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Case FileNARA NAID 28971415 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

NNE of Boston, MassachusettsAugust 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 NNE of Boston, Massachusetts in August 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 28.

Reported location

NNE of Boston, Massachusetts

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
A
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
EX Was Balloon
27 August 1957 NNE of Boston, MassachusettglD Frebebly E01 con
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ossibly Balloon
i 0 Was Aircraft
USER Le B12Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft
Me a7 9a0% W Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft -
. |'s. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
. | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Dr Omer es al frie
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: : 0 Unknown
20 minutes one stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, metallic grey at high Very meagre information, but
altitude. Unable to climb to bbject. object presumed to be balloon.
FE ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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CE EE Sa Fy A VT ee i LR nT
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971415

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