Anita, IowaOctober 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 25, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Anita, Iowa. The report came from a ground observer post. The object was watched for two minutes.

The witness described one bright silver disc. It was thick in the middle and thin at the edge. It looked the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. The object stayed in one place but kept flipping over. It was seen with the eyes and through binoculars.

The Air Force record card lists the conclusion as insufficient data. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record system for reports of unidentified flying objects.

Reported location

Anita, Iowa

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECCRD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION w Fesuiny Suton
. X 0 Wos Aircraft i
Local —_— -8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Reodar QO Probably Aircrofy
Tel As Ta tolols : . .
GMT 26/20557 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
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3. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
XS No Civilian (GOC) O Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE EEE
0: Insufficiant Dota for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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was stationary, but kept fl ipping over
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