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Case FileNARA NAID 28963772 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Riceville, IowaAugust 1955

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 Riceville, Iowa in August 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

Riceville, Iowa

Date of incident

August 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
4 ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
~ [1 pate § LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
b 0 Was Balloon |
BF 28 Aug 55 Riceville, Iowa B Brbckly Sailsen | |
© [3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Elba es Atl | |
~ H 0 Was Aireraft
3 PTT *) Ground- Visual O Graund-Rador 0 Probably Aircroft
Gi (el Vi pom A Artem a BO TST wo TIGERS a Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
© | 5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Arcturus
HE O Yes BEX Probably Astronomical i !
ro civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical {
"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other
i H 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 hrs - 30 min 1 sta 8 URERGW
10. .BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING I 11. COMMENTS
Round, red, green, and wite, no sound. Probably Arcturus. Arcturus sets at
1 about time of disappearance of obj.
~ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963772

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

IowaRicevilleRiceville, IA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-08-01

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