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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 1-2-3 May 56 | 2. LOCATION Pueblo, Colorado | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 0426, 0445, 0455 Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilians | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 sec to 1 minute | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 and 2 | 9. COURSE straight circlin…

P OBJECT OBSERVED OVERHEAD ONE TO FIVE TIMES ON THREE SRCCESSIVE
NIGHTS PD OBJECT COURSES FM E TO W CMM W TO E CMN S TO N CMN E TO
N AND CIRCLING PD
C SEE 2P
D ERRATIC STRAIGHT TO CIRCLING PD SOMETIMES APPREARED TO ROLL
E ABRUPTLY LIKE A LIGHT TURNED OFF
F FOUR (4) SECONDS TO ONE (1) MINUTE
3 A GROUND VISUAL
B NONE
C N/A
4 A 02/0426Z CNN 02/0445Z CNN 02/0455Z CNN 02/0516Z CMM 03/1432Z
CMM 04/0503Z MAY 1956
E NIGHT
5 GEORGE FJAJ 2218 CMM COURTHOUSE BLDG PUEBLO COLO
6 A CMM AGE 38 CMM 203 W 2 PUEBLO COLO CMM
MISSILE REPAIRMAN CMM RELIABILITY UNKNOWN
CMM AGE 40 CMM CMM PUEBLO COLO

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2-3-4 02/0426Z 28
Multi
PD241 YMP126 YYP2 1ENP127
RJWFDN RJEDWP RJEPNG
RJEDEN 80
41745Z
COMDR 4602D AISS ENT AFP COLO
RJWFDN/COMDR 34TN ADIV KIRTLAND AFP NMEX
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WPAFR OHIO
RJEPHO/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASHDC
ET
/UNCLAS/AISOP 0415 PD THE FOLG IS SUBM IN COMPLIANCE WITH PARA
AFR 200-2 DTD 12 AUG 54 PD
1 A ROUND
I VARIED FM BASEBALL TO GRAPEFRUIT HELD AT ARMS LENGTH
C WHITE FLUORESCENT
D VARIED ONE (1) TO TWO (2)
E WHEN TWO OBJECTS OBSERVED AT ONE TIME THEY FLEW PARALLED COURSES
BUT ONE APPEARED TO CROSS
F NONE
G NONE
May 2-7--Pueblo, Colo.--"Sightings of 'unidentified flying objec…

RUPPELT'S BOOK

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Case 160. Pueblo Colorado, Div. successive nights, early May, 1956—Denver's Rocky Mountain News reported. May 11 the following: "Sightings of unidentified flying objects for six successive nights near Pueblo were reported Thursday by the Air Force. The first report was made to the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron at Peterson Field here by the Pueblo GOC. Capt. Vincent Fintery, a member of the Air Force's Air Defense Filter Center, said he knows of no attempt to investigate the sightings with intercepter aircraft. Sgt. Gilbert Nelson, a member of th…