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Case FileNARA NAID 28960227 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Townsend, MassachusettsNovember 1954

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Townsend, Massachusetts in November 1954. 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 22.

Reported location

Townsend, Massachusetts

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

MA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
i

b : PROJECT 10073 RECORD :

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION od |
EF 10 Mavember 1954
1 10/0610Z Towmsend, Massachusetts

4 3, SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION

] Civilian ASTRONOMICAL: METEOR |
| 4, NUMBER OF OBJECTS

3 1

FE |: |

;

: 15. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

FE | . |

2 =3 Seconds Spherical in shape, Yellow or orange, Tail flame or fire,

No sound. vel fligl erhaps rising. from 10-20 deg |
| 5. TYPE OF OBSERVATION lio sound Level flight perhaps rising .from 10-20 deg
4 elevation
; Grofind Visual
i 1 COURSE
8. PHOTOS

| O Yes

“OX No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes

“ZX Ne

FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960227

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

MassachusettsTownsendTownsend, MA

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-11-01

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