Concord Center, Mass, July 1954July 1954

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Summary

On the night of July 3, 1954, a civilian woman near Concord Center, Massachusetts, reported lights moving at high speed in a circle. The sighting lasted about 20 minutes. The lights were whitish, with rounded edges and a circular to oblong shape. They moved in a random pattern, stopped, and reversed course. At times she saw one to three lights, with no sound.

The lights seemed to go down behind trees. A nearby Air Force field reported that a searchlight was rotating in the direction of Waltham, Massachusetts, at the time, and that its beam reflected off the clouds.

The Air Force record card identified the cause as a searchlight.

Reported location

Concord Center, Mass, July 1954

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

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g : : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; ’ I ; \ EOE, TE 0 Was Balloon
3 3 July 1954, Concord Center, riass 0 Probably Balloon
¢ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION gl ahoRsi By Deloth
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Local by BEOVRGa 1 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rador a Brobahis Alveratt
¢ GMT CL/0230Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraft
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
i & No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
: 2 b's Can Ta 3 rela
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Other_oearch Light
s O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
g 20 Minutes 1 to several Random ELE Ld)
8 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING i : 11. COMMENTS BE
§ Lights traveling at high speed in a circle, Identified as searchlight
£ round edges, Whitish color, circular to
5 oblong shape. Random motion, Lights stopped
z and reversed course. On occassion one to thre
4 lights were observed, No Sound,
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