Muscatine, IowaAugust 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On about August 26, 1955, in Muscatine, Iowa, civilians at a Ground Observer Corps post reported a star-shaped object. Witnesses included a state worker, a salesman, and a paint store manager. The sighting lasted about two hours.

The object was described as star-shaped. With the naked eye it appeared to change from red to green. Through binoculars it changed from red to green to white. It was reported to rise and fall (ascend and descend) within a limited area and stayed in one general spot.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably a star. The duty director noted a strong possibility it was a star. The card also notes that positional data was not included.

Reported location

Muscatine, Iowa

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

IA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
AX e pads 0 Wos Balloon
20 Aug 55 scatine, Iowa O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bellon
OQ Was Aircraft
LOH] cma ——a—— XE} Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
omt_1603 (N&D) ? (11&D) ? a 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercopt Radar | 5 Possibly Aireraft
3. PHOTOS . O Was Astronomical
: OVYes Xx Probably AstronemicelStar
Ne civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TIER ARRANCAR GRE AB BO
; O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: : O Unknown
| |2 hours : one stationary
"  |10. BRIE® SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
. |3tar shape, red to green ascend & descend,
{limited area. Duty Director: Stron possibility |
~ |Star. Positional Data not included.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963289