Colorado Springs, Colo; Mexico, December 1955December 1955

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Summary

On December 13, 1955, a flight crew saw a strange object while flying near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The report time in Greenwich time was about 1400Z. The sky was clear at dusk, and the observers were military.

The object was V shaped, with the point facing the direction of flight and the open end at the rear. It was about the size of a large aircraft. It had a white light at the front and a bluish trail or tail. It flew a straight, flat course high overhead. The crew watched it for about five to six seconds.

The copilot first noticed the object approaching from the east while their B-36 flew at 18,000 feet. The crew estimated the object was well above their aircraft and moving very fast. The two observers were combat crew members described as reliable.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was astronomical (meteor).

Reported location

Colorado Springs, Colo; Mexico, December 1955

Date of incident

December 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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ae PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Gd

4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS =
: OD Wes Boll |
i . os Bolloon |
& |13 Dec 55 Colorado Springs, Colo; Mexico O Probably Balloon |
"3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4& TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ell LU ALLL GL) |
Local burmundioaslibailii is po Sib ob D Ground-Visuadl DO Ground-Rodor a Brabdbly Aerts t
2 GMT 3x8 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
| 5- PHOTOS » SOURCE Wos Astronomical
4 0 Yes Probably AstrononiegcOT .

3 2X No military . : 0 Possibly Astronomicol ;
| 7. LENGTH OF .03SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Cli OR Re a

L O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
3 ODO Unknown

5 - 6 sec 1 IE to W Elgon

.  |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

. |obJ appeared to be v-shaped with point

~  |toward direction fa of flight and open end at |ASTRO(Meteor)

. |rear. Size of large a/c - white color at

[forward end with bluish trail or tzdl. Flew 5

~  |straight course, flat trajectory.

; ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964350