PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD !Jlveta, ColorW.) 3. DATETIME OROU~ TYPI! Ql' OISI!AVATION q Groun Vl.-.ol 0 GroundAader 0 AI,. VI wol 0 Alrlntercet~t Radar LENGTH 0' OIIIRVATION 1. HUMII!R 0' OIJI!CTS 9. COURSI! 10. BAIEfl SUMMARY 0, IIOttTINO 11. COMMENTS Shaped like a dirigable, slightly barz el shaped, large ~rant end, tapel."iug toward the UNIDENTIIFE {) tail, greenish blue in color , ttppeared seemed made or .i~lly llke substance. No sound, nt) exl1auat, at abrut 15,000 feet elev. Weather C 1\ Vtl. A'I'IC FORM S2t (llY ~ ... 12) CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Prollallly Bolloon Poulbly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po sslbl y Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Oth.)JNIDENTIFIED lnsufflclnt Data for Evaluation tJNCLASSif\ED Ltr, DO #14, file 24-.314, Subject: (Unclassified) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Sighted by Sam T. Taylor near La Veta, Colorado, 25 Nov 55, SPECIAL INQUIRY ADIPM (25 Jan 56) HQ AIR DEFENSE COl~ND, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado TO: Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for your information. FOR THE COMMANDER: UNCLA.SSIFlEO. OEPAR-rMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF li+D 24-Jl4 14TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPE C IAL INV E STIGATIONS LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, D ENVER, COLOR ADO SUBJ'..:GT : (Unclc.ssi fied) Ul!lD?::rTIFISD FI..Yil1G OBJ3CT Sighted by ne~r La Veta, Colorado, 25 ~iovember 195.5 SPECIAL INQUIRY TO: Comll1.3nder Air Defense Comn~nd Ent Air Forco Hase 1 . The Bonorr.~hll" , , Colorado State Senatos, in a letter .ll'i l) .r..!n to the Denve r Office, Federal Bureau of In,:es- ti~;->.tions, d a t e d ~ TJ,!r.r:ll.be,.t~.lQ55, stated that on or about 25 t-!ovemb e r 1955 he hr.-d seen ::m uni';);ii1Li'l":!:l ouject in t ;,.e vicinity of L:1-Vel..1!-; .. ~on1o. 2 . The Denver u r I r:n I li13I' referred the matter to this office by l ette dated 9 De cembe r 1: . T 1ttem_Jt~ ':Tere ~ade by t his office to conta ct at his home in :lals~nuLU'>!;, Colorado. J . On 12 J am.uu~ , Special _t._gent JAHES A. RCX1ERS, of this offic e , intervie .. Ted Senator at the Senate C~1ambers, Colorado St ate Ca9itol Buildin.~. Senator . verified the dnte and location \>Yhere he h a d seen the object. He desc.~i!., JJ l.he object as b eing shaped like a dirigible, s l i ghtly barr el -shaped .Ni th a. ).; t';~e front end and ta~ering tohTard the t eil. Be CDrl?ared the objGct \Then he o:)sei~ved it i n the sky to three-fourths of the diameter of a ri.fty gallon barrel and approxirr.a tely brice the length r.ri t h a tapering t ail. ne said that the objact vras greenish-blue in co1ot, appeared luminous, seer:"..ed to be o"!: a ,ielly-likc: su.'-:lstance and had no. distinguishable features. The ob- ject dici not tn2ke any sound nor wa s any exhaust or trail made. He estir-.ated that the object Has approxirr.ately 15,000 feet elevation above sea level, traveled about ten miles during h.is observation and suddenly disappeared from v~ev1 over 1-~t. :i::esta s . He estimated that the object vTas in h i s sisht for approximately .five s e conds and he estim~ted the speed of the object as being about one-half the spe~d of a meteorite . ~e stated t~t t h e ob,ject S .lddenly a p_9eared from vie.r nl;.ost overhead divin1 .:->. t 2p?ro~cit:'lE'tely a l:-5 de-:;ree an._:lc, leveled off sta ted t!1:tt the fli:~ht line of th'3 object t-rould hav e been from southt.;est to northeast . He estimated the altituci.e of t!~e object a?;>prox i feet. :-te s a i d thc>.t t~e time of the si; htinfl: H<!S a~)proxirr-'1tely 1030 hours 25 !'rove~nb~r 1955, that there u a s an uh.limited 'C3ilir.J:, a~d thG't there Here no clouds or thunderstorms in the are~. In Sena stated L!NCLA.SSiFIEO Si::-ht-:?d bv S:>r T . that it is his belief that . -r . and :'.irs. , owners o f the Al pine Cafe, i:Talsenburg, Color;~do, had also observed an unidentified object on the same dE~te and that it could '()ossibly have been the sa!"le one t=-:.a t ~e had o')- 4 . On 1 8 Ja.nua A r:r.o~-'ARD !". !EDDISH, of this ce, inter- vie~ied ~-ir. and ii-s. , ':~alsenburg, Colorado. The st.3ted that on or about 1 December 1955 Hhen driving approximately tTenty-nine miles south of Pueblo a t 1 600 hours they observ~d an unidentified flying objact. ~stated that his :1tt ention \.ras called to the o'Jject by Nh~t could be called a vapor trail. ITe said that t 'ne object ap;>eBred to b~ vrhite in color, ~.ras sha:.)ed ro113hl y l.'Ll(e a. cigarette ~ri th a pure t-rhi te color, a.p9arently -.;lof- in~ at tbe to~. Be :J.>id t~1at ti"!ey observe-:! t':le oh.iect for appr)Y..im-:~t.~ly tFenty ;11inutes and tlr t i t.s movement Has too slo, for '=~ j e t . :{e said t hc.t tl'ere Here no clouds in t!le slcy on that day f.lnd there is n o nor'!T'.al air travel in that. ctrea. He s-:~ j d t !n 1: t.~1e lsst r.e SSvl 0~ the object ':i:J5 t<Then he '.-laS ap~::ro~chin;~ .-Jals enhun~ tJhc n it apparently disap:Jeared over i-it. Baldy. 5 This letter L'> clJsslfie'i pursuant. to authority con- Lt Colonel USAF District Conw~nder cc: Dir. OSI t ''oECLA;s~Jb:ibii{~f~o.l\; :u:Lt~uv I UNCLASSIFIED