Kremmling, ColoradoOctober 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On October 6, 1957, at 1:05 p.m., a civilian in Kremmling, Colorado reported seeing a round object about the size of a quarter at arm's length. The object was red at first, then changed to blue with a white core and two tails. It remained stationary in the sky for five minutes before gradually fading out. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as probably a balloon released at Grand Junction, Colorado.

Reported location

Kremmling, Colorado

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

CO / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10023 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
6 October 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1705
GMT 17/0205Z

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[checkmark] Yes
[X] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5 minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
A round object the size of a quarter at arm's length, red at first then blue with white core and two tails. Gradually faded out.

2. LOCATION
Kremmling, Colorado

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual
[checkmark] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
stationary

12. CONCLUSIONS
[] Was Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[] Possibly Balloon
[] Was Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Possibly Aircraft
[] Was Astronomical
[] Probably Astronomical
[] Possibly Astronomical
[] Other
[] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[] Unknown

11. COMMENTS
The sighting was probably a balloon released at Grand Junction, Colorado.

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