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Case FileNARA NAID 28965938 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Marshalltown, IowaJune 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 Marshalltown, Iowa in June 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 25.

Reported location

Marshalltown, Iowa

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

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 |
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24 June 1956 Marshalltown, Iowa DO Probably Ballesn
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Ballaen
AVE pal pbiaset Futilia ian i a XKGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a Fiabe Rivers
oMT__25/00237 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar XXPossibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
x8 No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE JE ir) pc nee
8 Rl seer Dota for Evaluation
five minutes one E to W dts
10. BRIEF. SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round object, white, size of a Concur w/the opinion of the |
pea held at arms length, Brilliance reporting officer that this sight |
of object attepactted the observer's ing was possibly caused by an
attention, The object traveled west aircraft, |
in a straight line course. Object |
faded fm sight,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) )
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965938

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

IowaMarshalltownMarshalltown, IA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-06-01

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