DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8677645
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1961
REPORTED LOCATIONDerry Massachusetts
FRAMES2

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Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 002paddle-gpu-200dpi
poject deserloe: as very large, glowing
With intense witn intens blue-white ilgnt travelling blue-white ilent travelling evening meteor, in that it wn of the evening meteor, in that it we of the
aus veat aus weat. 7 rulell L to ie horizon, Wi then , to ie horizon, Wo then slower type. inoarent trafectory drop slower tyne. ibparent trafectory drop
iuddonly tropning iudionly tropiing olf st an angle and growind olt st an angle end growind attribited to atmosphe ic optics. attribited to atmosphe-ic ontics.
smaller. srallor. Vnnianed Vnunisned trior to reaching the
horizon. Color changed to orange after
trilectory dropred. Tail about l5 * of trilectory dropred. Tail about 15 * of the
total lenata of object. total lenata of object.
FRAME 002 / 002paddle-gpu-200dpi
ice-blue light like an Argon gas the
following definite shape:
(Mr. was asked to compare size with a structure
from office window whore interview was held. It
visiblo arm's length produced the
was found that a ruler held at
sizo of 1.5 inches long by 9.5 inches wide).
- apparent
avelled p Lcally cally dus east to west level
Object azimuth Ole to 330 330 O
altitude altitude to to from about
After travelling . parallel with horizon, the
suddenly dropped off at off at an angle, angle, appeared to grow
object before reaching horizon.
smaller, and suddonly vanished
Color became bec ame after trajectory opped. Back-end
of object was indefinite and may be described as
including a short wids trail about 15% about 15% total length of of
objoct. object.
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