Arlington, MassachusettsDecember 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On December 1, 1962, in Arlington, Massachusetts, a witness reported an object shaped like a frankfurter in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The object appeared to tumble end over end in straight flight, moving from about 85 degrees elevation in the northwest. The sun was low in the west, and the observation was made looking toward the sun.

The Air Force said the object was probably a high-flying jet, with sunlight reflecting off it.

Reported location

Arlington, Massachusetts

Date of incident

December 1962

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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|. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 ; 0 Was Bolloon
§ | 1 December 1962 ~~ | Arlington, Massachusetts (DO Frebably Balloon
~ | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION A Ghd
1 seal si eis eial | MKGMU Visual D Ground-Roder 2 Probably Alrer uy |
3 CM 01/ 20257 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft : |
E |S SHoTs §. SOURCE : O Was Astronomical
1 O Yes ; O Probably Astronomical
3 q No {vila He DO Possibly Astronomical
~ | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a JEH0 1 ri I Er ERS
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1 3-5 minutes one : SW
~ 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
= |Object shaped like a frankfurter appearged Probably a high flying jet.
~ |to be tumbling end over end in straight Sun was low in West, Obsva-
i flight from 85 dgr é&levation in NW to tkon toward West. Red color
= |30 dgr elevation in SW. Red color. Obsefrver attributed to sun,
~ |attempted to get telescope but could
~ |not focus in time, Disappearance
* |behind trees, Sighting in late after- ;
® |noon.
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