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Odebolt, Iowa, September 1956

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 6 September 1956 Odebolt,Iowa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Locol Ground-Visual 口 Probobly Aireroft 07/0427Z D Ai~Viswol D Air-lntercopt Rodar 口 Possibly Aireroft GMT S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE aKWas Astronomicol 口 Probobly Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical .ONo Civilian(GoC) 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dote for Evaluotion 口 Unk nowm ten minutes one W then N O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One red round object, size of silver Obj seen moving Nw and was seen dollar at arm's length. Obj was seen for 45 mins indicate returned moving side to sade moving West ATIC Form l64.Cause considered then North. Object disappeared over to be Arcturus. the horizon after ten minutes. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26SEP S2)

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