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Storm Lake, Iowa, October 1955

Date of account
1955-10
Location
Storm Lake, Iowa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 100ct55 Storm Lake,Iowa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION KGroundVisual D Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircraft Lacal 口 Probably Aircroft 11/0051Z GMT D AirYi sua D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicotar/Planet 口Y 口 Probably Astronomical No civilian R Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUM&ER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 1hr4min 1 EtoW&WtoE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Red-green-vhite obj, no sound or trail, faded. Poeaibly star/planet. Exact poeitional data not glven. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BZP S2)

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