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Case FileNARA NAID 28975424 · T1206 Roll 31

Project Blue Book Case File

40 miles north of Springfield, MassachusettsNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 40 miles north of Springfield, Massachusetts in November 1957. The full case file (4 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 31.

Reported location

40 miles north of Springfield, Massachusetts

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
13 “Tr DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| : “0 miles north of 0 Was Balloon
292 November 1957 springfield, Massachusetts 0 Probably Balloon
eC eH ed OS a CIUSOLLS in Possibly Balloon
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION : |
b 0 Was Aircraft
Local mn bd a Se LL 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircrofy
GMT ___ 2000257 {O¢Air- Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
C Yas 0 Probably Astronomical
© Ne Rae O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bl Othe sien ue
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
SE D Unknown
\ to minutes One chanmsing :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, red and white flashing . Although no clouds are wxeported :
like Grimes Beacon. Initially heading | the information is very much like
66 dgrs then starboard 165 dgrs then the wing tail lights refleeting
starboard 90 dgrg toward obj — unable | off a cloud. It would disappear
to overtake it, Object disappeared whepvvhen aircraft turned into it.
observef turned into it. Possibly reflection; however, WX
: data not included. Case listed
: as insufficient data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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