Fountain, ColoradoAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 22, 1956, a civilian in Fountain, Colorado, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 1050Z and lasted about thirty-five minutes. It disappeared after sunrise.

The witness described one round object with a number of points that later disappeared, leaving a tear-shaped object. It was about the size of a silver dollar held at arm's length. The object was much brighter than a star and had the same color. It was first seen at about 90 degrees azimuth and 45 degrees elevation.

The Air Force said the characteristics matched the planet Venus. The evaluation was astronomical (Venus).

Reported location

Fountain, 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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wos Bolleon
22 Aucus 0 5A AUN i n arlorada O Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION w FOtwy W—
: O Wes Aircraf
Loeceol SS —————— R:6round-Vi svel O Ground-Rader a Probably Aireroft
omt_22/1050Z 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercopt Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTO! ou BX Was Astronomicel YERUS
O Yes O Probebly Astronomicel
Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CAR I  p—
- Rs oe Date for Eveluation
: i i no wn
thirty five minutes one in orbit |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One round object with a number of Characteristics of sighting are
points which later disappeared leaving| those of astro (Venus),
| 2 tear-shaped object, Object was size
of a silver dollar at arm's length,
Object was much brighter than a star
and had the same color, Object was ini4
tially sighted at approximately 90 dgr
azimuth & 45 dgr elevation, Object was
viewed vissually for 35 minutes and
disappeared after sunrise, |
No Report In File :
ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 26 SEP 52)
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