PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6958588

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONWaterloo Iowa

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD S
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Boiloan
2 June 1957 Waterloo, Iowa 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 2015 D:Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT 3/0215Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS b. SOURCE OX Was Astronomical Moon
Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
No 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH 8. NUMBER 9. COURSE Other. .
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
unk one down to horidon
ING
One object shape unknown, size of pea or pea Moon in position IUpOST rptd rpta and and setting setting
colored colored pink, stationary pink, stationary then down then down Proximity to sun which Proximity to sun which had set
below horizon. No maneuvers. 290dgr below horizon. No maneuvers. 290dgr contributing factor to contributing factor to misidenti- misidenti-
azimuth 10 dgr elevation at ititial at initial fication.
Sighting. Bighting.
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ATIC ATIC FORM FORM 26 5EP 52)
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ATIC
WPH0 65WPE3 45 M3034_X . KE019KFA304K NTF1
4 JUN57 08:04 O f03422
PP RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ .
DE RJEDKF 3GK STAFE DuTy oFeR
P 031900Z
FM COMDR 788TH ACWRON WAVERLY AFS IOWA 4E4 .
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO 4-
RJEDKF/COMDR 2TH ADIV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO •
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON DAYTON OHIO •
RJEPHQ/DIRECT 1x USA: N DC
BT .
/UNCLASS .
L.A UNK 2.A HIGHWAY PATROL 3.A GROUND VISUAL
B PEA B 10DEG-290 DEG B. NONE
C RED-PINX C RED-PINK C UNK C UNK C. NONE C. NONE
D ONE D ONE D DOWN TO HORIZON, NO MANEUVER D DOWN TO HORIZON, NO 0 MANEUVER
E STATIONARY E STATIONARY E UNDER HORIZON
F NONE F UNK
G NONE
H NONE . .
I JUST ABOVE HORIZON IN NW HORIZON IN NW .
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4A 32152 - 3/6/57 5. A WATERLOO MUNICIPAL TOWER

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AT WATERLOO S AIRPORT
B. NONE
7. A. CLEAR 8. COMET REPORTED IN AREA BY
B.500-86-5 20 TH ADIV WEATHER
10,000-36-7
2,000-34-13
30,000-300-1-
50,000-280 -25
C. UNLIMITED
D.I LESS THAN 1/10
E. NONE
9A.NONE A.NONE 11. A. NONE
Ne 12 A. NONE
LT. RAYMOND MCKINNEY SENIOR DIRECTOR ON DUTY
BT
03/26 JUN 03/226Z JUN RJcPKF RJCPKF
C MIC c° novE 0
T*K . T•NS • •
AD T y y 3 7 AT 5N- VYT 5N- 0
EEMIMIHECLYIO EEMIMHEOLY 1A7 D.
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