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Case FileNARA NAID 28989253 · T1206 Roll 40

Project Blue Book Case File

Dedham, MassachusettsSeptember 1960

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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 September 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 40.

Reported location

Dedham, Massachusetts

Date of incident

September 1960

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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EE... PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
y 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 20 Ga 20 Tp PR TE Massachusetts Tt Was Dolloon
| 2 Sap 6C Dedham, Massachusett O Prbaits Salles
Gls noise ie) :
i. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION W. rerany Belieen
4 1 2018 i 0 Was Aicralt
1 Loco Te B Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Roder 0 Probably Aircroft
1 aL SRI 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercep? Rader | Possibly Airerolt
4 5. PHOTOS 5 . SOURCE 0 Ves Astronemicel
E OC Yes HRS 0 Probobly Astrmnomicol
2 Neo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 9. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE i Eon iin
: J Inavtticiant Dota for Evaluation
i 2 nin ona NE Sense
4 CHERRIES SRS SASSER NORE, BEER ren RN! eA SIS TA
1 10. DRIEE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Waite, starlike cbject about size of Polaris. Witnesses are located on SW edge of
a In aprox 2 min it moved from zenith to about Boston. Possible that object observed
E 45°; then became invisible in general brightnesf was one of the many a/c flying in area
i of Boston. From zenith the cblect moved at most of the time, but there is insufri-
3 constant speed to NNE passing to E of Polaris. cient data to make a valid conclusion.
] ‘lilot nearly as bright as Echo and moved several
times faster.
3 ATIC PORM 129 (R¥V 25 3EP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989253

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