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Waterloo, Iowa, June 1956

Date of account
1956-06
Location
Waterloo, Iowa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 20 June 1956 Waterloo,Iowa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE·TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local DXGround.Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_21/0255Z Ai~Visual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYes 口 Probably Astronomical XXNo Civilian & GOC(AF) Q Possibly Astronomical SATopa 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown thirty minutes one erratic in SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object,size6f dime held Possibly caused by the planet at arms length, white in color with Saturn which was located in the red dot in middle.Seen at elevation SE at an approximate elevation of of 30 dgr in SE.observed through 30 degrees. 6x binoculars. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26 SEP 52)

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