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Case FileNARA NAID 28968564 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Glenwood, IowaDecember 1956

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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 December 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 27.

Reported location

Glenwood, Iowa

Date of incident

December 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

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
0 Wos Balloon
| 8 December 1956 Glenwood, Iowa 0. Rrabgbly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GF essing, Bdilech
Local RA ean RB WAR UE te te re XXGround- Vi sual a Ground-Radar & EAE Rel
emt 08/0615Z2 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical
O Yes DO Probably Aine edi
: XR No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
5 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ¥XotherPxrobahly Flare
r DO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
0 Unknown
thirty seconds one verticall :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One brown white object floating Description, duration, flight
slowly to the earth turning green path, and manner of disappearandge
before hitting, Object fell verticall- indicate sighting was probably
ly for 30 seconds. caused by a flare. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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