◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Silver Object over Manitou
On 19 May 1947 railway men on their lunch break at Manitou Springs, Colorado, watched a silver object climb, dive and reverse course every few seconds above the town before it shot away west into the wind. The Air Force logged it as Incident 92. This is the record of what the crew reported, not a verdict on what was over Manitou.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Silver Object over Manitou is a reported UAP case in Pikes Peak Railway, Manitou Springs, Colorado, United States, 19 May 1947, between 12:15 and 13:15.
- Pikes Peak Railway men on their lunch break reported a silver object that climbed, dived and reversed its flight every few seconds over Manitou Springs.
- The Air Force check-list says the men were certain it was not a conventional aircraft, and that it was last seen climbing fast to the west almost directly into the wind.
- The record names three observers, D. A. Hauser, T. J. Smith and L. D. Jamison, all employees of the railway.
- Hynek's Project Grudge index grouped the incident with balloons or ordinary aircraft, and NICAP reports the Blue Book classification as possible birds.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 3 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
19 May 1947, between 12:15 and 13:15
LOCATION
Pikes Peak Railway, Manitou Springs, Colorado · United States
COORDS
38.86°N 104.92°W
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
3
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
