Woburn, Mass., August 1956August 1956

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Summary

On August 7, 9, and 10, 1956, civilian witnesses near Woburn and Ipswich, Massachusetts, reported a single object. One observation on August 10 was recorded at 0230Z and lasted about ninety minutes.

The witnesses described one cone-shaped or disc-shaped yellow object. It was first seen at about 30 degrees elevation and 260 degrees azimuth. The object moved left and right and up and down, then disappeared in the same spot by fading. It was viewed both with the naked eye and through binoculars. One witness said it changed shape from a disc to a crescent and had a colored halo around it.

The Air Force thought the cause may have been a star shining through a sharp temperature inversion. The shape, time, color, motions, and stationary position supported that idea. But the object's disappearance in about the same spot after roughly ninety minutes did not fully agree with it. The evaluation was possibly astronomical.

Reported location

Woburn, Mass., August 1956

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

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: UFCB INDEX CARD ’
chad 41 SS=UTOR=252=56
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION T12. CONCLUSIONS
7 AF Aug 56 Voburn, Hass. 0 Was Balloon
sa a a Probably Balloon {
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7 REsaIply, Rollo |
10/02 Aur B56 : 3 0 Was Aircraft
| / 302 tiki 5 & Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 00 Probably Aircraft
0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 os Astronomical
0 Yes Say DO Probably Astronomical
oN Civilian f@ Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF C3SERVATION 8. NUMBES OF C3JECTS | 9. COURSE CT JR PN I CEs
Relatively O insufficient Data for Evaluation
{ liinety minutes Cre Sh ok 3¢ or Roney
| v Stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
One core or dise shaped yellow ctji=cl. Ob Ominion of this Headquarters is what
| jeet was initially sighted at 30° elevaiion cause of sishting wos possibly a ster |
2nd 2600 azimuth. lotions of object were lefl | shinnin- thrvousa an acute termerature
and richt, UD and dovme Object disaptesred in inversione Shave, ime, color, motions, i
| the same location by fading. Ubject was viewed and stationary position tend to support
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| fore, evalnastion of “his leadquerters |
| $s "possibly astrenonieal
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