Buena Vista, ColoradoOctober 1951

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Summary

On October 28, 1951, near Buena Vista, Colorado, a witness reported a single object in the sky. The sighting lasted about 30 seconds. The object was a greenish-blue light moving from north toward the south. Its speed was not estimated.

The object appeared to follow a descending curve at about a 20 degree angle. After it passed, there appeared to be a glowing tail that changed to a whitish color. The Air Force evaluated the case as a meteor.

Reported location

Buena Vista, Colorado

Date of incident

October 1951

State / country

CO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 8

Original case file scans

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y PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 1. DATE ( 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
28 Oct 1951 : Buena Vist: Colorado ODO Wos Bolloon
| ce, Srvidee O Probebly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Selieen
. p 0D Wos Alicroft
Local 5 oy pve 0 Ground- Vi sual D Ground-Roder 0 Probably Aircraft
a :
she SHFDROOZ O Air Visvol O Air-Intercopt Radar |@ Fossibly Aircroft
E 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0a Was Astronomical 12h eaor
O Yes D Probably Astronomical
3 Ne Fila 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE EE imi
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
k 30 Seconds 1 N to Si Ww. Wa.
10., BRIEF SUMMARY oF SIGHTING Ces A 11. COMMENTS
-0ror was Grecnisa~3lue light. Speed not estimated, Evaluated as a meteor
Object appeared in a descending cfirve, Estimate
mgle it was descending at approximately 20 def.
ifter passage of the object there appeared to
i be a2 tall or incandescent glow in the ALE for
of a tail. It changed color tec sort of white
color,
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BP 52)

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