Anita, Iowa, October 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-10
- Location
- Anita, Iowa
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECCRD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 26 0ctober 1956 口 Was Balloon Anita, Iowa 口 Probably Bailoon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local XD Ground.Visual D Ground-Rodar 口 Wos Aircrait 26/2055Z 口 Probably Aircrof! GMT. D AirVisuol D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE aYes 口 Was Astronomical XONo 口 Probably Astronomicol Civilian (GOC) 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. Dxnsufficient Data for Evaluolion two mhnutes 口 Unknown one stationar 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS One bright silver disc, thick in the Insufficient data. middle & thin on the edge,the size of the head of a pin at arm's length.obj was stationary, but kept flipping over & was seen visually & through binoculaxs for two minutes. ATIC FORM 329(RKV 26 SEP 52)
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