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|  PROJECT 10073 RECORD  |   |
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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
|  01/11/42 | Manitou Springs, Colorado  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | BALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  CAB | Object was a balloon shape and silver in color. It seemed to stay in one spot. It made no maneuvers. No lights, odor, sound, or exhaust were observed. The possibility that a balloon from the US weather bureau in Denver was in the area at that time is very good.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  3 Minutes |   |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION …

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|  UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION | FILE NO. 24-36 | DATE 16 August 1949  |
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|  TITLE INVESTIGATION OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECT IN VICINITY OF CAMERON'S CONE, MANITOU SPRINGS, COLORADO | REPORT MADE BY JOHN H. KRAMB, S/A dm  |   |
|  CHARACTER SPECIAL INQUIRY | REFERENCE Telephone call, PIO Office, Hq, 15th Air Force, 8 August 1949  |   |

SYNOPSIS

Investigation initiated upon receipt of information from Mr. Frank R. Waddell, PIO Section, Hq 15AF, that he had been telephonically advised …

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DETAILS:

1. This investigation was initiated upon the receipt of information from Mr. Frank R. Waddell, PIO Office, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado, who at approximately 0845 hours, 8 August 1949, informed the writer that he had received a telephone call from a Mr. [redacted] Road, Manitou Springs, Colorado, that he had observed an unidentified aerial object in the vicinity of Cameron's Cone at approximately 0758 hours 8 August 1949, at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

AT MANITOU SPRINGS, COLORADO

2. At approximately 0915 hours 8 August 1949, Mr. [redacted], Manitou …

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4. Description of Terrain. The place of sighting was approximately one quarter of a mile south of US Highway 24 on the [redacted] Highway, Manitou Springs, Colorado. The map coordinates of this location are approximately 38° 47' north latitude and 104° 59' west longitude. The terrain is extremely mountainous, being in the foothills of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The altitude at the place of sighting is approximately 6,500 feet and the region over which the object was sighted is approximately 10,500 feet. The writer was able to observe the ridge between Cameron's Cone …

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

5D-OSI/JEM/fmn

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, USAF
5TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, DAYTON, OHIO

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IN REPLY REFER TO: 5D 24-21

31 August 1949

SUBJECT: PROJECT GRUDGE
SPECIAL INQUIRY

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXS

1. The attached report of investigation from DO #14, dated 16 August 1949, is forwarded for your information.

2. This investigation was not requested by or through this office.

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