Unidentified UFO at Camp Carson, Colorado, 1950

Summary

In 1966, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Harold R. Brown wrote a letter to the Air Force requesting information about a UFO sighting he had in 1950 at Camp Carson, Colorado. In his letter, Brown expressed frustration at not finding records of his observation and noted that the Air Force seemed uninterested in investigating his account. The Air Force responded that they had reviewed all 1950 cases and could not find any record of his sighting, suggesting it may not have reached the central office of Project Blue Book. Brown, who had access to classified information, insisted that what he saw was real and not a common atmospheric phenomenon. The letter reflects the tension between witnesses and military authorities during the Cold War era, where UFO reports were often downplayed or ignored.