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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6789085

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONWoburn Mass

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UFOB INDEX CARD ATSS-UFOB-252-56
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
9 3 Aug 56 Woburn, Mass. 0 Was Balloon
D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
10/02302 Aug 56 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 16.5 SOURCE ° Was Astronomical
Yes Civilian 0 Probably Astronomical
No No Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER 8. NUMBER OF CBJECTS BJECTS . COURSE . COURSE 0 Other. Other.
Relatively 00 0 insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Ninety minutes minutes One 0 Unknown
Stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One comet or dise shaped yellow object. Ob- One comet or dise shaped yellow object. Ob- Opinion of this Headquarters is that
ject wes initially sighted at 30° elevstion cause of 'sighting wes possibly a ster sirhting wos possihly a ster
and 3600 azimuth. and 3600 azimith. Motions of object vere left Motions of object vere Left shinning through an aoute temerature shinning through an aoute temerature
and right, up and domm Object disapreared Object disapneored in I inversion. Shape, sise, color, notions,
the e same location same location by Object was Object was viewed and stationary position tend to support and stationary posibie n tend to support
risually and through risually snd through binoculars for 90 binoculars this hypothesis. Howevor,-disapboaranc'e this hypothesis. However,-disepboarane
of the object in approximaely the same of the object in pproximaely tho same
location after-90 minutes, is-not-in
agreement with th's hypothesis. There-"
fore, evaluation of this Hendquartors
is "possibly estronomical
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

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Case 182, Ipswich, Mass. A.ug. 7, 9, 10, 1955---Mys-
terious lights were first seen by Edwin Damon and Russell LCL1O
Green Tuesday night. The lights reappeared more bril- Green Tuesday night. The lights reappeared more bril-
liantly on Thursday when the skywatchers were joined
by two more neighbors. Green who watched till 2:45 a.m. by two more neighbors. Green who watched till 2:45 a.m.
Friday said that it was a ball of light, very bright. He
said that it changed shape from a dise to a crescent and
faded away only to return. He described it as moving
slowly from right to left and up and down. Foilowing it slowly from right to left and up and down. Foilowing it
with binoculars Green said that it appeared to have a
nimbus or colored light around it. Civil Defonse said nimbus or colored light around it. Civil Defonse said
that radar had been invelved in the sightings and that that radar had been involved in the sightings and that
the results were being scrutinized at top headquarters of
the Eastern Air Defense Command. Temperature inver-
sion was considered as an explanation.8 sion was considered as an explanation.$
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