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Marshalltown, Iowa, June 1956

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 24June 1956 Marehalltown,Iowa 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XxGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircroft 25/0023Z Air-lntercept Radar KXPossibly Aircraft GMT. Ai~Visuol 5.PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 口 Was Astronamical OYos 口 Probably Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical XRNo Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation 口 Unknown five minutes one Etow 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One round object,white, size of a Concur w/the opinion of the pea held at arms length. Brilliance reporting officer that this sight of object atteactted the observer's ing was possibly caused by an attention. The object traveled west aircraft. in a straight line course.Object faded fm sight. ATIC FORM 329 (RE

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