USAF record 28967705 (1956)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 26 September 1956

2. LOCATION Craig, Colorado

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 27/0155Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED] Ground-Radar [REDACTED] Air-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Intercept Radar [REDACTED]

5. PHOTOS Yes [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ten minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS fourteen

9. COURSE North to Southeast

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Approximately 14 lights arranged as a string as described; uniform in distance and appeared to be similar to a string of cabin lights on a modern passenger aircraft as seen from the ground. Object was traveling from the North to the Southeast at approximately one or two thousand feet altitude. Object was observed visually for ten minutes.

11. COMMENTS Contact w/Frontier Air Lines indicates that airline flies over Craig on the flight fm Salt Lake City to Denver, Flight left Salt Lk2 at 1805, Description & duration of sighting indicates sighting caused by a/c, probably DC-3 commercial Since there is no difference in sound and the Frontier flight could not have traveled, if on schedule, is Salt Lake to Craig in 50 minutes, case evaluated as probably a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 30 SEP 53)