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Case FileNARA NAID 28963782 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Storm Lake, IowaSeptember 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 Storm Lake, Iowa in September 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

Storm Lake, Iowa

Date of incident

September 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
1 [
E | i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD = ;
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; e torm e Wa 0 Was Balloon
; 29 Sep 55 8 Lak » 10 0 Probably Balloon
*  |3 DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Fosniby,o6)Son
1 O Was Aircraft
§ Loealidtiaansnn iii fea X#% Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar o Probably Aircraft f
a GMT 30/03002 __DAinVi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
. | 's PHOTOS SSOURG Eastin rs Tommasi ook LR Was AC Rami cal
Ee O Yes 01 Probably Astronomical
? % Ne civilian O Possibly Astronomical
"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO her ana ne :
4 XX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
"| 20 min 1 Stationary iad
= |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS. :
: : ‘No definite shape, alternated red and green, Possible Astronomical: Star/Planet,
. ‘nosound, seen before, obj faded. however positional data not included.
1 Insufficient data for evaluation
|
"ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) SE
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963782

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

IowaStorm LakeStorm Lake, IA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-09-01

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