PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7339757

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONMarshalltown Iowa

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
24 Oct 55 Marshallitow, Iowa O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |= Possibly Balloon
O Was Aircraft
ocd! & Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador a Probably Aircroft
Gm 2/0207Z DO Air Viwel D Air-Intercept Radar GO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes GO Probably Astronomical
OK No divilian (coc) O Pessibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE O Other ——
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
G Unknown
ten mins 1 unk

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

One round, white obj size of basketball held
at arms length, seen with bincoulars in the
same place. Possibly the obj moved north.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

11. COMMENTS

Possibly sighting was generated by 2
balloon launched from General Mills ovr
Univ of Minn. Descriptian of obj sub-
stantiates balloon evaluation.

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