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Case FileNARA NAID 29000043 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Worcester, MassachusettsDecember 1962

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 Worcester, Massachusetts in December 1962. 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 47.

Reported location

Worcester, Massachusetts

Date of incident

December 1962

State / country

MA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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E [yy | pe EE Re A Ra R:Ground-Visuoal 0 Ground-Rodor OQ Probably Aircraft
a; GMT 20/22157% O Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
4 O Yes O Probably Astronomical i
| «8 No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical |
~ | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ota sel
E XX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 : D Unknown !
a 10-15 minutes two NE

~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING I. COMMENTS Insufficient data. Possible
5 3 7 7 ¢ T j ji

4 Two ohjs traveling side by side rotat- nu iri ie objs mi by

o ing around ea other, orange yellowish ai sates dea BoE oni |
Eo 4 = ‘4

E color observed at 15 dgr elev in NW one obj. Sight at night, no mention’

fF fading after 10-15 mins in the NNE at (speed or maneuvers, only that obj

© | 15 dgr elev. Time possibly garbled. or Objs appgared in the NW. & moved

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A base in area equipped with helos.) Winds, QL €lev 0ssibly balloon releadw
jl [base in a ono PP ) / Tm Bufflo, Albany or Westover ARB’
3 : based on winds & rotating light.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000043

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