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Case FileNARA NAID 28987264 · T1206 Roll 38

Project Blue Book Case File

Concord, MassachusettsJune 1960

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 Concord, Massachusetts in June 1960. 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 38.

Reported location

Concord, Massachusetts

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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oss. <= PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
‘ 0 Was Boll
E 14 Jun 60 Concord, Massachusetts QO Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION §. Tesnmy Due |
2100 0 Wos Aircraft
IE TI he asiimniisnts Of Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Rador a Probably Aircraft
oMT___15/0100Z 0 AirVisval O Air-Intercept Radar X Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS . E O Was Astronomical
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical |
B Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE A RR
] O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
no more than 30 sec one S-W 0 Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | : ;
Very large sphere in relation to star, extremely The apparent speed of the object was
bright orange, first seen in the SSW, last seen| excessive for a balloon, but is suggestiye
in the W. Apparent motion was S-W, moved very | of an a/c.
fast, blinking, viewed for no more than 30 sec.
Rose into view behind treetops and climbed to
the W. ;
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987264

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