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Winterset, Iowa, January 1955

Date of account
1955-01
Location
Winterset, Iowa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 29 January 1955 Winterset,Iowa 口 ProbabiyBalloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIMEGROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Was Aircraft Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 ProboblyAircruft 30/0307Z GMT XXAir-Visual Air-!nterceptRadar PossiblyAircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomical 口 Possibly Astronomicol Military 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 25 seconds one 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS White light,varying in intensity Possibly jet a/c from ADc. which seemed to be flashing at a set frequency. No trail or sound. Object made a head on pass with observer's T-33 a/c. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP 52)

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