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ATSS-UFOB-309-55 — 1955-09-09 — Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1955-09-09· Cedar Rapids, IowaUnresolved

Strangeness (S)

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Credibility (P)

1.0

Evidence (EVID)

1.0

Date conf

9.0

Loc conf

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Narrative

At 09/0455Z September 1955 near Cedar Rapids, Iowa (GEOREF FIPM 2458), GOC observer Steve Sedlacek, a 20-year-old photographer at KCRG television, sighted an unidentified flying object described as cigar-shaped, approximately 25 feet long and bright orange in color. The object was observed at about 25 degrees elevation and 25 degrees azimuth, flew east and faded over approximately three minutes. Weather was broken cloud cover with thunderstorms in area. Local sources verified no balloons released, no radar contact.

extracted via: llm_subagent_v1

Witnesses (1)

[anonymous] goc observerrole_pattern

Source documents (1)

Click filename to view on Internet Archive (where these are mirrored as public-domain US-government records).

23857158-004-069NARAvalue 1.3[direct]

Score evidence (3)

Why this event scored the way it did. Every contribution is traceable.

p

docs=1 (+0.5)
single agency (+0.5)

evid

narrative only (base 1)