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~ PROJECT 10072 RECORI

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\ 30 March 50 30/18102 s Sioux City Municipal “Airport Towa

|3. SOURCE - is 10, CONCLUSION

| idlitary Other (Debris in air)

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

Tl. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Not Reported Pright white object trailing a Tw6 A/C. Flicht was above and ‘bs!

behind tho A/C in a direction from East to ost. Stee was est be

TYPE OF COSERYA TION to bo abcut 1/4 the sizo of tho tail of the A/C. After followin
Ground=Vis ial the A/C to the baso leg the objets turned to the MiLend disapSsa
7. COURSE rapidly. Shaped like a small paracinte. No noise trgil oF exh us'

West, Nowthwost.

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headed NW ?rem a Wooterly ccurse. Thais turn may bs an illusic.’

Gojoct trailing the A/C. Small, white. As A/C turned the shal

8. PHOTOS : tate
Duration not reported. Disappsaranes wag rapid after the oojo.4
1 0 Yes reportedly turned. Possible that dobris from the a/e was the |
| _}OYNo cause of the sighting.

| PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

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SIOUX CITY. fowa, Mareh 31.
—Fourteen lowans today joinedy
the swelling ranks of the I've-!
seen-a-flying-saucer club. i

Leo Jeske, employee of the U.S
sWenther Bureau. “acid he saw a
‘Strange Object yesterduy and at
dirst thought it was a weather.
balloon, °* i

“Thea T devided if wasn't,” he:
sald, .-

Al 10.600 Tet, |
Mr. Jeske said the object i
mained stationary al an a:liiuae
of 10,000 to 12.000 fee’ for = whi,”
then flashed ou: of os) tht.

National Gusrdsmen st the:
Sioux City air base snid they saw!
® white, round “something” ap-:
parentiy foliowing an airplane.
Leroy Wagner said “the aise|
seemed to hovere about 300 fect

_Bvove the plane,” put air base of-
, ticials were unable to contact the)
, Plane by radio to find out if the

pilot saw the object. ,

‘Shiny, Pencil-Shaped.’
Other persons -who saw "it" t

i described if. as a “shiny, pencil}

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snavped AIPOTS LL

, bacs and forth over Sioux City.

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U.S, Air Force officials repeatly |i
have denied any knowledge of the
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By the United Press.

SIOUX CITY, Towa, March: 31
—Fourteen Iowa today joined
the swelling ta of the I've-
seen-a-flying-saucer club.

-Leo Jeske, employee* of the- us
, Weather Bureaut ‘said’ be saw
* strane “obtect: yesterday and a
first thought it was: ® weathe
bailoon. ‘*

Then T decides-1t ‘yasa't,” he
said. .

. At 10,000 Poa

Mr: Jeske said the object re-
mained stationary.at an altitude
of 10,000 to 12,000 feet for a while,
then flashed out of sight. -

National Guardsmen: at. the:
Sioux City air base said they saw|
a white, round “something” ap-
parently following an. airpiane.

Leroy Wagner Said “the disc
seemed to hovers adoub 300 feet
above'the plane,” but air base of-
. ficials were unable to contact the
, Plane by radio to find out if the
’ pilot'saw the object.

‘Shiny, Pencil-Shaped.’

, Other persons -who saw “it”
described it as a “shiny, pencil-
‘shaped” aircraft which swung
back and forth over Sioux City.

' U.S. Atr Force officiais repeatly

have denied any. St eore ste ea

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APRIL 1950 SIGHTINGS

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as ; 30 stor Ma ssachuse
1 handler, Ariz

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EVALUATION
Other version Effect

| Astro (Meteor)

3 Summerville, S Carolina a A/C
4 Delano, Calif Ms Astro nla all
4 Hertford & Woodland, N Carolina él Other (Contrail)
8 Shelby, N Carolina Insufficient Data
8 Kokomo, Indiana UNIDENTIFIED
9 Ft Worth, Texas Other (Crimp in Negative
10 Robbins AFB, Ge A/c
10. N Orleans, La & Brookley AFB,Ala Astro (Meteor )
12 N Orleans, La A/C
YU, Ft Monmouth, N Jersey UNIDENTIFIED
15 tinfo) San Francisco, Calif Area Assorted Rpts
17 (Info) Texas, Mexico Area Assorted Rpts
18 Clarendon, Tex, Memphis, Tex (Gd & Air Visual Astro oa
19 lafayette, Ind (NO-CASE) Case M's5/ a Other (Psychological)
asf ae Baleric Islands, Spain (Fawcett) “aii PHOTOS (WU REC id)
aa Info) Red Bud, Illinois (Flying Saucer Mag dtd Oct 59) GREENE PHOTOS

S Carolina Area Multirle . Astro (Mete
27° = Holloman AFB, N Mexico? """ “‘Videon (PROTOS) Ieee ne be lameee
27-28 Japan (Misawa AB) Military Air Other (Contreils)

MAY 1950 SIGHTINGS
3 (Info) Sydney, Australia (Newspaper) Multi ple

L Birmingham, Ala

7 East Ely, Nevada > —

10 Ladd AFB, Alaska 7 Military

11 (Info) McMinnville, Oregon (Various) OT0S

16 Chicago, Illinois

17 Kenosha, Wisconsin

19 Honshu, Japan Military Gd RADAR, Air Vis
21 (Info) Montrose, Colo (Newspaper)

21 New Kensington, Pa

2h Holloman AFB, N Mexico PHOTO)

29 (Info) Mt Vernon, Va (Various)
JUNE 1950 SIGHTINGS

Summer(Info) Denver, Colo (Menzel) Not Stated
16 Tuscon, Ariz rh
21 Hamilton AFB, Calif 3 Military
21 (Misawa, Japan

23 Tuscaloosa, Ala Multiple
23 Gulf of Mexico, Ala, Miss, La Multi

24 (Info) Rodondo Beach, Calif (Newsclipping)
27 (Info) Louisville,Ky (Newsclipping)

27 Texarkana, Texas
28 Savannah, Ga
29 Dowagiac, Mich

29 Kingman, Ar&eena Aq 7s4 5
shee Cleantwarer P Pho da rn.

Insufficient Data
UNIDENTIFI=D
Balloon

Astro (Meteor )
Insufficient Data
Other (Dropsonde)

A/c

Insufficient Data

A/c

Insufficient Data
Other (Reflection)
Insufficient Data
Astro (Meteor)

UNIDENTIFIED

Astro erage

Other (Drone or Missile?
Insufficient Data |

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