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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
Benen san
236 ; di mi S of Southwick, Mass, robobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Pessibly Balloon
T f O Was Aircraft
Lecal : at Cl Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rador O Probebly Aircraft
GaP VED JOU Ge | O Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ©. .Was Astronomical or
aXes O Probobly Astronomical
O Ne Sivilin iw Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Othe... =
© Insufficient Data for Evaluction
~ lo Unknown
J Ssecongas i Qe S GO 8
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
tnd o99, size of basketball, glowing | Color slides of drawing by Ur,
Preu=-Orancse, tari Approx sOOLt tors. Lizhtfoot.
head Of osj Shot aii white svarks in |
a clrcuiar pattern, Obj appeared to
explode into a shower cf Sparks.

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+3 Elliptical |

(2) Basketin1ll, estimitad djoct wes approminately
20 ft in dianeter from top to botta: with a bulbous front.

(3) Glowins Rei-Orange such as a cast iren invot heated in a
placksriths forse,

4) One

Noe

6) Nona

7) Tail. approx. 500 ft.img that appeared to cnancte from cantor of
head without taperin =.

3% No saurd »vudible.

(9) Tho hesd of object shot off white spsarvs in 2 circular pattern,
be

(1) : waw a bright light from his left while driving
North on Massachusetts highway 202 & 10,

ss 030° elevation azimuth 270°.

3) Fossiboly 20° or 25° slavation at 320° acimuth

(4) Object ws trevclling on aw spproxinate howding of C10° to
C30° and makings a slight iescort.

(5) Object made a slight descending pith from approximately South
to North until it disappearsd ceyond a tree cover-d hill, where 1% spperred
to explode into 2 shower of spurks. |

(6) Not longer than 3 seconds.
¢. Mannor of ovs.rvation

3 Ground visual

2) Nono f

(3) N/A
d, Time & date of sighting.

t2} 2605002

2) Night

oe. hr. was driving north on higshwsy 202 6 10 and 1.43 at 1,2°
OO'50"N 72947'L0"w when he first sighted the odject p2rallcling the rod
gm approschin; fro. the i-ft snd smith. do ‘slowed his ar to battor
ober-rve whit he saw.

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f, indeontifvins informotion,

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(1) |, er | co ick,

Masse Occupation Comusrcial ‘“rtist.
&e Neather

3 Clear with full moon
2) Surface Calm -3K/360

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6,000 2140/15
10,000 250/20
16,000 260/20
20, 000 280/30
30,000 290/50
50,000 290/10
80,000 090/13
+3 Coiling Clear
Lh) Visibility 5 4 hzze
i? Amount Cloud cover None
6) None
h. None
te None

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res, 3 at ‘iindsor Locks, Conn.
area during the time period.

k. Staff Intellicence Officer 99th Bomb Wins, Mijor Rovert F
This report is supplementing 99D0I messxge 5932 Dated (2 (bd s6 Lt is
doubtful if sny connsction xd sts between this sishting - nd the sirerow
ACéN sichting; However the proximity of tim:s and local» one ua: ‘rvatioz
warranted st Least a cursory investigrtion. lI: wos interviewe:
at his home at 1930 hrs 1 Oct 1958. During the interview he troduced 2
sketch he mzde of the object after arrivins home within 15 minutes of the
sighting. He stated thit he at first thougn:t it was a jet aircraft in
trouble and this promnted him to call “'estover AFD, Mass; !owever the
telephone operntor connected him with the newsoaper, which is how
I first became aware of the sishtin:. ia is 2. technical artist
by trade, hes flow light circrsft, wears thick bifocal glasses and ap-
peared to be a reasonably calm person. He and his wife recalled that
while travelling by car through New Mexico in 1949 they hod observed a
similar object but had not feported it for fear of ridicule through
publicity. The sketch and les, 4" x 5" & 35 iM Color trensparency are
attached as inclosures. ‘Soordinates ind azimuth invormation a this
rerort were plotted on U.S. Air Target “hurt S0310-9941-100, 21:D Ed

Feb 1956. No further comment or explation referencing this sishtins is

available.
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Ss Oz) we Lu. OL, ED vol, 3 Yee
Chief, Intelligence Division

Nelson,

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