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Case FileNARA NAID 28967327 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Creston, IowaSeptember 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 Creston, Iowa in September 1956. The full case file (4 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

Creston, Iowa

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OC Was Bolloon
1 September 1956 Creston, Iowa O Probably Balicon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2 TYPE OF OBSERVATION &XxPossitly Belioon |
0 Wes Aircraft
LOO mes +8; Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar O Probably Airereft {
ane OL/LIVASS 0 Air Visval O Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS 0 Was Astronomical
; O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
«Ne Civilian QO Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BDI sapmp——
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
" 0 Unknown
unknown one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One silver, cigar or balloon-shaped Limited details of sighting(shape,
object, the size d a pea at arm's size, color, no movement) indicat
length. Object was directly overhead possibility of 1LoQR
and appeared not to be moving. Ohjzct =>» A
was observed through binoculars. 83% 3 ap
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