Peyton, ColoradoSeptember 1956

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Summary

On the nights of September 1, 2, and 3, 1956, observers near Peyton, Colorado reported lights in the sky starting around 7 p.m. local time. Watchers used binoculars and saw the objects as red and round. The objects moved slowly across the sky over a span of hours and dropped behind a mountain or below the horizon.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. An officer viewed the objects on the night of the 6th. He concluded they were astronomical. He identified one as the planet Saturn and the others as the stars Arcturus and Capella. The Air Force conclusion was astronomical.

Reported location

Peyton, Colorado

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

CO / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
a i OC Was Balloon
1,2,3 September 1956 Peyton, Colorado O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Ballon
9 / v 4 Was Aircraft H
Locol 7 pm 4X Ground- Visual DO Ground-Redor 'Q Probably Aireraft
GMT 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft ar /olank
5. PHOTOS . @ Was Aswonomieal © |
a Yes O Probably Astronomical
IX Ne Militar O Possibly Astrenemicel
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE RN.
a conten Date for Evaluation
no wn
below three below | sad
10. ud SYMARY OF SIGHTING | gt ohjs observed [11. COMMENTS
on Se 6, A iS genera oh " : .
round,’ size of fa 12149015 -888°5 20H AERLYEL personaily viewed objs
| length, Thru binges all obis had red & on nigat of 6th and definitely
$IShE. 14¢ F,reyolying, round a wit, dotermined them to be astronomical],
approx 2259123,30021e. Obj moved ¥ to | 0PJ%C¢t #1 was planet Saturn,
about 2439 & di3appaared. behing monntaln #2 star arcturus
at approx 0420Z, DJ ion 1 hr 50 mins #3 star apell:
#2 Initially at 04958552 2708521, 32435 = - Capella
Ohi moved N fy + 1 azi & disappearad
over norigzgon at 05( e Duration 2: 5
£3 Initially at 08398%: ¥ooaz1 15028135
Obj move E.At 0500Z when obsrvrs stoppégd
watching, obj was still in sight at
50dgr atimuth,23dgrel, Duration 2] hrs,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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