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Case FileNARA NAID 28968221 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Colfax, IowaNovember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Colfax, Iowa in November 1956. The full case file (2 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 26.

Reported location

Colfax, Iowa

Date of incident

November 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 November 1956

2. LOCATION
Colfax, Iowa

3. TIME GROUP
Local
09/0500Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual | Ground-Radar
 Air-Visual | Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
one minute

8. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING
One round reddish-yellow object, size of a basketball at arm's length. Obj tapered out to a point. Object moving SE to NW and out of sight behind the horizon. Object was observed visually for one minute.

13. CONCLUSIONS
X Was Balloon
 Probably Balloon
 Possibly Balloon
 Was Aircraft
 Probably Aircraft
 Possibly Aircraft
 Was Astronomical
 Probably Astronomical
 Possibly Astronomical
 Other
 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
 Unknown

9. COURSE
SE to NW

11. COMMENTS
Description, duration, flight path and manner of disappearance indicate that this sighting was probably caused by an aircraft.

AFIC FORM 330 (REV 25 MAY 56)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968221

Connected across the archive

Organizations

Air Technical Intelligence Center

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ColfaxColfax, IAColfax, IowaColorado Springs, ColoradoIowaWashington, DCWright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

13 Nov 5619561956-11-018 November 1956

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