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Marshalltown, Iowa, October 1955

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

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon 240ct55 Marshalltown,Iowa 口 ProbablyBalloon Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERYATION Ground-Visual DGround-Rador 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft GMT25/0207Z D Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft AirViswal 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probabiy Astronomical OYes Possibly Astronomical No divilian (GOC) 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown ten mins unk 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round,white obj size of basketball held Posaibly sigating was generated by & at arms length, seen vith binooulars in the balloon launched from General Mills or same place.Possibly the obj moved north. Uniy of Minn.Descriptinn of obj subo sttntiates balLoon evaluation. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SEP 52)

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