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CASE REFERENCE6786561

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONGlenwood Iowa

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11. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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22 January 1957 Glonwood, Iowa | __|G Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-Time GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EP PRP Pal 0h
BGR anon Ground: Vi sual O Ground-Roder : Bice cuy Ai verati
GuT___22/9629% aaa OD Air- Vi suai QO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE rx 2Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes }0 Probobly Astronomical
D2No Civilian (GOC) and Military |9 Pessibly Astronomical
7, LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE D Other #
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JO0-seconds One __| tailing
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One white later turning to red flame, Description and flight path of
two inches wide and 60 inches long, the object indicates that this
Object moved from West to Northwest Sighting was caused by a meteor,
falling. Object was seen visually for | However, since the length of
30 seconds, time in sight is rather long
| for a meteor, a “probably meteor"
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