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Case FileNARA NAID 28963868 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Glenwood, IowaOctober 1955

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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 October 1955. 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 24.

Reported location

Glenwood, Iowa

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

IA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
Bo PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
3 41. DATE : 2 LOCATION : : 12. CONCLUSIONS ; :
Ee " |0 Wes Balloon
oo. Oct i 0 Probably Balloon
© * [3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Fy Bo Tosamy eles
BE. ; : OD Was Aircroft - 2 A
Local 10/0231Z . 1 Ground-Visuvel 0 Ground-Rodar a Probably Aircraft :
. © GMT : : O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
b S. PHOTOS "| §- SOURCE Ra O Was Astronomical
EE Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
Perk No ivilian DO Possibly Astronomical
i “LENGTH OF OBSERVATION S. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ™ ~~. |O Other
Neca, "5s mins : 8 bic Data for Evaluation
Eo ! one Wtos dips i
L "ho. BRIEF SUMMARY OF sicHTNG 11. COMMENTS al | |
E © “| One round obj, size of dime held at arms length, Possible bslloon. Duration of sighting
i appeared to be red, obj seen in west and dis- and movement to the right and left i
8 appeared in scuth. Obj seemed to shift to substantiate pa sible balloon evalie
© | right and then left. ation. |
4 TR i i
E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 2¢ SRP 53)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963868

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