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Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 1957

Date of account
1957-11
Location
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.OATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 10 November 1957 Council Bluffs, Lowa 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF O3SERVATION QGround-Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locol 口 Probobly Aircroft GMT.10/23302 Air Visual D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Venus OYes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical Xa.No 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2hrs 20 mins one West 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round object, size of pea, slowly An astro plot shows the planet moving west. Disappeared over horizon. to be Venus in the exact loca- tion at the time reported. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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