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Case FileNARA NAID 28988574 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

Stoughton, MassachusettsAugust 1960

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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 Stoughton, 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

Stoughton, 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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1 SRE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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EF | I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 | 26 Aug 60 Stoughton, Massachusetts 0 Wes Balloon
E 0 Probably Bolloon
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i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 18 Fesmiy Seem
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4 Ll a RR nis B Ground. Yi sual Oo Ground-Roder a Was Aircraft
k: 27 /0LL57 HB Probably Aircraft
lot nee | Osi DAvimercet Tow ea
E t 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
3 OYes PERRY O Prebobly Astronomicol
1 : 5 Civilian : 0 Possibly Astronomical
1 IEE iain bsp iasa
J 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 DINST cing isos
3 HE O Insvificient Date for Evaluation
| tas cue SH than NNE 0 Unknown
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4 a BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ie COMMENTS
3 Egg shared, at very low altitude it was about | Object was seen over a ‘airly highly
- the size of medium plane, apreared silver wit} ropulated area for a pericd of 5-6 nin.
: flashing red light on bottom and several red Tt was size of a medium plane at = vary
1 | lights on top, first seen in NE, moved to SW | low altitude, according to witness. Ther:
f | and made a 180° turn to the NINE where it dis-| is no information in the report to indi-
4 | appearsd, made the turn at very low altitudes, | cate thet this is otaer Than an a/c.
E | seemed +o suddenly vanish, seen for 5-0 min. | Speed and flashing lights along with the
1 | mansuvers indicate this conclusion. |
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