PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7339678

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONSloan Iowa

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1.DATE 2 LOCATION CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
18 Oct 55 Sloan, Iowa o. Probably Balloon
TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME E GROUP
Local Ground-Visval Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. GMT. 18/21502 AirVi sual AirViwal Air-Intercept Rader Possibly Aircraft
5. 5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes Yes 00 0 Probably Astronomical
No civilian (clergyman) o Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH LENG TH OF FATION 1a. NUMBER COURSE Other_ .
000 insufficient Data yaluation aluation
Unkno wn
four mins four NE to SW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF S SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Four objs, two objs, two very very high and tw low appeared high and two low appeared Sound, color and fact that a/c were in
to be oblong, white to be oblong, white and & to 5 feet long. vicinity of sighting at time of sighting,
A slight sound accompanied into the sun. A slight t sound acca panied into the sun. all indi cate the possibility all indi cate the possibility of of an a/c an a/c
generated sighting. generated sighting. 1
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1. VERY SLIGHT WIND
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3. NONE
H. NONE
INONE -
J. NONE J. NONE
K. 5 OR 6 T-33 ON PENETRATION RUNS .K. 5 OR 6 T-33 ON PENETRATION RUNS
AT SOUIX CITY AT SOUIX CITY
L. NO EXPLANATION
BT
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. GROUND VISUAL
2NONE
3.N/A 3.N/A
D. D.
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1. REVEREND IOWA
AGE 35 C CLERGYMAN
HOME PHONE
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6NONE
7. NONE
8 SLIGH SOUND
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