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Manitou Springs, Colorado, April 1955

Date of account
1955-04
Location
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 17 April 1955 Manitou Springs, Coloradp Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 17/1630 口 Was Aircraft Local . XixGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 ProboblyAircraft 17/2330Z D Air-Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE kxotherrefloction stationary 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown unknown one unmoying 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Civilian woman observed shining Due to the immediate identifi- object from back porch of her cation as a reflection from house. object appeared to be hover- aircraft nreckage, no investi- ing over near-by hills in the vici- gation authorized. nity of an old rock quary. An AF a/c

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