PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6964631

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATION40milesnorthof Springfield Massachusetts

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
40 miles north of 0 Was Balloon
1957 Springfield,Massachusetts 0 Probably Balloon
. DATE-TIME GROUP . TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Locol_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT_. 307 00 .OAir-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yas 000 Probably Astronomical
.No litory Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
¤ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
15 minutes one changing
I0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING I0. BRIEF SUMMA ARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
One object, red and red and white flashing Although no clouds Although no clouds are are reported
like Grimes Beacon. Initially heading Initially heading the information is information is very very much like much like
66 dgrs then 66 dgrs then starboard starbo 165 dgrs then 65 dgrs then the wing tail I. wing tail lights re ights reflecting flecting
starboard 9o dgrs toward obj - unable off a cloud. It would disappear
to overtake it. Object disappeared wheywhen aircraft turned into it. to overtake it. Object disappeared whelywhen aircraft turned into it.
observer turned into it. Possibly reflection; however, WX Possibly reflection; however, Wx
data not included. Case listed data not included. Case listed
as insufficient data.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SZP 52)

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EQE191 EQE191 TYE066NBA26WNBNB64 TYE066NBA26WNBN864
PP RJEDSQ Ofher
ZFD RJEPNE 3Dac57. 090
NBN025 BLFORE TAMNG ACTION.
PP RJEPNE RJEDDN RJEPNY RJEDSQ RJEPHQ
DE RJEPNB 1N
P 300100Z 4E4
FM COMDR 656TH ACWRON SARATOGA SPRINGS AFSTA N Y
4-4×20
TO RJEPNE/EADF
RJEDDN/COMDR ADC
RJEPNY/26TH AD / (
RJEDSO/AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER
RJEPHO/DIREO USAF
BT.
/UNCLASSIFED/ ANOPS 13715. ATTN: EADF CIC STEWART AFE UFOB REPORG

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(1) DESCRIPTION OF THE OBICT(S):
(A) UNIDENTIFIABLE
(E) UNCOMPARABLE
(C) RED AND WHITE FLASHING LIKE GRIMES BEACON (
(D) ONE
(E) N/A
(F) NEGATIVE
(G) NEGATIVE Ny m4 %
(H) NEGATIVE
(I) PARALLELED CHANGING COURSE.
Obsoned 15 munnts
and and can can gue sige, gue sge,
Shage, Shoge,
PAGE TWO RJEPNB 1N(2)
(2)
(AY FLASHING LIGHTK O
(B) I LEVEL 15,000 FT.
(C) LEVEL 15,OD0 FT.
(D) INITIALLY HEADING S6SDEGREES THEN STARBORD T0 165 DEGREES THEN
THEN STARBORD 95 DEGREES TOWARDS OBJECT UNABLE TO OVERTAKE I IT.
(E) DISSAPPEARED WHEN OBSERVER R URNED INTO IT.
(F) 15MINUTE chech
(3) (
(A) AIR-VISUAL
(E)N/A V
FT., 966 MAGNETIC, 400 TAS, 90TH
STRATEGIC, WING, FORBES AFE KANSAS
(4)

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(B DARK
(5) 40 MILES NORTH IOF SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
(6)
(A)N/A
7)
(A) NEGATIVE
(B)300-10 270-55
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260-35 240-90
260-45 261-74
252-55 NEGATIVE
(C) UNLIMITED -
(D)10 MILES
(E)
(FNEGATIVE8) NEGATIV
)NEGATIVE
NEGATIVE
10) NONE EXCEPT OUTCOME 59
11 TOW F D 1/1T. SENIOR DIRECTOR
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REPORT FOR SAME TIME although iren ripasted,
BT
3/T121Z NOV RJEPNE .much tike the wing and ta il light
toward it.
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