Smithland, Iowa, August 1963
- Date of account
- 1963-08
- Location
- Smithland, 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 13 August 1963 Smithland,Iowa Was Balloon Probabiy Balloon 4.TYPEOF OASERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon 3.OATE-TIME GROUP Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraf: 14/04452 口 ProboblyAireroft GMT DAinVisual Air-Intarcopt Radar D PossibiyAircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was AstronomicalJupiter CYos D Probably Astronomicol No civilian 口 PossiblyAstronomicaict 7.LENGTH OP OASERYATION 8.NUMBER OF O9JECTS 9.COURSE D Othor- still visible,l hr, D. InsufficiontData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 1hrand 45min one In NNE moying SSe 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS White circular object still in sight after Jupiter is in East (azimuth 8o deg) almost 2 hrs.Initial observation in NNE and moving slowly South toward the SE with object appearing to move to the SSg with however,never exceeding 3odeg eievation. an increase in altitude.Object seemed to
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