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UFO files / Project Blue Book

UFO sightings in Iowa: Air Force files

117 Project Blue Book case files from Iowa, 1947 to 1969. The busiest year was 1955, with 20 reports.

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  1. Date unknownDavenport first page
  2. June 1947Clarion first page
  3. June 1947Des Moines first page
  4. June 1947Des Moines first page
  5. April 1949Des Moines first page
  6. October 1949Atlantic first page
  7. March 1950Sioux City Municipal Airport first page
  8. March 1950Sioux City first page
  9. January 1951Sioux City first page
  10. January 1953Davenport first page
  11. January 1954Sioux City first page
  12. February 1954Eagle Grove first page
  13. January 1955Das Moines first page
  14. January 1955Winterset first page
  15. June 1955Anita first page
  16. July 1955Shelby first page
  17. August 1955Glenwood first page
  18. August 1955Muscatine first page
  19. August 1955Riceville first page
  20. September 1955Cedar Rapids first page
  21. September 1955Colfax first page
  22. September 1955Creston first page
  23. September 1955LaGrand first page
  24. September 1955Storm Lake first page
  25. September 1955Waterloo first page
  26. October 1955Glenwood first page
  27. October 1955Marshalltown first page
  28. October 1955Shelby first page
  29. October 1955Sloan first page
  30. October 1955Storm Lake first page
  31. November 1955Council Bluffs first page
  32. December 1955Red Oak first page
  33. February 1956Glenwood first page
  34. February 1956South Newton first page
  35. March 1956Sioux City first page
  36. June 1956Crescent first page
  37. June 1956Marshalltown first page
  38. June 1956Sibley first page
  39. June 1956Waterloo first page
  40. August 1956Atlantic first page
  41. August 1956Creston first page
  42. August 1956Marshalltown first page
  43. September 1956Creston first page
  44. September 1956Odebolt first page
  45. October 1956Anita first page
  46. October 1956Colfax first page
  47. October 1956Odebolt first page
  48. November 1956Colfax first page
  49. December 19567 Mi W of Cedar Falls first page
  50. December 1956Glenwood first page
  51. January 1957Glenwood first page
  52. February 195710 Mi S Of Ottumwa first page
  53. May 1957Randall first page
  54. June 1957Waterloo first page
  55. July 1957Thompson first page
  56. October 1957Des Moines first page
  57. October 1957S of Odebolt first page
  58. November 1957Council Bluffs first page
  59. December 1957Argyle first page
  60. December 1957Clarksville first page
  61. December 1957Waverly first page
  62. April 19584 Mi NE of Shelby first page
  63. April 1958Burlington first page
  64. June 1958Marshalltown first page
  65. August 1958Between Vinton & Oelwein first page
  66. August 1958Near Beebeetown first page
  67. September 1958Sharpsville first page
  68. March 1960Dubuque first page
  69. December 1960Buckingham first page
  70. February 1961Waverly AFS first page
  71. November 1961Sioux City first page
  72. September 1962Fairfield first page
  73. June 1963Sioux City first page
  74. August 1963Smithland first page
  75. October 1963Sioux City first page
  76. November 1963Nebraska first page
  77. July 1964Clinton first page
  78. July 1964Cresco first page
  79. April 1965Davenport first page
  80. May 1965Storm Lake first page
  81. August 1965Cedar Rapids first page
  82. August 1965Charles City first page
  83. August 1965Charles City first page
  84. August 1965Des Moines first page
  85. August 1965Sioux City first page
  86. August 1965Sioux City first page
  87. September 1965Clearmont first page
  88. April 1966Iowa City first page
  89. April 1966Sioux City first page
  90. April 1966Waterloo first page
  91. June 1966Climbing Hill first page
  92. July 1966Cedar Rapids first page
  93. July 1966Sergeant Bluff first page
  94. October 1966Waterloo first page
  95. February 1967Sioux City first page
  96. March 1967Apache Junction first page
  97. March 1967Onawa first page
  98. March 1967Souix City first page
  99. March 1967Wapello first page
  100. April 1967[Illegible] first page
  101. May 1967Sioux City first page
  102. June 1967Denver first page
  103. September 1967Waterloo first page
  104. October 1967Between Davenport and Damoine first page
  105. October 1967Between Davenport and Demoine first page
  106. October 1967Oelwein first page
  107. November 1967Davenport first page
  108. November 1967Walcott first page
  109. March 1968Davenport first page
  110. April 1968Shenandoah first page
  111. June 1968Davenport first page
  112. July 1968Iowa City first page
  113. August 1968Waterloo first page
  114. December 1968Greenfield first page
  115. December 1968Iowa City first page
  116. March 1969Davenport first page
  117. June 1969Illinois first page

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