Das Moines, IowaJanuary 1955

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Summary

On January 30, 1955, near Des Moines, Iowa, a jet pilot flying a T-33 reported an object at night. He was at about 20,000 feet. The sighting lasted about 25 seconds.

The pilot said the object came at his aircraft from a head-on position. It showed a white light that varied in intensity and flashed at a set frequency. There was no trail, exhaust, or sound. The object appeared to climb to about 25,000 feet.

Because the sighting lasted only 25 seconds and was reported eight days late, the Air Force did not order a follow-up investigation. The case is recorded under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Das Moines, Iowa

Date of incident

January 1955

State / country

IA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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: UFCB INDEX CARD id
I. DATE TE Be | 2. LOCATION | 12. CoNcLusions
Red JA agli U3 | E ‘Has Balloon
Ar Polresey-3955 | Dos Moines, Jos CQ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP ks TYPE OF O3SERVATICN wes | ForsiMy Dallsen
rng ARR 0 Vi i 0 Wos Aircraft
Local « FR Ground- Yi sual 0 Ground-Raodar a Peobebly Aireratt
| ouT_—ATReT fi  CRAIRVi at 3 Ainintercant Radar 1G Possibly Aircraft
5. PHADTOS irk ks SOURCE lo Was Astronomical
es Ma 4 - O Probably Astronomical
Sein rs AA Aion 2, Packer E Possibly Astronomical
eR a TD a REO DARD | : Ee a ots i masta
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF tad) | 9. COURSE I A ES MOV MA
O_ Insufficient Data H
approx 25 seconds: | 1 | Isad=on coursa |X 1 ba ed
19. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING RES ji COMMENTS Ss sk
Jaz pilot flying 7-33 type alrerafy observed In view of the fact that the sighting
{Object mim Maxs at his aireralt from a heade Was for only 25 seconds and the ine
on position levsl at 20,000 fast, Objset 3 cldeni was reported eight days after
| characterized by a white light, varying in Ine the mitial sighting, a followin
tensity and flashing at a set frequency, lo| Invesitizaiion was not deamed worthwalld,
imail or axhaust was visidls, Io sound was |
haardy there wers mo otker pertinent features,
The object appaersd to climb to approximately
25,000 Past,
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) a a

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