Manitou Springs, Colo., March 1957March 1957

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On March 29, 1957, a yellow object was sighted near Manitou Springs, Colorado at 1:51 p.m. A civilian witness reported seeing one yellow object the size of a pinhead at arm's length. The object was seen heading slowly south and remained in sight for thirty minutes after the report was made. The object was five degrees above the mountains when first spotted and continued heading south. Scattered clouds and very little wind were present at the time. Investigation revealed that a balloon was released from Grand Junction, Colorado at 9:00 a.m. The Air Force concluded the sighting was caused by a released balloon.

Reported location

Manitou Springs, Colo., March 1957

Date of incident

March 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
29 March 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 28/1008Z

6. PHOTOS
[checkbox] Yes
[checkbox] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
thirty minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One yellow object the size of the head of a pin at arm's length. Object was seen heading slowly south and was still in sight after thirty minutes when the Source made the rpt.

2. LOCATION
Manitou Springs, Colo.

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

5. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
Southerly

11. COMMENTS
A balloon was released from Grand Junction, Colo at 0900Z. Winds prevalent at time of sighting indicate that this sighting was a released balloon.

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

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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