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Fairfield, Iowa, September 1962

Date of account
1962-09
Location
Fairfield, 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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 19 September 1962 Fairfield,Iowa 口 Probobly Bailoon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local-- Ground-Visua! DGround-Rodor K Was Aircrait 口 ProbcblyAireroft 20/0045Z GMT AirVisuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probobiy Astronomicol Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. 口 InsufficientDota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3-4 minutes pne SW.climbing 10.BRIEF SUMMARYOF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS Object appearing as a light brighter Probably a/c.Jet with after- and bigger than the stars, solid, burner turned on and climbing yellowish,oblong,appeared in the would give identical impression. East and moved to the South where it suddenly climbed at tremendous speed. Faded in distance,upward,looked like plane a

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