South Newton, IowaFebruary 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 29, 1956, a 14-year-old student in South Newton, Iowa, reported seeing an unusual object while scanning the sky for aircraft. The witness described the object as round, about the size of a pea, and white in color, though it changed to various colors during the sighting. The observation lasted between four and five minutes. The object's azimuth and elevation could not be determined, and it disappeared without fading or appearing to descend.

The Air Force's investigation of this case found the available information insufficient. The case file notes that no positional data was included in the report, which limited the ability to evaluate what the witness had seen. No photographs or physical materials were recovered. The duty director offered no comment on the sighting.

The case file is a 20-page record held by the National Archives and microfilmed as T1206, Roll 24.

Reported location

South Newton, Iowa

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

20 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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: : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION a 12. CONCLUSIONS
a 0 Wos Balloon
3 29 February 1956 South Newton, Iowa O Probably Balloon
F 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ye DELL)
4 aN IY PRE AE Se A pS UN AT RBXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Protas Albert
E GMT 01/0230ZMar 0 AirVisuadl 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
= 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
i O Yes O Probably Astronomical
= R No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
£ 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE El Oph: webs hi iS
7 : a trautticiens Data for Evaluation
FF 4-5 minutes one unknown Es heskii
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Round, size of pea, color white, chan-| Positional data not included.
§ ging to various colors. No evaluation due to insuffi-
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965003