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Case FileNARA NAID 28968785 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

(250 Mi E Boston Mass) 42.10N 63.51W (Atlantic), January 1957January 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from (250 Mi E Boston Mass) 42.10N 63.51W (Atlantic), January 1957 in January 1957. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 27.

Reported location

(250 Mi E Boston Mass) 42.10N 63.51W (Atlantic), January 1957

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD /
1. DATE 2. LOCATION j 12. CONCLUS'ONS
(750A & Boston Mass/ 0 Was Balloon |
5 January 1957 42 ,10N 63.51% (Atlantic) a Hipaanly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
TE] Ra RRO RE DR Si OD Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador =  Fakabrs Averett
GMT 03/22467 AIX Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercapt Radar | © Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical 5
0 No FETC i ee O Possibly Astronomical
fat A nl JS SINE RR Rail FRB 1 I 1545 +5 oT SN EA SA SS SU nel
7. LENGTH OR OBSERVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE AxOther__ Flare
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
Unk one Unk
10. BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTINO 11, COMMENTS
Poor report. One red flare seen at
location above, Nothing seen since.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SZP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28968785

Connected across the archive

Installations

Andrews Air Force Base

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-01-01

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