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Creston, Iowa, September 1956

Date of account
1956-09
Location
Creston, Iowa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 口 Was Bolloon Creston, Iowa 口 Probably Bolioon 1 September 1956 αKPossibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF CBSERVATION 口 Wos Aireraft GroundVisual D Ground-Roda? Local 口 Probasly Aireraft 口 Possibly Aireraft 01/1716Z Ai~Visuol D Air-intercopt Radar G.MT. 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol 5.PHOTOS Probabiy Astronomicol OYos 口 Possibly Astronomicol Civilian DNo 9.COURSE 口 Othor 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficiont Date for Evaluotion 口 Unknown euo stationary unknown 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Limited details of sighting(shape, One silver, cigar or balloon-shaped size, color,no movement) indicate object,the size o a pea at arm's possibility of balloon length. Object was directly overhead Maxwell AFB. ATTN: Direcior 大 and appeared not to be moving. object was observed through binoculars. Course,len

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