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Case FileNARA NAID 28962604 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Georgetown, MassachusettsJuly 1955

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 Georgetown, Massachusetts in July 1955. The full case file (6 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 23.

Reported location

Georgetown, Massachusetts

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

MA / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
8 3 : O Was Balioon |
> Jul 55 eorgetown, Massachusetts O Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION fa ee |
Local _ 05/0953 EDT ‘D Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
05 71 3587, FRET HN Probably Aircraft |
I aii; 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | B3¢ Possibly Aircroht
5. PHOTOS « SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
; 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
30 Neo civilian (coc) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TUL] :
six seconds one Circular E to N |D Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
; One, disk=shaped object, like anemery wheel ) Four trails could possibly contrils and
silvery-white incolor, appeared to the obser- | the speed of object ould be attributed
ver for a period of six secodds. Object tra- to reflection of sunlight. A check with
veled a circular flight path from FE to N at COC Weather at ADC revealed there were
an extremely fast rate of speed. The obj was no temperature inversins at time of
estimated to be approximately 230 ft in diam. sighting. Observer possibly saw the re.
flection of sun off a high flying jet
afc and contrails of jet a/c.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 BEP 82)
i Ma Ru EA BB MG A EN AF ab WINER AAR Ji ly j
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962604

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