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SUBJECT: SIGHTING REPORT 1/27/93 FILE: UFO3174
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Sighting Report 1/27/93
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Date: The date of the incident was January 24th, 1993. The first
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reports came in to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (9-1-1)
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at 19:38 hours (7:38 PM). Two Sheriff's deputies were dispatched
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to the area to meet with the first man reporting unusual lights
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hanging in the sky at 19:39 hours (7:39 PM) to investigate.
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Location: The area of the Ken Caryl Ranch [located South-West of
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the Denver, Colorado metro area] - [centered over the top of the
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mountain that is the apparent center of the Ken Caryl West
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Ranch]. The primary object (large white intense light) was
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estimated to have hovered about 800 to 1000 feet above ground
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level. The five small objects (yellow lights) that were also
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observed at the same time were located approximately 100 feet
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above the ground, below and to the left of the large white
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object.
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What occurred: The first reports occurred at 19:38 hours when the
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public (twelve individuals) reported to the Sheriff's office that
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they were seeing "strange lights illuminating their houses". One
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person also reported that "someone was causing his
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electra/mechanical garage door to keep opening and closing" and
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[sic] that his "house was being light up by a bright light from
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somewhere" [sic] an unknown source. A woman called for help from
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law enforcement officers stating that "someone was shining a
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bright light in her windows, and she was scared". A third car in
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the area was dispatched.
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The first car in the area arrived only a couple of minutes after
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the initial call to police. Officer M.S. (93012401.01) was first
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observed the primary light from I-470 and Ken Caryl road. This is
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approximately 3 miles from the later sightings. He was ordered to
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meet with one of the public witnesses at that location. The
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witness was not there, because he had not returned yet from his
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home where he went to make the call to law enforcement
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authorities. Officer M.S. (93012401.01) decided to continue
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into the housing area and investigate the "bright light" that he
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was observing. He had to drive West about 1/2 a mile to enter the
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area through the "Hog Back" (for information: a geological area
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that appears like small mountains with a cut through them for the
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roadway). For the minute that it took to traverse that distance,
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the bright object was out of his field of view. When he cleared
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the area of the roadway cut he again regained visual sighting of
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the object.
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The officer proceeded up the road to a better visual vantage
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point. He entered the parking lot of the " Bradford Elementary "
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school and parked his car. From this position near the base of
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the first range of mountains facing West; he and his K-9 partner
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exited the police car to better observe the bright object over
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the mountain. His dog didn't show any unusual signs as Officer
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M.S. observed the object. At this time Officer M.S. estimated
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that the "bright white object was about a half mile away"
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(West-North-West). The officer stated that he estimated that the
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object was about 12 feet in diameter. And that it was about as
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bright as looking into a high intensity flood light from close
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proximity as compared to star light which is extremely dim by
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comparison. {NOTE: One needs to know that this housing area is in
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a very small valley that shields light and noise from Denver to
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the North-East. When we (the investigative teams) have been in
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the area at night: you can hear people on the street talking to
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each other in a normal voice from several hundred feet away.
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There is virtually no ambient light or noise in the area.}
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Officer M.S. stated that during the whole 40+ plus minutes that
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he was able to observe any or all of the lights; that there
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was no sound associated with the objects.
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Officer M.S. returned to his car and was contacted by other
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officers that had also moved into the area and could also see the
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lights over the mountains. A police supervisor who could see the
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primary object, drove around the mountain to the back (Western)
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side of the Ken Caryl West Ranch. It took him about an hour to
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work his way to a point where he could again observe the area
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above the housing area. Due to the time necessary to get to that
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location, he was never able to see the bright white object again.
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Officers engaged in discussion about the objects over the police
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radio for about 40 minutes. Jefferson County Sheriff's
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dispatchers contacted the Air Traffic Control Tower at Stapleton
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Airport. Controllers there said that they could see the object
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clearly from the control tower approximately 20 miles distant.
