Dorchester, Mass, August 1954August 1954

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Summary

On August 27, 1954, two observers reported objects over Dorchester, Massachusetts. The sighting was made at 1:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and lasted about 2 minutes. One observer wore polaroid glasses.

The witnesses saw about seven objects flying in a line, with a leader in front. Each was shaped like a tear drop and was as large as a high flying bomber. They were white and changed to blue as they disappeared toward the northwest. The objects showed no exhaust or trail. They moved slowly at first, then sped up. A high altitude weather balloon was also in the air at the time and was seen by the witnesses.

The Air Force record listed the conclusion as unidentified. The case was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Dorchester, Mass, August 1954

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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TR x PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD He
“Ji. pate | oR 12. LOCATION i : 12. CONCLUSIONS ! :
4; ] 27 August aste: MT : O Was Balloon
7 Aug 1954 Dorchzster, Mass D Probably Belles ; |
“3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION BER bly BE lotn
ht 1300 Vi r i {0 Was Aircraft ]
= Loclheticinlad Lo ee Di XB Ground Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
or. Zidesor. oo. 18007 0 Air Visual .0O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly: Alreratt ; Pi 3
» 5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE ; Tn SETA : [a] Was Astronomical Rare
‘1 0 Yes . : O Probably Astronomical |
: X& No : : Military ; O Possibly Astronomical
"| 7+ LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE mi ol) EEC CITE eh ne EE
3 ; 3 O Insufficient Dato for Evoluation {
g AGH, a J CUE @ Unknown : i
EC. 2 min 7 ) NI : g
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
; 3 Tear Arop shape, large as bomber-iWnite UNIDENTIFIED :
; changing t¢ blue, In lines formation. No
exhaust or train,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : 3
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