UFO Observation Report — Colorado Springs, Colorado, 22 August 1967

This document details a UFO sighting reported on August 22, 1967, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The witnesses, a family group, observed a bright, football-shaped object with a red and silver glow moving in a north-northwesterly direction. The object was described as having a unique, puffy, wavy exhaust trail that shifted from gray to white before disappearing. The observation lasted approximately two to three minutes. The witnesses reported the event to NORAD and subsequently provided detailed accounts via Air Force questionnaires. The Air Force conducted an investigation, contacting the 4600th Air Base Wing at Ent Air Force Base. Official inquiries to the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) and the radar site at Greeley, Colorado, confirmed that there was no unusual radar traffic or known flight plans in the area at the time of the sighting. The investigation concluded that the object's characteristics, particularly the exhaust trail, were inconsistent with conventional aircraft. Despite the investigation, the official conclusion reached by the Air Force, as stated by Lt. Colonel Mac Vickrey, was that the cause of the sighting remained unknown.