Creston, Iowa, September 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-09
- Location
- Creston, 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 29 Sep 55 口 Was Balloon Creston, Iowa 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.YYPE OF OBSERVATION xo Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft Local 29/1900z 口 Probobly Aircroft D AiVisual Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYos 口 Probably Astronomical 6No civilian 口 Possibly Astranomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 2min 1 S-SW-S 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Appeared like a flat ball. Red on appearance Witness thought obj was a/c. Case and orange on disappe arance. No sound. Lighter evaluated as a/c. color on one Bide. Thought it was an a/c. Moved S to Sw,orbited twice and moved S. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)
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