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Fruita, Colorado near Grand Junction, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Fruita, Colorado near Grand Junction
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Fruita, Colorado 口 Was Balloon 17 December 1957 near Grand Junction 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local RRround-Vi sual 口 Probably Aircraft 18/0220Z Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT AirVi ual 3. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Y 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical XNo Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Otho UNIDENTIFIED 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation XXUnknown 45 minutes one sw to S 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round yellow, white, green, red Object in sight for 45 minutes in object seen moving Sw then S for 45 same area. Moon was down & sun had minutes. Passed Venus. set. Astronomical twilight also passed. Contrails would not be visi ble, indicating object possibly owp light so

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