Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and UFOB Index Card
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This document records two UFO sightings from 15 June 1955 in Iowa and Kansas. The Iowa case was deemed insufficient for evaluation, while the Kansas case was classified as possibly astronomical.
This document contains two separate sighting reports recorded on Project 10073 cards. The first report, dated 15 June 1955, concerns a sighting in Anita, Iowa, involving a single cigar-shaped object, estimated to be two to six feet in length. The object displayed a blue and white glow with a red exhaust and was observed at an altitude of 500 to 1,000 feet. The observer reported a soft hissing sound. The record notes that there was insufficient data for evaluation and that additional information promised by a message was never received. The second report, also dated 15 June 1955, concerns a sighting in Topeka, Kansas, by a USAF pilot. The witness described a single, round, green object that appeared to be the size of a grapefruit at arm's length. The object had a tail that came to a point and was visible for approximately forty seconds before it appeared to burn out suddenly. This sighting was evaluated by headquarters as possibly astronomical, a conclusion reached in connection with a similar sighting reported in Minneapolis on the same date.
In connection with the sighting in Minneapolis, same date, approx same time, heading in the same direction, this UFOB has been evaluated by this headquarters as POSSIBLY ASTRONMICAL in spite of the fact of the length of time of sighting.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient data for evaluation (Iowa); Possibly Astronomical (Kansas)
The Iowa sighting lacked sufficient data for evaluation. The Kansas sighting was evaluated as possibly astronomical in nature, noting a similar sighting in Minneapolis on the same date.