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CASE REFERENCE9614513

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1950

REPORTED LOCATIONSioux City Iowa

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

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1. DATE + Tin. GROUP 2 Ut

30 March 50 30/144,02

Sioux “ity, Iowa

10, CONCLUSION
Possible Balloon.

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Erratic motion, ono ebserver thousht object a balloon. Color
One and flight in accord with this ovaluatica.

S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

10 Minutes Silver spock cbserved through field glassos while cbcorvers wer)

watching gees0, Coject flew acquare pettern over tho city bofose

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION = Jassanpearing in tho WS.J into hazo.Ooservers were to theSS! of th’
Ground-Visual (BX) city. Description of the object by the threo witness wis conflict sins

>. COURSE Altitude, hich 20,C00 ft. Shape slendor, round, one reported wish

; blunt wings. Cac thought might be a Woather balloon. Size sane a3
WS a at that altitude. Color silver or metallic shoen. Speed

. PnoTos was slow, hovering.

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» 4. ‘Between 0895M and “Oyu on 30 March 1950, “th onidentsrisa ‘flying’ |
object. was. sighted by three witnesses at an undisclosed point SSW of Sioux City, ..
“Fook, The observers were Dr. Sioux City, © «
Iowa, vetorinarian at Sioux City son Street,
“Sioux City, Iowa, stock yard employec;
417 :1/2 Jackson Street, Sioux City, Iowa, st
‘south of the stock yard watehing geese through field
_was observed. The three watched the object
approximately 10 minutes during which Dr
‘ equare pattern over Sioux City before disappearing into the haze ona WS heading.
‘ Wo photographs or sketches are available. Because of the apparent inconsistencies -
, in the observations of the witnesses their answors to =. a are one.

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. A Comments of Lowry Flight Service Center: ‘Weather for ‘Siow city ar 7

’ of 630M on 30 March 1950: Clear, with 15 miles visibility,

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sightings were all in the US and occurred during Larch 1950.

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