air traffic are hting
None
k. Position title and comments of the preparing officer, including his
preliminary analysis of the possible cause of the sighting(s).
EDIARD E ED.IARD VIGEE,MAJ,USAF ,MAJ,USAF
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1. 1. Existence of physical evidence, such as materials and photographs. Existence of physical evidence, such as materials and photographs.
One drawing prepared by 12 year old boy. One drawing prepared b 2 year old boy
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It was huge and yellowish- color. color.
Age 1422ss
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This wvas seen Thno Eve approp 7:00 p.m. 180.194
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whii
the tail must took,off
have been vapor?
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eh
in North duection. If
side when it traveled