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Riceville, Iowa, August 1955

Date of account
1955-08
Location
Riceville, Iowa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 28 Aug 55 口 Was Balloon Riceville,Iowa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aireroft Locol. 口 Probably Aircroft 29/0120z GMT AI~Visual D Air-Intorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS &.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Arcturus OYos Probably Astronomical civilian D Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D Othor. 3hrs-30min 1 sta 口 Insufficiont Data for Evoluation 口 Unknown 10..BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round, red, green, and wite,no sound. Probably Arcturus.Arcturus sets at about time of disappearance of obj. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)

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