St. Marboo, Mass., July 1955July 1955

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On July 8, 1955, a civilian reported one object for about twenty minutes. The sighting was seen from the ground. The witnesses used binoculars.

The object was round with jagged outer edges and appeared red, orange, yellow, and blue, showing as a bright light. A pilot from a local fighter squadron made repeated passes over the location. He said he appeared to fly through the object but noticed nothing.

The Air Force comments weigh several explanations. The card notes that at the time of the sighting the planet Saturn was about 30 degrees above the horizon in the southwest, near the area of the sighting. The report suggests the observers possibly saw Saturn through haze and clouds, with binoculars accounting for the colors and size.

Reported location

St. Marboo, Mass., July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

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| ae Te UFCB INDEX CARD AISS-UFOB=199=55 | |
Tk 2. LOCATION | 12. coNncLusions |
Zo E Wos Balloon
Zany 1985 ; 0 Probably Balloon
TT — ET ny BET
boa nl |B Gemeiave O Ground-Radar BF Pretdify, Kiversts
; GMT 08/01502 July 1555 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar’ O Possibly Aircroft i
1 EE yy EET ETE Te Se ET] EE A SR | Astronomical >) 1 of
O Yes 00 Probably Astronomical _..
i “3 No c ; n Possibly Astronomical ;
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |D Other ________
i = esti Data for Evaluation
| Twenty (20) Minutes. | One (1) ~~  IStetdomaey | - ~~~ = = 00-
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ’ 11. COMMENTS
| One (1), round object, with jazzed outer edges, | Preparing officer suggests moon thru
| vaich appearad rsd, orange, yellow, and blue, |Clouds could have caused sighting. Air |
| oppearsd as a bright light. Pilot from local [Almanac discounts thise-moon was low in
FI3 Squadron made repeated passes over loocation| the east at time of sighting. Almanac
1 ' [and though he appeared to pass thru the object [also discloses that at time of sighting
hs noted nothing. Biroculars used by observers,Saturn was at an altitudes of 30°, and in
: the 5W, the area of sighting. Possiblly
| : the observers saw Saturn thru haze and |
| clouds. Binoculars could account for the
| colors and sige. Ne
| AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) Ge |
Nei SERRE SRA RE IS ERR (Pa

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