USAF record 28967336 (1956)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 1,2,3 September 1956

2. LOCATION Peyton, Colorado

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 02/0230Z GMT 03/0230Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :Q Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION below

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS three

9. COURSE below

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Three obj's observed on 6th Sep '56 at night on ground level, size of half-dollar at arm's length, thru binoc all obj's had red & green lights blinking alternately. Obj #1 initially sighted at 02/0230Z approx 2430 & disappeared behind mountain at approx 0420Z Duration: 59min. Obj #2 initially at 03/0230Z 27°azi,1,35°el Obj moved N to 285°azi & disappeared approx at same time as #1. Obj #3 initially at 0345Z; 76°azi; (56)°el Obj move E.at 060OZ when obsvrvs stopped watching, obj# was still in sight at [ILLEGIBLE] azimuth,[ILLEGIBLE] Duration [ILLEGIBLE]

11. COMMENTS Analyst personally viewed obj's on night of [STAMP:] and definitely determined them to be astronomical. Object #1 was planet Saturn, #2 star Arcturus, #3 star Capella