Crestone, ColoradoAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 28 to 30, 1956, a civilian in Crestone, Colorado, reported a single object on several nights. On August 28 it was watched for about one hour and fifty-nine minutes and was still in sight at the time of the report. On August 29 it was seen for about two hours and eight minutes, and on August 30 for about one hour and fifty-nine minutes.

The witness described one light orange object shaped like an airplane and about the size of a basketball held at arm's length. It was first seen at about 30 degrees elevation and 120 degrees azimuth. The object did not move but appeared slightly above the skyline of a mountain.

The Air Force said all details matched the planet Mars. The evaluation was astronomical (Mars).

Reported location

Crestone, Colorado

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

CO / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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ER ae PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : :
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1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ¢
O Was Balloon
28-30 August 1956 Crestone, Colorado O Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION I PROITIY See
DO Was Ai ft
Gases igessa Sr —— I Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rader a Probably Air craft
GM LR A EE 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rodar O Possibly Airereft
5. PHOTOS : . u IX Was Astronomicol MALS
O Yes O Probobly Astrenomicol
<I No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B DINOS mppem——— |
3+ill ¢isible after ; : - ER Dette for Evaluation |
1 hr 359 mins one in orbit
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i :
One light orange obj shaped like an All details of sighting conform |
airplane & the size of a basketball at] to characteristics of planet |
arm's length, Obj initially sighted at] Mars, Evaluation is astro (Mars). |
approx 30 dgr elev & 120 dgr azi., Obj
not moving UY appeared to be slightly |
above skyline of mountain, On 23 Aug ©
obj observed for 1 hr 59 mins & still
in sight at time of rpt. On 29 Aug samp
obj cbserved for 2 Lrs & 8 mins (0345Z
to 03332) & again was still in sight
at time of rpt. On 30 Aug obj was :
viewed for 1 n# 59 mins & still in
s2zht when oLservers went to bed,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
: 5 . . 5 . k
©0000 A A SAREE a Tee

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