Colo Springs, Colo., February 1958February 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 1, 1958, a civilian truck driver near Colorado Springs, Colorado reported a sighting at 12:53 a.m. The witness observed one round object with a short trail of fire, described as the size of a pea. The observation was ground-visual and lasted an unspecified duration. No photos were taken. The Air Force concluded the case had insufficient data for evaluation, noting the object had characteristics of a meteor. However, the duration was not given and the case was considered to have insufficient data.

Reported location

Colo Springs, Colo., February 1958

Date of incident

February 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
1 Feb 58

2. LOCATION
Colo Springs, Colo.

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 05/0153Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual    Ground-Radar
  Air-Visual        Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
  Yes
  No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not given

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
not given

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd obj, size of pea, with short trail of fire.

12. CONCLUSIONS
  Was Balloon
  Probably Balloon
  Possible Balloon
  Was Aircraft
  Probably Aircraft
  Possible Aircraft
  Was Astronomical
  Probably Astronomical
  Possible Astronomical
  Other
  Insufficient Data for Evaluation
  Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Obj has characteristics of meteor & this as probable cause. However duration not given & case is considered insufficient data.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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