Project 10073 Record — Sighting near Westcliffe, Colorado, 12 August 1967

This document collection details a UFO sighting report from 12 August 1967, involving a civilian observer near Westcliffe, Colorado. The observer reported seeing a shiny, yellow, tent-shaped object resting on four legs on the east side of Marble Mountain at an elevation of 11,000 feet. The observation lasted approximately one hour, during which the observer noted the object was larger than a car but smaller than a house. The observer eventually left the area due to a rainstorm. The report was not submitted to the Air Force until a significant time had passed, and the observer never witnessed the object in flight. Consequently, the official conclusion reached by the Foreign Technology Division was that there was insufficient data to classify the event as a UFO. Major Edward L. Stricker, an Assistant Base Operations Officer at Peterson Field, investigated the report and consulted with the U.S. Forest Service, finding no known objects, such as vacation cottages, that could account for the sighting. The investigators speculated that the observer's interest and imagination might have been influenced by recent publicity surrounding a separate incident in Alamosa, Colorado, often referred to as 'the horse' incident. The file includes internal Air Force correspondence requesting further information from the observer via FTD Form 164 and AF Form 117, though these forms were never returned.