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Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 1956

Date of account
1956-05
Location
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.CATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 9 May 1956 Colorado,Springs, Colorado 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft Local D Ground-Visual 口 Probably Aircraft 10/0320Z D Ai~Visuol Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibiy Aircroft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE K Was Astronomical Meteor Y·. 口 Probabiy Astronomical 口 Possibiy Asironomical RNo Civilian 7.LENGTH OP OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation Unkno wn three seconds one overhead to E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One object round,the size of a small Upon investigation the observer pea held at arms length, fluorescent stated that he thought the obj- white in color appeared to "streak ect to be a meteor but had across the sky." Approximately 30 reported it because of the seconds after the object

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