Glouster, MassachusettsDecember 1957

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Summary

On December 2, 1957, a witness near Glouster, Massachusetts reported an object larger than a shooting star with a long white tail. The object turned yellow before it burned out. It then appeared to break into two pieces. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that the object had all the characteristics of a bolide, a very bright meteor.

Reported location

Glouster, Massachusetts

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

MA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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) | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE B 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Woes Balloon
2 December 1957 Glouster, Massachusetts 9 ahanly Bdlicen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Kossibiy Baloo."
bie 4 O Wos Aircraft
EMT. Q2LLQORR cai A 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Radar | 2 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS . SOUR 0X Was Astronomical Meteor
O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
KNe Military 0 Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [2 BR) 1) CRT OR oC PRIS
; EEE 0 Enautls clont Data for Evaluation
4 seconds one 2th fa doc
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object larger than a shooting star Object has all characteristics
with long white tail, turned yellow of bolide. 5
prior to burning out, Object burned
out and appeared to break into two
pieces, :
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
: .
RI Ta Ns SHOE ALAR AE 1 TR A PR §aty :

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975602