PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Bolloon Possibly Balloon DATETIME CROUP TYP~ 0,. OBSERVATION . Local ZJ Goeundo Vluol 0 Ground-Rodar 0 Was Ahcroft 0 Probably Aircraft GMT01/_23W~ C AI,..Vhuof 0 Alrlntercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Wa Astronomical 0 v . 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical Contrail . LEHCTH OP: OBSERVATION e. HUMBER 0,. OBJECTS 9. COURSI! ~ Other Insufficient Data for Evqluation 10. BRIE,. SUMMARY 0,. SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Object observed tor 20 minuta, appearance of Possibl~'> scgnt Lil from bigh-f'~ a/c. contrail, vb1te in color, like cigarette. Disappeared beyond mouta1Aa. Glow at top. Too slow for jet. No clouda :l.n aky. No normal air travel in area or ohHervation. Flu:hinz, ~ew York :.:1y ton, Ohio ou l.SVl.L c, 1 er. u.c _ Iin i on City, Pen;-~3 y1 varlia cr :Hn Ridge, lo;e\.' Jersey tltiJ. l:e:lphiB, .t'ennsy .L iit:Jn 1 ;.\ t ~.cane i S C:> l C .. lif O!."lr..iil .irado) Cal:ifornia . .. . iarbor, i!a ine : '"lrfolk. Virginia r>mter, Colorado ,. :::~on AFB, \fash5.ngton Dayton, Ol1io Dayton, Ohio Argyl, Pennsylvania Berk~1ey, California San Fr"\TIC is co, c~l :i.i'ornia York Brookly!.1, Covin&:t c :l , In tt'.fici c.-::t J:: t'rl Otn c;I' (.SL) 3allo.:.Z! DSUlllClC::lt-.!}:;~ v<l l?~!_!Si bly- .J.~SU!!1Clen~ ta Insufficient D::1t3. P.cobnbly Ballo0n Ir1su:' ~i c ien t Da to. Possi'oly ircraft Unknot:r~ B:;.lJ.0or. Ot?le:-( Ecc~n tric ~ Hoax) .Frob ably -~ ircra f i; InsufficiA~t Data Probebly Aircraft Hoa:-: (Other) Pvs s i. hl v idr craft Ltr, DO #14 t1le Sighted b7 ADIPK (2S JaD 56) HQ Aia DD'EtiSE OO.MJI..A."m, !nt Air Fore~ Base, Colorado Spring, Colorado TOe Ccn.ander, Air Teohnical Intelligence Center, Wright-Pattersoa AiJt P'ol"'e Ba", Ohio l'oxwarded tor your information. 101 THE COMMANDER a DOD lJlR G2ut>.10 :r.; N CLASSt F 1 ED DE:PARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPE CTOR GENERAL USAF 14TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS LOWRY A I R FORCE BASE, DENVER, COL.ORADO (Unclassii'ied) UHID'3l:TIY.E!:> ~:;rnJG OBJ'ECT Sighted by Sam T . Taylor near La Veta, Colorado, 25 Noverr.ber 1955 SPECIAL I1~QUIRY Ai r Defen~e Command Ent Air Forco Base 1. 'l'he Honm:tl ,l q Floor Leader, Color3clo State Senat-;, in a letter r-i.r.t.~'!"l to the Denver Office, Feder.:)l Bureau of It':!'.'0S- tirr,ation~. dated ll>r,.r,h~.:-.. ~1955, sl!.ated tha t on or about 25 }~ovember 1955 he hi'ld seen an urir. r ,rt'(Lt' lP,d object in the vicinity of La""':""-::-:r.;e-=t::-::r~,"'-~O'i:b".F3:::lo. dated 9 Decer.:be r l at his horr.e in H~l FBI, referred the ~tter to this atte:n_Jts Here made b y thic o.fftce .~. Colorado. office by letter, to contc: ct ~ J . On 12 JanH.!.~r l956, Special Agent JA~!c:S A. RCGJRS, of this ot-f'ice, intervie~red Senator~ at the Senate Chambers, Colorado State Ca!)itol Buildin;;. Senator ,.._.verified the date an::! locz. tio:'1 ~!here he h2.d seem the object. He de~ l the object as b _ein:::: sha:Jed like a dirigible, sli?:htly b:;.rrel-shaped 't'TitJ .-front end and ta~)ering to:inrd the t3il. He corit!)ared the object Hhen h e r""ri it in the sl-:y to t.hree-fourth$ of the dia~eter of a fifty gallon barr .. !..._ ..... 1.:i ap?roxirr.ately tvrice the length t;;ith a ta~-:>erin~ tail. He said that the ot,J ., .. ~ uas greenish-blue in color, ap:.)eared ltr.rtinous, see:r.ed to be of a jelly-lil~! .:;t ... 0;;;tance and hnd no distinguishable fe'lturcs. The ob- ject did not make a,,,... .:.nnmd nor vras any exhaust or trail ~de. He estirr;ated that the object t-rac.; ,,,)nr-oxirnately 15, 000 feet elevation above sea level, traveled about ten niles durl.t.L~ his observation and suddenly disc:.pi)eared fro:n vi0H over 1-It. Eestas. He estili.ated that the object Has in ois si~ht for ap~1rorili'.ately five seconds and he estir~ted the s~eed of the object as being ~bout one-half the speed of a meteorite. He stated that the object sucder.ly ap~)et-.rec! from vie\.J alr.:ost overhead diving at ap:;>roximately a l:j degree an:..~le, level?d o~f and ascended at approximately a JO degree angle until its disappear ce. He state t:v1t the fli~ht line of th~ object. iiuuld h?ve !;-~en Lom so,.::t.h.-:;!st to northeast. He esti:nated the altitude of ti~e object a9prm:i171:1.tely 7000 to 8000 feet. He said that the time of the sighting Has a?proxirr~tely 1030 hours 25 Kove:nber 1955, th2.t there t-ras an uhlimi tee ceilin:.;, a:::d thC~t tnere tr0re no clouds or thunderstorms in the area. usion, Sen.-a stated Ce:.ie, ~Ialsenburg, Coloracio, i~d also obs~::--vec an unidc:-.tificC. o:: : :::t o.1 t' .:: On 1 8 January 1956 , stated that his attention i! ClS c;o.ll~d to t::c ::.>-")~-7)r;t ::- ::--:t, ~-:)Pl.:: ~>~ cr:lJ.eci a va'9or trail. Ee saio t~nt th~ object a ):~zr 1~-::d to be , .. ,it{? :.. -. colo:~, Ha3 sha::ed rcu::;hl~r like a cig;~rette ~-!ith a ?Urc ~-i:,itc cole::-, 2.;arent~: ':lO" - ir.:;; at t!-'le to? :-ra said t'!-lc:t tr.ey observed t~e oi'.iect fo;, ao?r.);~i .. -t.~l~' 't.!er;t y .:1i~utes and t:1s t its ~.ove:-r.ent i.'~s too slo for :: j e t . ::e s 7.~:-t t'::r e !:ere no clouds in the a~)c.roachinz ~Ta.ls enourg Hhen s!0J on that day ar.d t:-:cr~ is no -::.oyo:::~l ~' ir tr.:.vcl it ap~arently dis.:.?. e<:!red over ..l.. 3alcy. 5. This letter is clnssified tained in paragraph 24a, AFR 205- 1 . to :: nt:'.ori ty con - cc: Dir . OSI District Co::~,.::nder