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Fountain, Colorado, August 1956

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Bolloon 22 August 1956 Fountain. Colorado Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Locol 只GroundVi suol Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aireroft GMT_22/1050Z Ai~Viwol O Air-lntercopt Radar Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 百X Wos Astronomicol Venus 口 Probobly Astronomicel Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation thrty five minutes 口 Unkno wn one in orbit 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object with a number of Characteristics of sighting are points which later disappeared leaving those of astro (venus). a tear-shaped object.Object was size of a silver dollar at arm's length. Object was much brighter than a star and had the same color.Object was ini tially sighted at approxim

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