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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - 4 Feb 58 - Colo Springs, Colo.

📅 4 Feb 58 📍 Colo Springs, Colo. 🏛 ATIC 📄 Record Card and Teletype Report
Project 10073Colorado SpringsMeteorUAP1958

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A truck driver reported a pea-sized, round object with a fire trail near Colorado Springs on February 4, 1958. The military investigation concluded that while it resembled a meteor, the lack of duration data resulted in a classification of insufficient data.

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial object sighting on February 4, 1958, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The witness, identified as a truck driver, reported observing a single round object, described as being the size of a pea with a short trail of fire. The report indicates that the observation occurred at night under clear weather conditions. The military investigation, conducted by Captain Doyle F. Boutwell of Headquarters ADC, noted that the object exhibited characteristics consistent with a meteor. However, because the duration of the sighting was not provided, the official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, ATIC, was that there was insufficient data to make a definitive determination. The teletype communication, dated February 5, 1958, confirms the lack of radar contact and photographic evidence, and explicitly states that the case is considered to have insufficient information for a full evaluation.

Rnd obj, size of pea, whth short trail of fire. Obj has characteristics of meteor & this is a probable cause However duration not given & case is considered insufficient data.

Official Assessment

Obj has characteristics of meteor & this is a probable cause However duration not given & case is considered insufficient data.

The object was described as round, pea-sized, with a short trail of fire. Due to the lack of duration data, the case was deemed to have insufficient information for a definitive evaluation, though a meteor was suggested as a probable cause.

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