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Case FileNARA NAID 28998047 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Hanscomb Field, Mass., July 1962July 1962

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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 Hanscomb Field, Mass., July 1962 in July 1962. The full case file (3 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 46.

Reported location

Hanscomb Field, Mass., July 1962

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
7 Jul 62

2. LOCATION
Hanscomb Hanscom Field, Mass.

3. DATE/TIME GROUP
Lost

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

GMT
08/0320Z

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
2 mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
four

9. COURSE
North

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Four red/red objs appeared to be following each other as red spheres in a line, moving parallel to the observer in a line moving parallel to the [illegible] and light characteristics consistent w/a/c sighting. Sound, tail, trail or exhaust also [illegible] to the last of observed position.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[X] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other...
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unidentified

11. COMMENTS
Evaluated as a/c sighting. Spread as indicated in duration and light characteristics consistent w/a/c performance.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998047

Connected across the archive

Organizations

AFCRC Cambridge Mass.

Installations

Hanscom

Places

Hanscomb Field, Mass.Hanscom Field, Massachusetts

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19621962-07-017 Jul 62July 1, 1962

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