Colfax, Iowa, November 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-11
- Location
- Colfax, 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 page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE Was Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon Colfax, Iowa 8 November 1956 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Was Aireraft X& Ground-Visuol Ground-Radar Probably Aircraft Local 口 09/0500Z D Ai~Visual Air-Intercept Radar GMT- 口 Was Astronomical 6.SOURCE PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronemical 5. Possibly Astronomical Civilian XKNe 9.COURSE 口 Fioyo 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Date for Evoluation 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 口 Unknown SE to NW one mingte one 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Description,duration,fliht One round reddish-yellow object, size path and manner of disappearance of a basketball at arm's length.obj indicate that this sighting was tapered out to a point.object moving probably causedoby an aircraft. SE to NW and out of sight behind the horizon. object was observed visually for one minute. ATIC FORM
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