OTIS AFB, MASSACHUSETTSOctober 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On October 19, 1952, at Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts, airmen observed a blinking white light that flew upward, then moved in a pendulum-like motion for about 20 minutes before shooting straight up at a terrific speed. The object made no noise and showed no means of propulsion. Three airmen from the barracks at Falmouth, Massachusetts, including S/Sgt Richard W County, A/1c James M Barren, and A/2c Edward P Robinson, watched the sighting for 15 to 20 minutes under clear skies with unlimited visibility. The sighting time ran from 11:32 p.m. to around midnight. An F-94 aircraft was seen making an approach to a field for landing during the same period. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

OTIS AFB, MASSACHUSETTS

Date of incident

October 1952

State / country

MA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
10 Oct 52

2. LOCATION
OTIS AFB, MASSACHUSETTS

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 10/2330Z
GMT 10/0430Z

4. PHOTOS
[X] Yes

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible]

6. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Blinking white light flew upward, then started a pendulum-like motion for 20 min. Object disappeared by shooting straight up at a terrific rate of speed.

7. [illegible]

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

9. SOURCE
3 Airmen

10. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1 'O' COURSE

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

12. COMMENTS:
1. Conflict in THX on length of sighting (23300 to 0030Z) and (subject soon for 15 to 20 minutes).

2. Description sounds like balloon, but time doesn't coincide at all with scheduled launches.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28950383