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Case FileNARA NAID 28966271 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Westover AFB, MassachusettsJuly 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Westover AFB, Massachusetts in July 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Westover AFB, Massachusetts

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

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
a Yas Balloon
17 July 1956 Westover AFB, Massachusettiy probebly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
| : O Was Aircraft
|e eal lata cli Se ee 0 Ground- Visual AXKGround-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft :
| cMT_18 0230Z O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0O Was Astronomical {
0 Yes a Probably Astronomical |
X@ No Military 0O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE PARC] SE A SRA
Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
i 4! 0 Unknown
4 minutes one SW :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BLE COMMENTS
| Regular target (radar sighting) but | Insufficient data for analysis,
| larger than ordinary radar target. | Altitude not reported,
| Fast acc slevation of speed, Was able |
| to make 180 dgr turn in less than
i 8 szconds, Increased and decreasad |
speed in a matter of seconds, All
| other traffic accounted for, |
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ATIC FORM 323 (REV 26 SEP 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966271

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