Project 10073 Records — Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 1967

This document contains a series of Project 10073 records and associated Air Force staff messages regarding unidentified aerial phenomena reported in the vicinity of Colorado Springs, Colorado, during April 1967. The reports detail multiple sightings by civilian witnesses. One incident on April 3, 1967, involved a stationary object with a halo of light that moved in a circle before disappearing; this was evaluated as possibly being the planet Venus. A second report from April 27, 1967, described a light moving across the sky, which was identified as the Echo I satellite. A third report from April 30, 1967, described a white object with a tail, identified as a meteor. The documentation includes standard Air Force reporting forms, correspondence from Colonel James C. Manatt of the Foreign Technology Division requesting further information from a witness, and internal staff messages summarizing the sightings for various agencies, including NORAD and the University of Colorado's Condon Committee. Major J. W. Brown, the Base Operations Officer at Peterson Field, confirmed that no other reports were received regarding these events.