PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8633125

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONSpringfield Massachusetts

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

O Wes Balloon
8 Feb 61 Springfield, Massachusetts O Probably Balloon
3. ie’ GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
1830 O Was Aircraft
Local a 4X Ground- Vi sual G Ground-Redor Q Probobly Aircraft
GMT 2330Z O Air Vi sual O Air-intercep?t Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. ‘PHOTOS O Was Astronomicel Mereee
0 Yes XK Probobly Astronomical
(I Ne O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE SUT aS. eee aa
BH insufficient Dete for Evaluction
0 Unknown
2-3 sec l

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bluish-white, cylindri- |!!- COMMENTSO, 5+ wos moving E, a/c which
cal object with reddish, cone-like tail. Objt | was reptd to be landing at about this
seemed high. No sound heard. Sighted directly | time toward E. Objt was lst observed
overhead at 090°. Disappeared instantaneous ly| overhead ; no sound heard. If objt was
high and E in a straight, non-arcing path. B-52, witness should have heard it. Fro
of objt was reptd to be bluish-white, w
could have been landing lights (which wef

at time. Nevertheless, absence of sound

ibility of objt being B-52 as this a/c chr

passes Overhead. Ob was probak a

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) fast meteor, Dinmto—thover-being-smiy—one
beset tert—Peta ,

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turned on)shining on haze and smoke present:

be heard when landing, especially if it bas:

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REFERENCE AFR 203-2, PARAGRAPH 15

Ae DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT

(1) CYLINDRICAL - CONE - LIKE TAIL

(2) UNKNOWN

(3) LEAD PART - BLUISH WHITE, WITH REDDISH TAIL

(4) ONE

(5) N/A

(S$) N/A

(7) N/A

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(3) NO SOUND | (
(9) SEEMED HIGH

(1) ATTRACTED BY LIGHT

(2) @99 DEGREE AZ DIRECTLY OVERHEAD (
(3) HIGH AND EAST

(4) STRAIGHT, NOT ARCING

(5) INSTANTLY TO EAST (
(6) 2°5 SECOND APPROX

(2) NONE

(3) N/A

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(1) APPROX 2339 Z 8 FEB 61

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(1) CLEAR AND DARK

(2) SURFACE - CALM, 6-335 DEGREE / 15Ky 10-33% DEGREE/25K
16°332 DEGREE /25K,y 20-36% DEGREE/ 20K, 32-672 DEGREE/ 19K
62-390 DEGREES/39K

(3) UNLIMITED

(4) 6°HAZE AND SMOKE

(5) NONE

(6) NONE

He NONE -

Ie N/A

Je AIR TRAFFIC MODERATE, WITH SOME B-52S RETURNING TO HOME
STATION FROM AN EXERCISE.

Ke LTe JeNe BERINSTEIN, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 99 BOMB WING,
WESTOVER AFBe

ls We AFB RAPCON REVEALS THAT A B-52 STARTED PENETRATION FROM

2%,998" AT 23192 AND MANEUVERED FOR LANDING, TOUCHING DOWN

AT 23482, ALL OCCURRING AT AN EASTERLY BREARINGe CAPTAIN Te

SWEARINGIN, A/C OF SAID AIRCRAFT, TURNED ON HIS TERRAIN

LIGHTS AT THIS TIMEe HE ALSO COMMENTED THAT IT WAS A VERY

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CLEAR NIGHT BUT SAW NOTHINGe

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