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Case FileNARA NAID 28963672 · T1206 Roll 24

Project Blue Book Case File

Waterloo, IowaSeptember 1955

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Waterloo, 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

Waterloo, 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
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BE | pate - 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
© [17 sep 55 waterloo, Iowa O Was Balloon

- 0 Probably Balloon

~ |. DATE-TIME GROUP | A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION B5 GEREIBY Rollogh

A“ : 0 Was Aiicraft

E er he 5 X Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircraft

a GMT / 057 01 AirVisuol O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireroft

. | 5. PHOTOS EE SE BURGESS sine fr espero Comer eer al ge Wad TACs mt of SLATS

E 0 Yes : O Probably Astronomical

E x7 No military. : OD Possibly Astronomical

* |'7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION “7 |8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (BA [7 Tomas Ee DE a
4 w] Insoliiclent Dato for Evaluation
2 DO nk nown

~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

1 Appeared as a star. Stars (See LeGrand, Iowa Case 4 Sep 55)
.  |Alternated white, red & green. No sound.

~  |stationay. Faded out.

| | ATIC FORM 320 (REV 26 SEP 52)
1 : y
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963672

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

IowaWaterlooWaterloo, IA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-09-01

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