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Case FileNARA NAID 28988645 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

South Tewksbury, MassachusettsAugust 1960

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 South Tewksbury, Massachusetts in August 1960. The full case file (5 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 39.

Reported location

South Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

MA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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EE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | |
: 1. DATE : | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
J » a x 0 Was Boll
| 30 Aug 60 South Tewksbury, Massachusetts 6 Probably Betlvon
3 EE A ——— — ——  ——— ————————————————————— A i ei H
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP ~ | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Toney weve
4 0258 O Wos Aiveroft
3 Ee —— J Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar Q Probably Airerafe
| MT 30/07582 0 Air Vi sol G Air-Intereapt Radar |D Possibly Aircroh
i 5. PHOTOS . SOURC 0 Was Astronomical
i 0 Yes i CC Probobly Astronomical
% Civilian : O Possibly Astronomicol
/ 2 Ne ’
3 EEE ——— —— EE ——————————— ——————————————————————————————————————————
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BB al ci
i | 15% abit 2 se td Insufficient Date for Evaluation
p | HD 20 di Fig two SE O Unknown
4 nd objt -- 1/4 sec or less wo
3 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
r first object was combination of blue and red. Witness claims to have seen the objects
P Second object was same color and brightness as | between the house and some trees which
4 | moon on a clear night. Both went SE. Appeared | are locabed about 200" away. Witness was |
A oetwesn witness and some trees aprox 200' away. lying in bed at time and reportedly 4id
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4 not have much of the sky in view. Vitness
3 is an arthritic and could not go to the |
4 window for a better view. They were possi}
| bly fireflies. However, this is highly
4 doubtful. There was only one witness “o
4 | the sighfing, therefore classed as
i insurficient data.
| ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 3EP 52)
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CT A TC PO ORR TERNS
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