Mattapan, Mass., September 1955September 1955

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Summary

On September 8, 1955, at about 0245Z, a civilian saw two objects over Mattapan, Massachusetts. The witness was reported to be young (listed as 16 years old). The report was over a month old when it reached the Air Force. The sighting lasted about two to three minutes.

The observer described two oval objects traveling in a straight line. They first appeared to be jet fighters. The objects were seen only by the reflection of moonlight. They were estimated to be flying at 15,000 to 17,000 feet and moved from south to southeast.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was possibly aircraft. Officers based this on the description and on the fact that the witness first thought the objects were jet aircraft.

Reported location

Mattapan, Mass., September 1955

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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B _ os... UFOB INDEX CARD seq rnp agg ps me
1 TE : E LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS . |
| g 0 os Balloon mE
i September 1955 | Mattapan, Mass. 0 Riese Belson
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION CF Possibly Balloon
| addloisime i te 25k 0 X Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar = ui WEDS
l omt_09/02157 Sep 65 f 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar X Possibly Aircraft
EF ESTAR HOT OSI aE Ese pee SOURCE Ta eT ere Toe Wes A aE ea]
i 0 Yes : O Probably Astronomical
3 ox No | Myili (1 4 1 3) O Possibly Astronomical :
f 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ie OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (13 BRB 1 0a Ss ul ori ced al deh
b O Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
f 0 Unknown
BL Two and d/e mivutew. Cc Twe (2). (Rep S® 0 oc |
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS |
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3 Two (2) oval objects, traveling in a straight] Received by AF Form 112, Note that thils |
2 line, first appeared to hw jab fighters, The| sighting was over a month old when ree ve
f objects seen only by refleation of moonlihht,| The description of $he sighting and th |
4 Objects traveled at an ¢atimatad elevation off act that the observer first thought
4 15,000 to 17,000 feet, that the objects were jet aircraft |
9 . leads this headquarters to the opinion
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