Colorado Springs, Colo., April 1952April 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 24, 1952, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a civilian man reported an unidentified flying object. The sighting happened about 2245 (10:45 p.m.) from the back yard of a home and lasted 5 to 10 seconds.

The witness described a dark object with a luminous glow, shaped like a swept wing with no fuselage. He estimated it was about 10 times larger than a jet fighter, with a speed near 250 miles per hour and a course of 315 degrees. It flew straight and level and disappeared behind a roof line. No sound was heard. The object was viewed through bare tree branches.

The weather showed thin broken clouds with visibility 15 miles or more, and the observer reported seeing stars at the time. The Air Force noted the object could have been a conventional aircraft except for the lack of sound, since an aircraft as large as described would normally be heard. The record card notes no conclusion and insufficient data.

Reported location

Colorado Springs, Colo., April 1952

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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; . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD R
; iv. ( f° LOCATION ( E CONCLUSIONS ©. 0 |
O Was Balloon !
24 Apr 52 Colorado Springs, Colo. 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 07 SERRE. a Possibly Balloon
hoe on fl SIS NEE... 3 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 4 Ble Sold
OMT 25. CO NE 0 Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt
\ 5. PHOTOS 18. SOURCE ; i 0 Wos Astronomical
0 Yes Civilian - male 0 Probably Astronomical
8 Ne DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE = ici To Terre
0 3 Insufficient Dota for Evoluation
EE TTR eee... 1°
| 1 Dark with luminous glow. Swept wing, Swept wing - no fuselage.
Ey no fuselage. Straight and level maneurers, Disappeared behind roof line.
t Possibly conentional a/c except for the Vigwed through bare tree branches -
absence of sound. If object was large end no sound, 10 times larger than Jet afc
| report indicates it was, an a/c could be :
| beard. . A
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 2 pi : oe, H
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941587