Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Cards — Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 1956
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Two Project 10073 record cards document sightings in Colorado Springs in August 1956. Both incidents were officially identified as natural phenomena: the first as the planet Venus and the second as a group of meteors.
This document consists of two Project 10073 record cards detailing UFO sighting reports from Colorado Springs, Colorado, in August 1956. The first report, dated 14 August 1956, describes a single bright white object, approximately the size of a grapefruit at arm's length, which was observed for 15 to 20 minutes. The object was reported to move straight down and to the left. This sighting was telephoned to the Colorado Springs GOC Filter Center and was officially determined to be the planet Venus. The second report, dated 26 August 1956, describes eight dull silver objects, each the size of a pinhead at arm's length. These objects were observed in a cluster formation, streaking across the sky from west to southwest for a duration of five seconds. The official conclusion for this second incident was that the objects were a group of meteors. Both reports note that there was no report in the file beyond the initial record card, and neither incident involved radar contact or photographic evidence.
This report is considered to be a group of meteors.
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Official Assessment
14 Aug: Planet Venus; 26 Aug: Group of meteors.
Both sightings reported in August 1956 near Colorado Springs were evaluated by the GOC Filter Center and subsequently identified as natural phenomena: the first as the planet Venus and the second as a group of meteors.