Worcester, MassachusettsApril 1957

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Summary

On April 29, 1957, between about 10:05 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. local time, two civilian college students in Worcester, Massachusetts reported three separate sightings. They were watching the sky for comets at the time.

The first sighting was a single rust red object about the size of a half dollar held at arm's length. It passed overhead from south to north and was seen for about seven seconds. The second sighting was seven smaller silver red objects in a straight line, lasting about two minutes. The third, about twenty minutes later, was twelve objects in a V formation, seen for about four seconds and appearing higher than the others.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) concluded these were jet aircraft at high altitude and meteor sightings.

Reported location

Worcester, Massachusetts

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

MA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
: 29 April 1957 Worcester, Massachusatts 0 Probably Balloon
4 EE Ee RE ee 2 ——————10 Possibly Balleon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
] 2205-2240 MIL 5 & rx Was Aircraft ( Lwo 2)
i Ty Line he MPR NO Re tJiGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar BO Probably Aircraft
© LOYD 0) a o7 - f
cut 20/0305% 0 Air- Visual D Alr-Intercept Radar | Possibly Aircraft Gl &3)
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE > Was Astronomical Meteors
0 Yas 0 Probably Astronomical
2XNo Civilian (3 sightings) no amBlyiRsliEnoml cH ;
7. LENGTH 0? O358RVYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (Jo) yy AE Be NI CO ON
‘ g abilicien) Data for Evaluation
1 - nKknown
7 sec, 2 min & 4 sec Ey GS North
10. BRIER SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
8 Three separate sightings: It is concluded thes? objects
k 1 -'Single object, color rust red, were jet a/c at high alt and
| approximately size of half dollar, neteor sightings,
A 2 - Seven objects traveling in a straight :
( line, silver red and smaller than first
sighting,
) 3 - Twelve objects flying in a "V"
: formation, These objects appeared high--
i er than first two sightings.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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