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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 30 March 50 30/1810Z  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Sioux City Municipal Airport, Iowa  |
|  3. SOURCE | Military  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | Not Reported  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual  |
|  7. COURSE | West, Northwest.  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  10. CONCLUSION | Other (Debris in air)  |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | Bright white object trailing a T-6 A/C. Flight was above and behind the A/C in a direction from East to West. Size was esti
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30 MAY
SIOUX CITY, IOWA
W.T. 3/31/50

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# Weatherman Spots a Saucer High Over Iowa

By the United Press.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 31. — Fourteen Iowans today joined the swelling ranks of the I've-seen-a-flying-saucer club.

Leo Jeske, employee of the U.S. Weather Bureau, said he saw a strange object yesterday and at first thought it was a weather balloon.

"Then I decided it wasn't," he said.

At 10,000 Feet.

Mr. Jeske said the object remained stationary at an altitude of 10,000 to 12,000 feet for a while, then flashed out of sight.

National Guardsmen at the Sioux City air base said they s
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UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 3/18/39
REPORT NO. IR-88-50 (LEAVE BLANK) 168523
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
AREA REPORTED ON USA
DATE OF REPORT 11 April 1950
DATE OF INFORMATION March 1950
TEMP (SPEED) Intelligence Division, Hq MATS
Andrews AF Base, Washington 25, D. C.
TIME (HOUR) 112
SOURCE See below
PREPARED BY (Name) A. G. Love, 1st Lt, USAF
REFERENCES (if present, director, previous report, etc., as applicable)
SUMMARY: (Give names on summary of report. Give significance in final communication paragraph. Lis
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# Weatherman Spots a Saucer High Over Iowa

By the United Press.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 31. — Fourteen Iowans today joined the swelling ranks of the Ive-seen-a-flying-saucer club.

Leo Jeske, employee of the U.S. Weather Bureau, said he saw a strange object yesterday and at first thought it was a weather balloon.

“Then I decided it wasn’t,” he said.

At 10,000 Feet.

Mr. Jeske said the object remained stationary at an altitude of 10,000 to 12,000 feet for a while, then flashed out of sight.

National Guardsmen at the Sioux City air base said they saw a white, round “something” apparently fo
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|  DATE | LOCATION | OBSERVER | EVALUATION  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  7 | Boston, Massachusetts |  | Other (Inversion Effects  |
|  April | Chandler, Ariz |  | Astro (Meteor)  |
|  3 | Summerville, S Carolina |  | A/C  |
|  4 | Delano, Calif |  | Astro (Star/Planet)  |
|  4 | Hertford & Woodland, N Carolina |  | Other (Contrail)  |
|  8 | Shelby, N Carolina |  | Insufficient Data  |
|  8 | Kokomo, Indiana |  | UNIDENTIFIED  |
|  9 | Ft Worth, Texas |  | Other (Crimp in Negative  |
|  10 | Robbins AFB, Ga |  | A/C  |
|  10 | N Orleans, La & Brookley AFB, Ala |  | Astro (Meteor)  |
|  12 | 

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