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Clarksville, Iowa, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Clarksville, Iowa
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 27 December 1957 Clarksville, Iowa 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION xax WasAircraft Xn Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aireraft Local 口 Possibly Aircraft 28/0425Z Ain Vi sual Air-Intercept Radar GMT 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 5.PHOTOS 口 Probably Astronomical Ys 口 Possibly Astronomicol Civilian 9.COURSE Other- 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown euo NW over l minute 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Undoubtedly aircraft. Round object,tapered to a point, dia- mond shaped oose,size of fist. object glowed right side green light,left left side rusty or amber light. when first sighted, object was stationary. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SZP 52)

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