Pueblo, ColoradoAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 29, 1956, a military witness in Pueblo, Colorado, reported a single object. The sighting lasted about two hours and twenty-one minutes.

The witness described one round object about the size of a basketball held at arm's length. To the naked eye it was orange. Through binoculars it appeared reddish on the bottom and green on top. The witness thought it looked like it might be a weather balloon with a light attached. The object faded gradually with the direction of the wind.

The card links this case to a Colorado sighting on August 28, 1956. A related newspaper account described an intensely red round object seen over northern Colorado over several nights, which experts could not fully explain. The card gives the evaluation as astronomical (Mars).

Reported location

Pueblo, Colorado

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

CO / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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fie BU) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
a O Wos Balloon 1
29 August 1955 Pueblo, Colorado OC Probably Bolleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION W Tosney Swe
O Was Aircraft
AD mm —————— XQ Ground- Vi svel O Ground-Rodor QO Probobly Aireroht
A TTL a, 0 Air Vi svel O Air-Intercopt Roder |O Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTO! | . SOU 5X Was Astronomicel Lal's
O Yes O Probebly Astrenomicel
XOX Ne Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE eR
two hrs & 21 minutes O Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
0 Unknown
one SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round object, size of basketball Sec'YlRS Colorado case of
held at arm's length. Color was orange| 28 Aug 1556, °
to naked eye; w/binoculars it appeared
reddish on bottom and green on top.
Object looked like it may have been a
weather balloon.w/light attached,
Ohject observed visually for two hours
and twenty one minutes, Object faded
gradually fm sight w/hhe direction of y
the wind.
No Rernort In File,
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