Glouster, Mass., December 1957December 1957

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 Glouster, Mass., December 1957 in December 1957. 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 31.

Reported location

Glouster, Mass., December 1957

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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| 1. DATE - -- : 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
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O 'Wos Balloon
~—dar—4— (louster, Mass, 8. Probably Balloon
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Fen eR ER LT TR PA ve cdo dan 0 TE RA :
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION : 0 Possibly Balloon
' O Was Aircraft
01/19052 Dec 57 $2 Ground-Visudl O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircroft
O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5S. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
OVYes Probably Astronomical
QtNe Mid 1 O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BY] Te dosh fe ST J
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Four seconds One Approx S to N |O Unknown
DU ane hah Ee TE SER A 100 Des tee Tat BS
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One long white object which turned yellow x Description, duration, flight path |
prior to burning out. Object was seen for 4 indicate probability of meteor.
seconds. |
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AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) cei |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975604

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-12-01