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Case FileNARA NAID 28967813 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Odebolt, IowaOctober 1956

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 Odebolt, Iowa in October 1956. The full case file (5 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 26.

Reported location

Odebolt, Iowa

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
) :
i 3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Was Balloon
» October 1956 Qdebolt, Iowa 0 Loh Steen |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION WR T— |
0 Was Aircraft :
ee or ye x Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar @ Probably Aircraft |
emt U/ {53 17 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rador |O Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHO [] . 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes ; 0 Probebly Astronomical
& Neo Civilian O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE TEE ER A TR
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
eleven minutes one southwest |8 Unknown
10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SICHTING id, 11. COMMENTS g :
Onz object withblinking red above Course & lights of object indi-
rraeen lights, size of a nickel at arm'g cate sighting was probably caused
length, OYject moved east to west by an aircraft, Evaluated as
and slowly faded out of sight in the probable aircraft,
5%. Object was viewed visually for elevgn
minutes.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967813

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

IowaOdeboltOdebolt, IA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19561956-10-01

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