Lexington, Wachusett, MassachusettsDecember 1954

Unidentified

Summary

The OCR text on pages 5 through 7 is too heavily degraded to reliably extract the substantive details of this case. While the cover page and early forms indicate a sighting near Lexington and Wachusett, Massachusetts on December 29, 1954, involving a bright light observed by witnesses in both an aircraft and a car, the investigation narrative and conclusions in the latter pages cannot be read with confidence.

The Air Force evaluated the case as "unidentified," and noted that "no balloons released at time of sighting" and "aircraft in area at time of sighting." The file runs to 7 pages as held by the National Archives, but the investigative details that would support a full summary are not legible in the scanned copy.

Reported location

Lexington, Wachusett, Massachusetts

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

MA / US

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 7

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
PERE ey : ST : ne hh 8 Wos Bolloon
29 becenver 1954 Lexi 1Zzoon, wachusett, MassacnuselLpQ@ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION  LORVNy Blisen
1. 29/20502 is : 0 Was Aircroft
Local 53075150 5 C07 4 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rader 0 Probably Aircroft
GMT Aa “nae 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodor 0 Possibly Aircraft
5 PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
QO Yes TE 01 Probobly Astronomical
‘0 No Clvilien 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |'8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE VER RR a
O Insufficiant Date for Evaluation
‘1 min & 20 sec : i Up D Unknown :
19, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i
Described as very bright light suspended in
air, Moon shaped, White to bright blue, No Balloons released at time of sighting,
sound, Rapid climb up. Passed pilot in a/c. ; d
Disappeared in climb to observer in car. a/c
in area at time of bos. Balloons releaszd at
time of observation,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 256 3EP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960759