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|2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
30 June 1954 Danvers, Mass 0 Was Balloon
0 Probobly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local CKGroundVisual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aicraft
a Probably Aireraft
GMT 24/16452 AirViswol Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircralt
PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 0 Probably Astronomical
DNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Other. UNIDENTIFIED
9. COURSE Insulficient Dota for Evaiuation
30 Secands 1 NE Unknow
:O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Small, white, elliptical. Straight course. UNIDENTIFED
SN to NE in straight line through 45 deg are.
50 deg elev at all times. Distance too great
for binoe lars to aid.
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ATIC FORM 329 26 SEP 52) 26 SEP 52)

24 Juxe1957 DANVERS, MASS
1
Mitt
(ARDC)
9 july 1954
GUBJECT: Unidantified Objects Report (UroB)
TO: Direetor of Intelligonce
Headquarters. USar
Washington 25, D. C.
Attached herewith is an Air Intalligence Information Report,
suoject: Unidentified Flying Objects Keport, forwarded in accordance
with AFR 200-2 dated 26 August 1953 and AFX 200-2A dated 2 November
1953.
FOR THE FOR 9 uDER:
1 Inel ELMER FRALEY
Air Intelligence Captain, USAF
Info Rpt Info Rpt Adjutant
Info Copy tor
V Commander
Air Technical Intalligence Center
right Patterson AFB, Chio
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31
YEMICHED

AF FORM 112 Unclassified (CLASSIFICATION)
APFROVED 1 JUNE 1948
COUNTRY REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK)
United States I
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT
Unidentified Flying Objects(UFOB)
AREA REPORTED ON FROM CA '652oth Test Suoport *ing, Laurence
Danvers, Massachusetts C Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts
DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION
6 July 1954 30 June 1954
PREPARED BY (OffiCET) SOURCE
FRANCIS . HENNIN, Captain, USAF Civilian Interview
REFEReNCEs (Controi number, directive, presious report, ste., a8 applicable)
AFR 200-2, dtd 26 August 1953 and AR 200-2a, dtd 2 November 1953
SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in jinal one-sentence paragraph. List ineloasres it lower left. Begin text of report on AB Form 11s-Part If.)
INTERVIEA I
(2) (a)
(0) The objact was extremely small, about l/8* in diameter a at arms length.
(c) White in color 1E a11 times.
(2) One
(a) Negative
Negative
3) Negative
(h) Negative
(1) Negative
was sighted.
(b
(c)
(d) - line.
(e) Disappeared from view
(2) 30 seconds
(3) (2) Ground-visual
(5) Use of binoculars not successful
2NC() M/A
1. Satament
DISTRIBUTION BY CRIGINATOR

house ani et my binoculurs ini return to we with them.  Durins the time he
was gone, I watched the objeot continuously. IMEs wearing colaroid sunglasses
and I removed them and noted that the ooject became somewhat less distinct, but
was otherwise unchanged. There was no ngise of an airolane in the sky at the
time, although the wind was toward me from the object. There was no vapor
trail of any kind. The ooject did not glisten, but appeard to white.
It was sharp and distinct against a clear blue sky.
tinct. By the time I had brought them to my eyes and focussed them, it had
disappeared. A small cloud was in the area and it may have gone behind that,
but I doubt it. It did not appear
its projected trajectory some minutes, both with the naked eye as well as
with the binoculars.
D
On the following day at aporoximately the same hour, I observed several air-
planes and other familiar objects, such as birds, flying through aoproximately
the same area and I am certain that what I saw was none of these things.
Using the moon for comparison, which was visible at about the same location
on the following day, I estimatedi the size of the object to have been apparently
one-third its size, or aooroximately the size of en object one-eight of an inch
long wnen held at arms length.
Very truly yours,
CARTIFIED TRUE COPY
Captain

H PAGE 2 OF PAGES
(4) (a) 16452,24 June 1954 10
(b) Day
(5 (a) rear porch of his home.
(6) Damvers, Massachusetts,
Commercial
(7) (a) Clear with small drifting clouds from northwest.
(b)
Surface
6000* 330 19K
Mantucket: 10000' 330 23K Only wind report
Winds : 10000' 3100 ® 22K
20000* 3000 20K
30000* 3500 9 21K 21X
45000* 2600 3 12X 12K
(c) (c)
1130E 30 B200 15+ +17K +17K
1230E 30 30 3250 3250 0 15+ X312x 312K +23K
13308 1330E 30 250 250 15t 15t 16K I6K
(d) Boston (Logan Airport) S - Massachusetts.
1130E 1130E 600 230 0 151 13K
12308 60 230 15+ 774 15K
1330E 700 230 15+ 19K + 23K
(θ) Unlimited
(f) Unlindted
Thin scattered
(h) None reported.
(8) (a)x No weather balloons reported being launched.
(9) a Negative
(10) )(a) N/A
(11) (2) Observer states aircraft fly in the vicinity but not at time of
sighting.

AR TURM :IL-TANI HI (CLASSIFICATION)
APPROVEL . JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agmey520th Test Support
Laurence G Hanscom, fass-l I
PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES
(12) (a) Investigation of unusual reports filed at CaA Traffic Control Center,
Boston, Massachusetts did not indicate any abnormal conditions in the area of the
sighting. Possible cause of sighting no officer.
Di
FRANCIS W. HENNIN
Captain USAF
Duty Assignment 1l2lB
6520th Exme Squadron (AD)
6520th Test Croup
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