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Case FileNARA NAID 28968815 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Springfield, MassachusettsJanuary 1957

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Springfield, Massachusetts in January 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 27.

Reported location

Springfield, Massachusetts

Date of incident

January 1957

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: O Was Bolloon
11 January 1957 Springfield, Massachusetts 0 Probably Balloon
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Possibly Balleon
1930 DM «ry B 8 {8 Was Aircraft
UE ee ee “0 Ground- Visual OD Ground-Radar FE XProbably Alrcrafs
cmt. 12/00307 0 Air Visuol DO Air-Intarcept Radar |D Possi bly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE 8 Wasi Aslianamfeal
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical ;
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | O Other
e {hesiiiztent Data for Evaluation
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15 minutes one NE hid
| |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Circular flat object, white and glow- If observed for 15 minutes, not
; ing in the dark observed, speed straight meteor - if moving rapidly and
and very fast.Observed for 15 minutes in straight, level line -~
: before fading in horizon, undoubtedly not a balloon.
Appears to have been jet
A ; exhaust trail bbserved at
: high altitude, Preparing of¥¥icer
states "extensive air activity"
in the area. ;
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