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Case FileNARA NAID 28961945 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Thurmon, ColoradoMay 1955

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 Thurmon, Colorado in May 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Thurmon, Colorado

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

CO / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was bec
ll May 1955 ———Lhurmon, Colorada [© Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION CO Possibly Balloon
Local. - ~~ 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Readar 5 R Erabobly Aiverats
GMT 12/0106% ERAN KX Aire vi sual O Air-intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft :
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE D Was Astronomical
OVYes oO Probably Astronomical
XiNo Civilian (Commercial Pilot Pessibly Astronomical
—=o— moth _\vommercial Pilos
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE o, STII cobain ait
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
unknown one dlls Lledo bd ESE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Aircraft of unidentified type obser- Immediate identification of
ved by American Air Lines pilot flyin. atbvject observed by commercial
20,000 feet over the Sange de Cristo pilot as being a type of uncee
range, There were no vapor trails or ognized a/e precludes investi-
other distinguishing characteristics gation on basis of sighting being
observed which might assist in the a UFO. Due to scattered cloud
positive identification of this parti- conditions at all altitudes &
cular a/c type, limited visibility it is highly
possible that under better con
ditions this experienced pibt
could have better determined
the exact tvpe a/c. No Inves,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
: SRE AR RT Gr TL hdr A Sn WEE ARH Sp y
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961945

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