Peterson Field Colorado Springs, ColoradoAugust 1957

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Peterson Field Colorado Springs, Colorado in August 1957. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 28.

Reported location

Peterson Field Colorado Springs, Colorado

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

CO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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: : i! PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; :

1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

fool Peterson Field O Wos Balloon

ZZ August 1957 Colorado Sorings, Colorado |O cdi sagen

a 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Md EORNERY De 10

4 ‘eels MgabatN). XX Bround- Visual DO Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft

; 3 RE O Probably Aircraft

4 : GM aRjoduse XX Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft

i 5. FoTee 8. SOURCE OX XWas Astronomicol

0 Yes ed O Probably Astronomical

F No Military D Possibly Astronomical

i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE SO VRS SE RRP
J DO Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10 minutes two descending 8 Unknown |
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

] Two objects round, size of nickel, Venus & Jupiter,

i N EET

color white.,0One/bhelow the other,
1 Objs bobbing descending behind Ilike's

Peak,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971313

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