Colorado Hayden, August 1962August 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Colorado Hayden, August 1962 in August 1962. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 46.

Reported location

Colorado Hayden, August 1962

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION or 12. CONCLUSIONS
L \X tM” 0 Was Balloon
{week of) 6 August 1952| Colorado ia NEY RE | \
3. DATETIME GROUP a. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ETRY Se |
Lat n MAANABRE MX Ground- Visual J Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft |
ith GMT an gels La | a Air Vi sual a Air-Intercept Radar : 0 Possibly Aircraft
5 PHOTOS ka SOURCE MX Was Astronomical Meteor
OQ Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
chrasiy U LE TTT O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF O353RVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY IONY icin ii adiiasiai
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 Unknown
—pot rofl... I one oot gives J
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Something huge passed through sky, Description of meteor sighting
Aront end round like a ball of fire although duration not rptd.
with sparks trailing. Accompanied
by swooshing sound. Close to Earth
and estimated landing 200-300 miles
away,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
AA 850 5 Re sa da rn
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998520

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-08-01