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Case FileNARA NAID 28967939 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Colfax, IowaOctober 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 October 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

October 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
15 October 1956

2. LOCATION
Colfax, Iowa

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 13/0459Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
unknown

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object with round shape and the size of a pea was flashing red, green and white lights. Object moving slowly west.

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

11. COMMENTS
probable a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 18 SEP 53)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967939

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Organizations

29TH ADIV DEF GRANDVIEW AFE MO7SSTH ACRON WAVERAIR TECH INTELL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON OHIODIRECTOR INTELL HQ USAF WASH DCENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

ColfaxColfax, IAColfax, IowaIowa

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

15 October 195616/10/5619561956-10-01

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