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Shelby, IOWA, July 1955

Date of account
1955-07
Location
Shelby, IOWA
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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UFOB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB-2l47-55 1. DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 30July1955. Sheloy,IOWA Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft GMT-30/06007J11y1955 D Ai~Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical probably Astronomical ONo Possibly Astronomical Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation STILL.IN SIGHT 口 Unknown AT least 2 hours One E) Stationary 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11..COMMENTS One (l) object,the size of a quarter penny at Due to the duration of the sighting and arms length, appeared to be red, white, green, the description of the sighting, and the and flashing.The object seemed to remain fact t at pictures were taken an inves- stationary throughaut the durati

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