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Case FileNARA NAID 28988627 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

Dedham, MassachusettsAugust 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 Dedham, Massachusetts in August 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 39.

Reported location

Dedham, Massachusetts

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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| Le PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: (1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS i
20 Aug 60 | Dedhan, Massachusetts a Probably Belles
i 3. DATE-TINE GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION {0 Possibly Balisen
Locel 1 B Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodor a Probably iverats
4 ee. SDIOOUSS +22 Fo Q AirVisvol O Air-lntarcept Rodar 0 Possibly Aireroft
3 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
A OQ Yes He Ig O Probobly Astronomical
; R Ne | Civilian ‘ OD Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTM OF CASERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE ETT i iinisitaiiiialinsnance.
EL : 8 Insufficient Data for Evaluen
4 30 sec | one | E-SW 0 Unknown
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Td
. Twice as bright as Echo. First seen in E. lManeuvar performed hy the objeact rules ¢
i curved in horseshoe path and disappeared in the possibility of it being a satellite
E NZ. Starlike, twice the size of Echo. Waite ar astronomical body. Witnesses are lo-
4 in color. Seemed to travel 3-4 times as Tast cated on the SW edge of Boston nnd ther:
1 as Echo. are a large number of a/c both large anc
i small, civil and military, flying in thi
i area. It is possible that the object ob-
1 served by the witnesseswas an a/c. Howey
6 there is insufficient info in the revo:
1 to allow a valid conclusion. 2
A ATIC FORM 3129 (RPV 26 3EP 32)
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