Vineyard Haven, Mass., October 1957October 1957

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Summary

On October 12, 1957, at about 2025 (Greenwich time) in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, a civilian saw one opaque sphere about five feet across. The object hovered for about 90 seconds, then left rapidly. It was seen for about two minutes. The Air Force record card for Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports, lists the conclusion as possibly balloon. The card says the description, duration, and flight path indicate the sighting was possibly caused by a balloon.

Reported location

Vineyard Haven, Mass., October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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UFOB INDEX CARD SS=UFOB=331~5 |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. concrusions |
24-Ovt—oT Vineyard Haven, Vass. 0 Wes Belloon
/ & * O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION JV. Sumer Surveen
O Was Airerof
12/20252 Oct 57 | XB Ground-Visvel O Ground-Roder 3: FE en
0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ii . SOU , -- Sos Seeediied a
Ang Civilian © Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BD DIN iiss
; O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Two minutes | One Hovered O Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING “|11. COMMENTS
One shhere opaque object approximately : lescription, duration, flight path
five feet in dlemeter. Object was seen hoveringindicate that this sighting was possibly |
for approxi_stely 90 seconds thendeparting caused by a balloon.
rapidly. Object was seen visually for 2 min.
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