Project 10073 Record Card and Special Inquiry Regarding Unidentified Flying Object Sighted by Sam T. Taylor

This document is a special inquiry report from the 14th District Office of Special Investigations, Department of the Air Force, dated 25 January 1956. It details the investigation into two separate sightings of unidentified flying objects in Colorado. The first sighting occurred on 25 November 1955, near La Veta, Colorado, and was reported by a Colorado State Senator. The Senator described the object as being shaped like a dirigible, with a large front end and a tapering tail. He estimated the object was greenish-blue, luminous, and appeared to be made of a jelly-like substance. He noted that it made no sound, left no exhaust, and was in his sight for approximately five seconds. He estimated its altitude at 15,000 feet and its speed at half that of a meteorite. The second sighting occurred on 1 December 1955, approximately twenty-nine miles south of Pueblo, Colorado, and was reported by Mr. and Mrs. John Shosky. They described the object as being shaped like a cigarette, white in color, and glowing at the top. They observed it for twenty minutes and noted that its movement was too slow for a jet. The Air Force investigation, conducted by Special Agents James A. Rogers and Leonard F. Reddish, concluded that the object observed by the Shoskys was possibly a contrail from a high-flying aircraft. The document includes a Project 10073 record card summarizing the Shosky sighting, which explicitly lists the conclusion as 'Possible contrail from high-flying a/c.' The report also notes that the Senator's sighting was referred to the Air Force by the FBI after the Senator wrote to them. The document is marked as unclassified and includes instructions for downgrading at three-year intervals.