Anita, IowaJune 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 16, 1955, a witness near Anita, Iowa reported a single object. The object was cigar shaped, two to six feet long, with blue and white markings and a red exhaust. It appeared about 500 to 1,000 feet above the ground. The observer noted a soft hissing sound. The original information was taken over the phone.

The Air Force record for the Iowa sighting lists the conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation. Officials said more information was promised in a later message but had not arrived, and any added detail would be forwarded. There was no report in the file.

The record also includes a separate card for a sighting near Topeka, Kansas. There, a USAF pilot saw a single round, green object the size of a grapefruit at arm's length, with a tail to a point, for about forty seconds. It appeared to burn out suddenly. Linked to a sighting in Minneapolis the same date at about the same time and heading, the Air Force evaluated that object as possibly astronomical.

Reported location

Anita, Iowa

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

IA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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' PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a, at |
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1. DATE a ———————————————— cian |
2. LOCATION BE rr |
N 12. CONCLUSIONS wiv
age? SUH 1955 HE Anita, Towa - Brokers |
| + DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ———————|0 Possibl} Bellon
wie ; Cr rc —— 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft |
3 i ont 16/0377, dune 1955 0 AirViseal UNK a Probably Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS Shun Olrintarcapt Radar |B Possibly Aiccrafy
0 Yes 5 pon, \atrenomical
S 0} No & : robably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION a inatdan © Possibly Astronomical
poh} 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oo  osh
: UTK One (1) EK Insufficient Dare for Evaloaric:
: skits ER iy Unk a HOW ata for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING RE | ~~ wae SI
One G8 cigar sl s ; ee ————————
.) cig shaped object, two to six (2 H |
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| feet in length, with a blue and white mari Adaitionas & date for evaluation.
| pid and red exhaust appeared to be 500 to is Bish; info promised by pr msg but
: 1,000 feet above ground. Soft hissing rd ecelved. Ary additional info
sound noted by observer. : hh vhich may effect the conclu-
| mon will ba forvarded. Original info
] taken by CQ by phone. 7 3
4 (No Report in file)
- ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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1 Rh ) UFCB INDEX CARD ATISS-UFER=}77=55 PA |
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3 I. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: Je 2 O Was Balloon |
| [Sf uwnelgss == | Topska, Kenses 0 [0 Probably Bellen |
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP |'4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Zr |
3 . 4 as Aircratt
E loco) eee 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Redar Q Probably Aircraft
4 GMT 16 0Z 1 ph X Air Visual O Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft |
3 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical MeTen d-
O Yes k 3 ginne ty Ssteanbmiegl rs
. : ibly Ast i
; ZNo Milita (Pilot) i RE 1R-1D7 stronomica rs |
4 ; ; ER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR) eR SR OO Sl
i 7s LENOTI OF GRSERYATION I anti | O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
E ; : 8 Unknown
. Forty (LO) Secords One (1 190°
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
¢ 7] | One (1) round, green object, the size of a In connection with the sighting in Mimn-|
4 grapefruit at arm's length, faatures the size | eapolis, same date, approx same time, |
a and appearance of those on the moon, a tail heading in the same direction, this UFCB
to a point, appeared tn a USAF pilot for a has been has been evaluated by this |
4 period of forty (40) seconds, The object headquarters as POSSIBLY ASTRONCMICAL
. appeared to burn out suddenly, in spite of the fact of the langth of
y time of sighting, |
| AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) |

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