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USAF record 28964055

28964055

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 24 Oct 55

2. LOCATION Marshalltown, Iowa

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GM +25/0207Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS [HW: Yes] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE

6. SOURCE civilian (SOC)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ten mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

9. COURSE unk

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF LIGHTING One round, white obj size of basketball held at arms length, seen with binoculars in the same place. Possibly the obj moved north.

11. COMMENTS Possibly sighting was generated by a balloon launched from General Mills or Univ of Minn. Description of obj substantiates balloon evaluation.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon [HW: Probably Balloon] Was Aircraft [HW: Probably Aircraft] Was Astronomical [HW: Possibly Astronomical]

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