Laveta, ColoradoNovember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On November 25, 1955, near La Veta, Colorado, a man saw a strange object in the daytime sky. The time was about 1030 (10:30 a.m.). The sky was clear with an unlimited ceiling and no clouds.

The witness was a Colorado state senator. He reported the sighting through the FBI, and an Air Force agent later interviewed him. He said the object was shaped like a dirigible, slightly barrel shaped, with a large front end that tapered toward the tail. It was greenish blue in color and looked luminous, as if made of a jelly like substance. It made no sound and left no exhaust or trail.

He estimated the object was about 15,000 feet above sea level. He said it dived, leveled off, then climbed and vanished. The flight line ran from southwest to northeast. He watched it for about five seconds.

The record card lists the case under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion on the card was UNIDENTIFIED.

Reported location

Laveta, Colorado

Date of incident

November 1955

State / country

CO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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3 1. DATE “!.j)° 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 : d : D Was Balloon 5
; 25 Nov 55 laveta, Color4? D Probably Balloon
"  |'3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE QF OBSERVATION me heat) Bon ley
1 (5 BEER KL Er Ds ih som RAL X Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radoar a 5 robebly Avera
A GMT2 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Radar | 2 Possibly Aircroft
k 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
2 O Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
1 0 Ne civilian O Possibly Astronomical
"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION §. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othe JNIDENTIFIED
1 : a] ihautiicieny Data for Evaluation
E 5 seconds 1 unk dd el
© [10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 Shaped like a dirigable, slightly barrel
EF shaped, large front end, tapering toward the |UNIDENTIIFE)) ; d
E tail, greenish blue in color, appeared §
E luminois, seemed made of yelly like
E substance. No sound, no exhaust, at about
E 15,000 feet elev. Weather CAV.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964265