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Case FileNARA NAID 28963139 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Glenwood, IowaAugust 1955

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 Glenwood, Iowa in August 1955. The full case file (5 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 23.

Reported location

Glenwood, Iowa

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

IA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
[Rose re ae AGUSTIN (TE CONCLUSIONS
; O ‘Was Balloon
11 August 1966 Glenwood, Iowa O Probably Balloon

‘3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION - R Possibly Bolleon
UL A A SI X Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 8 Wiig Mean
GMT 11 [23182 Aug oY] 0 Air Visual O Air-Iintercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft

5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

O Yes O Probably Astronomical

; g No | : O Possibly Astronomical
"  |7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION i NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE IY i ii
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown :
RE | : 11. COMMENTS 3 a, BES >
] k BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING B | se es
3 ; ’
1 aide, apprearded to remain statiomary for the description of the objects, and the
1 duration of the sightings Seen through course of the objects (stationary) ||
| | binoculars. indicate the possibility of &Fballoo
1 A UFOB sighted at Newark Valley, N.Y.
3 : in Jul of 55 had similiar characteris
1 : sh ~~ ties and was definitely idsntified as
1 HE. a balloon.
i AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) : g i
y 8. : : : hi |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963139

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