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Odebolt, Iowa, October 1956

Date of account
1956-10
Location
Odebolt, 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 0ctober 1956 Odebolt,Iowa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local xGround-Vi sual D Ground-Radar Was Aircraft XProbobly Aircraft 03/1601Z AirVisual Air-lntorcopt Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical OYos 口 Probably Astronomical ON。 Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OP OBSERYATION 8.NUMHER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE Oth...... Insufficiont Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown eleven minutes one southwest 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SICHTING 11.COMMENTS One object withblinking red above Course & lights of object indi. green lights, size of a nickel at arm's cate sighting was probably caused by an aircraft. Evaluated as length.o5ject moved east to west and slowly faded out of sight in the probable.aircraft. Sw. Object was viewed visually for elevdn minutes. AT1

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