4 Mi NE of Shelby, Iowa, April 1958
- Date of account
- 1958-04
- Location
- 4 Mi NE of Shelby, 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 10073RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 口 Was Balloon 口 Probabiy Bclioon Apr.58 4Mi NE ofShelby Iowa 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OSSERVATION Was Aircreft Ground-Visua! Graund-Radar Locai 口 ProbabiyAircroft 口 Possibly Aircraft not given Air-Visuol Air-lntercept Radar GMT. 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astrononical 5.PHOTOS Physical 口 Probabiy Astronomical CYes 口 Possibly Astronomical Specimen Civilian No 9.COURSE Other_Chaf.f 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Insufficient Data forEvaluation 口 Unknown N/A N/A N/A 11.COMMENTS 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING punod to be chaff used by SAC Metal filings & strips were recovered ECM training. Not associated on a farm. After obsorvation of burst w/flash.Flash probably meteor. ing flash, strips assumed connected Confirned caff by CINCSAC w/this faash. Tested strips at local level and found slight radio activity ATTN:
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