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Sloan, Iowa, October 1955

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

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ROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 0ct 55 sloan, Iowa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION Ground Visuol Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft GMT18/2150Z D AirViwdl Air-intercept Rador 8 Possibly Aircraft 5PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYo. 口 Probably Astronomical (clergynan) 口 Possibly Astronomicol 美No "civilian J.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluation 口 Unkno wn four mins. rour NEtO SW 10. BRIEY SUMMARY OF SIGHTNNG 11.COMMENTS Four objs,tvo very hfgh and tm low appeared Sound, eolor and fact that a/c vere in to be oblong,white and 4 to 5 feet long. vicinity of sighting at time of sighting, A slight sound accompanied into the sun. all indi cate the possibility of an a/c generated sighting. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BZP S2)

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