Crestone, Colorado, August 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-08
- Location
- Crestone, Colorado
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 28-30 August 1956 Crestone,Colorado 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircroft .Locol. Eround-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Probably Airerofi 29/0350Z 口 Possibly Aircroft D AirVisuol D Air-Intercept Rodor GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE xaxWas Astronomicol Mar'S aiYes 口 Probobly Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical XONo Civilian 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation Still visible after 口 Unknown 1hr 59 mins one in orbit 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS All details of sighting conform One light orange obj shaped like an to characteristics of planet airplane & the size of a basketball.at Mars. Evaluation is astro (Mars). arm's length. Obj initially sighted at approx 30 dgr elev & 120 dgr azi. 0bj not moving w appeare
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