Colfax, Iowa, September 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-09
- Location
- Colfax, Iowa
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 7 Sep 55 Colfax, Iowa 口 Probably Balloon Dx Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aireraft Local 07/17012 口 Probably Aircroft Ai~Visual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astranomical 口 Probably Astronomical clvilian (GOC) 口 Possibly Astrononicol 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 insufficient Data for Evaluation 10 min 1 口 Unknown unk 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Rounded, obj had black spots and exhaust POSSIBLE BALLOON W/PACKAGE the size obj, no ound, obj was rolling and circling. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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