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Case FileNARA NAID 28968865 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Glenwood, IowaJanuary 1957

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 January 1957. 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

January 1957

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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
' . > A A Aes SSA i Pv Pua SA Br Vg ifn AVIA SHSM SA SRT DUST ASI SISA GRASS ad Lotpat ASovtorsstns aps ot i
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
/ 1 Was Hiniogn,
0) A RAS A rr Glonwood 411 0 Probably Balloon |
vA Janual Vie 1907 nls Lon Wao LOWE Yr 00 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : |
A ; ji 01 Wos Aircrafr |
Local FTE a SL Ue Ee SRE EOE SSA D:Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground Radar [@] Probably: Aircraft |
GMT. 22/062987% D Air-Visuai 0 Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
OMT. Ped | Ar —
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE [Was Astronomical Meteor
QO Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
0No Glynn (GOR) and Mai itary [3 esaikly Astienomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EN AO PRE Pe a Ga See
: Ww to NW 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
HC EY 0 Unknown
30-seconds one falling
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One white later turning to red flame, Description and flight path of
two inches wide and 60 inches long, the object indicates that this
Object moved from West to Northwest sighting was caused by a meteor.
; falling, Object was seen visually for However, since the length of
& 20 seconds. time in sight is rather long
: for a meteor, a "probably meteor’
evaluation is given. Possible
overestimation of duration also
considered,
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 3ZP 52)
: BAR ER Rr NC da A Ra he a fa J ¥
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