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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9615604

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1950

REPORTED LOCATIONBrockton Mass

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. SOURCE 1. CONCLUSION
Civilian BALLOON
4 NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One Sighting by observer was a balloon observation.
5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Not Reported Observer spotte y white spherical object which he
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION estimated vas approximately twenty feet in di aneter, proceedig
at a high rate of speed in an easterly ydirection and at least
Air-Visual 2l Observer culd not estimate
7. COURSE the speed object, but believes it was going
planes he has seen at la xhaust smok.
East

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TO: Direetor of Special
Headqusrters, USAF
Washington 25, D. C.
1. 9 SYNOPSIS: Civilian pilot reported seeing an nsl air-
oraft in area of Bro ton, Mass., on 27 August 1950.
2 DETAILSA Asst, Chief of Staff, G-2, .
New England area, Boston Army Base, furnished lst District Office with a
copy of a letter deted 13 September 1950, from one
(it is not known what this number signifies), Wilbur Road, Lime Rock, RFD
Saylesville, Rhode Island is employed as a radio mechanio at Quonset
Neval Air Station, Rhode Island. Letter fron contained report of
unconventional air raft sighted near Brockton, Mess. hours,
27 August 1950 ARIY private-licensed pilot since 1947), ing at
1300 f cbicct
feet beneath beted that he could see projeetions
or irregulerities or of the objeot snd could not estimate the
speed of the objeet at going 88 fast as jet planes
he has seen at lom altitude at Quonset Neval Air Stetion to propulsion
of the objeot, stated thet the object could not I hay re been windblown
inasmuch as it as proeeeding in easterly direction steady course and
the vind direotion was south vet no exhaust smoke could be and no unusual
noise was heard d by had as 8 pessenger reportedly
sighted the objeat, one a youngster approxinately twelve
(12)years Perkley, Rrode Island. tated that he pointed out the
objeot to the boy at the time of sighting and after the objeot had disarpeared J
from sight, ask deseribe it. Deseription
according tallied with his owll. 1
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SUBJECT: Uncony reraft
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3. ACTION: In aogordance with ArCSI Lotter No. 85, dated
8 February 1950, no investigative aetion has been itiated by this
Distriot Offiee.
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