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But stated that the object was too low to be observed by radar
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due to the "ground clutter" caused by the reflectivity of the
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earth surface. They contacted Centennial Airport tower. Personnel
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there couldn't see it. Buckley Air Force Base tower (East of
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Stapleton Airport) stated that they could see a light, but didn't
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know what it was. They denied that any military aircraft were in
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the area or working near the area. Norad Air Defense Command in
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Colorado Springs was called. Controllers there stated that they
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couldn't identify any airborne object above that area. They also
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stated that they were unaware of any military aircraft that might
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be operation high over the area. {They cannot "see" down close to
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the ground there except by looking down by satellite.}
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Commercial aircraft continued to fly an evening landing approach
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to Stapleton near to the area without abetment. The tower from
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Stapleton asked a couple of the landing aircraft if they had
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observed anything flying close to the ground in the area with a
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bright light, however they stated that they hadn't seen any
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aircraft.
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Officer M.S. changed his position several times, noting that the
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primary light had now been joined by 5 small yellow lights that
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were very low over the mountain, and to the South of the central
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object. He noted that the lights would disappear for a minute or
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so just as if someone had turned off a light switch. Then they
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would come on again suddenly.
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The atmosphere was clear with a visibility of a hundred miles
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that night. No clouds were in the area, high or low.
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Officer M.S. had a very clear view during
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most of the 40+ plus minutes that he drove around the area or
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observed from the side of the road. He stated that there was
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never any noise observed during the incident; humming, turbine
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sounds, blade sounds that are made by helicopters nor engine
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sounds from any engine associated with the incident. All was very
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quiet. The only occasional noise was associated with aircraft
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that were approaching Stapleton Airport. He further stated that
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he didn't see any "beams going down to the ground, or anything
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like that". The lights didn't appear to move, flicker, change in
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intensity, or maneuver in any erratic fashion. The only unusual
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phenomenon observed was that the lights would blink out for a few
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seconds; then reappear in about the same place a few seconds
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later. This occurred while the officer was outside his patrol
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car, within 3/4 of a mile of the light, and not moving. This
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effect was observed by all of the officers except the police
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supervisor who drove around the mountain to come up on the object
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from the back side.
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No ill effects were reported either by the officers involved nor
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by the reporting public.
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No physical trace evidence has been found nor is expected to be
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found because the objects were not observed actually on the earth
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surface.
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Addendum:
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January 1993
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Astronomical Overview of 1993
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Denver Skies astronomical highlights
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copyright 1993 Final Copy, Inc.
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***PLANETS***
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MERCURY
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The closest planet to the sun is never easy to see.
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However, it will be in the early evening western sky from early
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February to early March, from the last week in May to the first
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week in July, and from the second week in September through
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October. It will be in the pre-dawn eastern sky between mid-March
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and the first week of May, the last week in July through the
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third week in August, and mid-November through mid-December.
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VENUS
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Typically this planet is easy to find because it is so
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bright. Look for it in the west after sunset from now through the
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end of March. It will be in the eastern morning sky from late
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April until early December.
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Mars
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This month the Red Planet is closest to Earth and the
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brightest for the next two years. Although January is the best
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month to view, Mars is in the evening sky until the last week in
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December, though it will be lost in the glow of the setting sun
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some weeks before.
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The investigation is continuing.
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Sent: 27 Jan 93 21:58:01
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From: Mike Keithly
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Topic: Colorado UFO Update
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A little more detail on the object scene in the Ken Caryl Ranch area on
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Sunday Jan 24 1993. I myself talked to the sheriff today and he shed a
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little more light on a few things. It was anywhere from 500 to 1000 feet
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above the location, also it had a band of yellow lights below the bright
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light as well. Some Investigators from MICAP and ParaNet are as I type are
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on there way to look it over and talk to the sheriff about this. Also NORAD
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was contacted to and did not show anything on there radar. One other
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possibility is our skys the past week have been clear and some of the planets
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are visible, we are checking out a star chart to see if they had something to
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do with being bright and maybe the source of this. I will keep posting as
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more becomes available..
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Mike Keithly
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MICAP BBS Sysop..
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