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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 25 Nov 55 | 2. LOCATION Laveta, Colorado | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 25/1630Z | 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 civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1 | 9. COURSE unk  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Shap…

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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 (Cont'd)

ADIPM (25 Jan 56) 1st Ind

HQ AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado

TO: Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Forwarded for your information.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

C. F. HUMPHREYS
Major, USAF
Asst Command AAF

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF
14TH DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
LOWRY AIR FORCE BASE, DENVER, COLORADO

14D 24-314

SUBJECT: (Unclassified)
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Sighted by
near La Veta, Colorado,
25 November 1955
SPECIAL INQUIRY

TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado

1. The Honorable , Colorado State
Senate, in a letter written to the Denver Office, Federal Bureau of Invest-
igations, dated 5 December 1955, stated that on or about 25 November 1955
he had seen an un…

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Ltr, DO #14, file 24-314, Subject: (Unclassified) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Sighted by Sam T. Taylor near La Vata, Colorado, 25 Nov 55, SPECIAL INQUIRY, (Cont'd)

that it is his belief that Mr. and Mrs. J, owners of the Alpine Cafe, Walsenburg, Colorado, had also observed an unidentified object on the same date and that it could possibly have been the same one that he had observed.

4. On 18 January 1956, S/A LEONARD F. REDDISH, of this office, interviewed Mr. and Mrs. J, Walsenburg, Colorado. The [redacted] stated that on or about 1 December 1955 when driving approximately twen…