PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971357

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONClarksville Iowa

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE |2 LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
27 December 1957 Clarksville, Iowa 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar XaX Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aireraft
GMT. 28/0425Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
2XNo Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
over l minute NW Unknown
one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object tapere a point, dia- Undoubtedly aircraft.
mond shaped fist. Object
glowed right side ight, left
left side rusty or light. When
first sighted, object was stationary.
ATIC fORM 329 (REV 26 SZP 52)
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AELIAEIL NOT DETERMONED
G. 1. CLEAR CMA SLIGNTLY CLOUDX TO THE SCUTH
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CAUSE OF SIGHTING ROBERT RODERT
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