PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7339473

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONCreston Iowa

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2.
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
29 Sep 55 Creston, Iowa 0 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radat CK Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT. 29/19002 AlnVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 000 Probably Astronomical
No civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
2 min 1 S-SW-S 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
. BRIEP 11. COMMENTS
n like thought obj was a/c. Case
Appeared flat ball. Red on appearance Witness
and orange on disappe arance sound. Lighter evaluated as a/c.
color on one side. Thought it was an a/c. 1
Moved S to SW, orbited twice and moved S.
1
ATIC FORM 329 (REV V 26 SEP 52)
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B. HALF DOLLAR B. HALF DOLLAR
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I. LIGHTER ONE SIDE
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A THOUGHT IT WAS AN AIRCRAFT C
B. NEG
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A GROUND VISUAL 123.
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C. N/A C SON RHO
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B. DAYTIMR, B. DAYTIMR.
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A. NEG CRESTON, IOWA, HOL CWIFE, C
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22000 240/50
30000 250/60
40090 250/75
C. NEG .
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D. NEG
E. NEG
8. NEG
9 NEG FACHT
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LT N.E. LAMB
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30/1740Z SEP 30/1740Z SEP RJEDNG RJEDNG
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LM CRLDTUN. UAN 22
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