4 Mi S Of Southwick, Mass., September 1958September 1958

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Summary

On September 26, 1958, a civilian saw a glowing object while driving north on a highway about 4 miles south of Southwick, Massachusetts. The witness was a commercial artist. He first noticed a bright light to his left and slowed his car to watch.

The object was round and glowing red-orange, about the size of a basketball. The witness estimated it was about 20 feet across with a bulbous front. It had a tail of fire about 300 to 500 feet long. The head of the object shot off white sparks in a circular pattern. No sound was heard.

The object made a slight descending path from south to north. It moved for no longer than 3 seconds. It then appeared to explode into a shower of sparks beyond a tree-covered hill. The night was clear with a full moon. A nearby station reported no aircraft in the area at the time. The witness made a sketch and provided color photos.

Reported location

4 Mi S Of Southwick, Mass., September 1958

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
b OD Was Bealloon
26 September 185% 4 mi 8 of Southwick, Mass, |O Brobobly Baoon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Rc : i O Was Aircraft
re eR O0'Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rador QO Probobly Aircraft
GUT aR RMR a Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. "PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0. .Was Astronomical OL
QXes O Probably Astronomical
0 No “ivi Liar D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (0 Jo (1,77 Joa SE CME SE A
4 O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
J 9 ; 5 O Unknown
‘ <oSeconas Or BER To A
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
4 Rud obj, size of basketball, glowing olor Slides of drawing by Mr,
4 red-orange, tail aprrox 300£t: longs Lizhtfoot,
head of ob) stot off white sparks in
; a circular pattern, Obj appeared to
] explode into a shower of sparks,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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