'~ TY"f o: O~SER'OTICI't 'i'hreo /drr:on c;O,..C.l USh.r.! Uol loo: u LHIII ,.., ,,, t ctol thr<tc r. tnutos Sjlvor circul~r objoct. hov~rou in vicinity rtpprox t' tiir, then disar:poa.rod :..& tl ci ;h rC!.te of spoed. Objec~ b9camc tcal h~pcd as it e:~.;inced d11cction.1. Olljoct app~ar'=:d t.o bo ttpprox h r.dlos dist:-1.nt at 2000' nlt.itude ittir~ A whit.o licht. UNQ.ASSIFIED ~ Cuaon, ColorAdo I. O.Ccrip\lon or Incident. a\ ea.p Carson ai1hted a allerr ~dentitied flJinl obj~t at o617 MSr. l\ appeared olroular in st;ape about t!:e al&e or a baseball, chan&in& 1&\er \o a t.ear-ahapect contipratlon and hOYered in Yiew for tvo t.o three after vhich 1\ disapperecl at a hich rat~ ot speed. Observers \19re thrH airaen uaiped t.o \hia base and all state~ that. \be unknO\II\ object was . located awt.b of their obsertation point. The otject emitted an intermittent. white 11cht while in riev. II. Dtaousalon of Incident Although the sighting took place two hours !ter a achoduled piball balloon release.at Pueblo, Colorado, this reFort. haa bee~ evaluated as possibly balloon clue to t.he deacrlption. Ita tear-drop ahape indicates that it. may be a laree pear-shaped upper atr research balloon with a pilot light. ATIC has not yet. had \be opportunit7 to check the object. against know:. upper air resttarch balloon \rack but tentat1'Yel.7 evaluates the sicht.ing as shown below. III. Conclusion Possibl7 balloon. DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR JNTERVAT~S: DECLASSIFIED AFT .ll! 12 EAUS UNCI..AsSIFI0 UNCLASSIFIED NCLASSIFIED CI~CULr".:1 VI Cii\ I TY 2 ~J!)UJ\LLY UNCLASSIFIED