Waterloo, IowaJune 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 20, 1956, in Waterloo, Iowa, a civilian and a member of the General Operations Center (GOC) reported observing one unidentified object. The object was round and sized like a dime, white in color with a red dot in the middle. It was seen at an elevation of 30 degrees in the southeast and observed through 6X binoculars. The sighting lasted thirty minutes. The object moved erratically in the southeast direction. The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly caused by the planet Saturn, which was located in the southeast at an approximate elevation of 30 degrees.

Reported location

Waterloo, Iowa

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

IA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
20 June 1956

2. LOCATION
Waterloo, Iowa

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 21/0255Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar
Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian & GOC(AF)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
thirty minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
erratic in SE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round object, sized of dime held at arms length, white in color with red dot in middle. Seen at elevation of 30 dgr in SE. Observed through 6X binoculars.

11. COMMENTS
Possibly caused by the planet Saturn which was located in the SE at an approximate elevation of 30 degrees.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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