Fruita, Colorado near Grand Junction, December 1957December 1957

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Summary

On a night in December 1957, a witness near Fruita reported one round object that changed colors among yellow, white, green, and red. The object moved to the southwest, then to the south, over about 45 minutes. It was seen passing near the planet Venus. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that the object stayed in the same area for 45 minutes, that the moon was down and the sun had set, and that astronomical twilight had also passed.

Reported location

Fruita, Colorado near Grand Junction, December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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1 Re PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
: 1. DATE ~ |2 LOCATION ie 12. CONCLUSIONS
Fruita, Colorado 0 Wes Ball
i 17 December 1957 near Grand Junction 0 Probably Balloon
| [3 oaTE-TINE GROUP 4% TYPE OF OBSERVATION & pesmby Bolden
Leeal Litae one Gk fRround- Visual O Ground-Radar 8 Lala oid Vo oft |
Er oMT___18/0220Z 0 Air Visual O AirIntercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft :
Ss. PHOTOS O Was Astronomical
; a Yes O Probably Astronomical |
| XX No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other UNIDENTIFIED | |
3 | 1 Dnttteent Data for Evaluation
i 45 minutes one | SW to S : |
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS |
4 One round yellow, white, green, red | Object in sight for 45 minutes in
: object seen moving SW then S for 45 same area, Moon was down & sun had
4 minutes, Passed Venus, set. Astronomical twilight also
; passed, Contrails would not be visji-
f ble, indicating object possibly ow
light source. Unidentified.
] ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2) ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976184