Project 10073 Record Card — Colorado Springs, Colorado, 6 August 1962

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated incoming Air Force staff message regarding a UFO sighting reported on 6 August 1962 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The witness, a 24-year-old male, reported observing an oblong, watermelon-shaped object that was reddish-orange in color. The object was described as trailing a light and maintaining a straight and level flight path in a northwesterly direction for approximately two minutes. The sighting occurred during daylight hours, shortly before sunset. The report was investigated by Captain William G. Hartling, the Assistant Base Operations Officer, who noted that the reliability of the report was questionable. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that there was insufficient data to fully evaluate the sighting. However, the investigator suggested that the object might have been a sailplane in tow or dust released from a tow, which could explain the observed course and position of the object relative to a light aircraft. The document includes technical details regarding local weather conditions at the time of the sighting, noting that the surface was 76 degrees and unstable, with scattered clouds.