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Colorado, Springs, Colorado, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
Colorado, Springs, Colorado
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 18 August 1956 Colorado,Springs,Colorado 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visuol Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probasly Aircreft 18/1020Z D Ai~Visuo! D Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE QKWas Astronomical OYos 口 Probably Astronomical RKNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluotion Unknown still in sight one in orbit 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round very bright white object Object was same as previously about the size of a silver dollar at rptd by source on 14 Aug 56 arm's length. Brightness of object (AISS-UFOB-287-56).Source varied and it had a bouncing movement was contacted by phone and again Object was sighted at approximat

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