Leominster, MassachusettsOctober 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 21, 1960, in Leominster, Massachusetts, a civilian witness reported sighting an unidentified flying object. The object was described as trailing intense smoke and hitting the ground and bursting into flame in the vicinity of Gardner-Athol. The sighting occurred at 2:30 p.m. One object was reported. The witness stated the object was trailing intense smoke and hit the ground and burst into flame. Police in the area also sighted an unidentified flying object at 2:30 p.m. The Armad Civil Defense Area was notified. The Air Force evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

Leominster, Massachusetts

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

MA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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PROJECT BLUE BOOK RECORD CARD

1. DATE
21 Oct 60

2. LOCATION
Leominster, Massachusetts

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: 0730
GMT: 21/1130Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
1 or 2 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
Falling

12. CONCLUSIONS
X Yes, Balloon
Probably Balloon
X Yes Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
X Possibly Aircraft
X Yes Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
X Possibly Astronomical
X Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
X Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Object trailing intense smoke hit ground and burst into flame in vicinity of Gardner-Athol, Massachusetts. Request for additional information not answered.

11. COMMENTS
Object has characteristics of meteor. Possibility does exist of decay of Intelligence however there should be some indication of red color in this event. In absence of red it is more probable that this was a meteor.

AFIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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