Sioux City, IowaMarch 1956

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Summary

On March 21, 1956, a civilian at Sioux City, Iowa, reported one object at 2330 (about 11:30 p.m.). The report was made under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness, a car salesman, said the object was round and about the size of an orange. It had the appearance of a star and grew larger toward the west. It stayed at about a 45-degree angle and gained altitude. The object was in view for only a few seconds. The sky was broken.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably astronomical, a probable meteor.

Reported location

Sioux City, Iowa

Date of incident

March 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
j 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 8 ; pr 0 Yas Balloon
21 March 1956 Sioux City, Iowa 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : foam Bvbolagn :
ee IGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar = Probably Al reraft
oMT__22/05307, 0 Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS + SOURCE D Was Astronomical Meteor
0 Yos KX XProbably Astronomical
Xef No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
: '7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OHO] 1 1)) pm he Rg CR
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E: 0 Unknown
: few seconds one west
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One round object size of an orange - |Probable meteor sighting.
appearance of star, grew larger to
the West.
i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 S8P 82)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965197