PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6789167

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONCreston Iowa

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
10 August 1956 Creston, Iowa 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local XKGround-Visua! Ground-Radar 0O Was Aircraft
Probably Airereft
GMT_11/0310Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar □ Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6.5 SOURCE D Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes Probubly Astronomical
CNo Civilian 0 Passibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OSJECTS . COURSE COURSE Other Other
000 000 Insufficiant Data for Evaluction Insufficiant Data for Evaluation
Unknown Unknown
minute one North to North to South South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object with long fiery shape, All details of sighting, except details of sighting, except
Silver in color. Size estimated to Silver in color, Size estimated to rather long duration (which may
be five-six feet lons, one inch in be in error) conform to the
dlameter. Noticed bedause of bright diameter. Noticed bedause of brigbt charneteristics of a meteor.
flashin. light. Objeet traveled Nerth flashing light. Objeet traveled Nerth
to Seuth, Obsdrved visually for one to South, Ohsdrved visually for one
minute. Disappeared oy minute. Disappeared hy a burst of
lights and out.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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