Marshalltown, IowaAugust 1956

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On August 29, 1956, a civilian observer in Marshalltown, Iowa reported seeing three round objects about the size of a pea at arm's length. The objects had red and green lights revolving around a white light. They were sighted at 15 degrees azimuth and moved slightly higher in the sky over thirty-five minutes. The witness observed them both with the naked eye and through 7x50 binoculars. The objects were in orbit. The Air Force evaluation concluded the sighting was probably Mars.

Reported location

Marshalltown, Iowa

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 29 August 1956
2. LOCATION: Marshalltown, Iowa
12. CONCLUSIONS: Probably Balloon

3. DATE/TIME GROUP: Local GMT 30/0425Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual
5. PHOTOS: No

6. SOURCE: Civilian (GOC)
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: thirty five minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: three
9. COURSE: in orbit

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Three round objects, size of a pea at arm's length. Objects characterized by a red and green light revolving around a white light. Objects were sighted at 15dgr azimuth. Objects moved slightly higher in the sky. Objects observed visually & through binoculars (7x50 power) for thirty-five minutes.

11. COMMENTS: Object observed at 15 dgr climbing slightly. No azimuth included. Object probably Mars.

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