PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8681154

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONWestover AFB Massachusetts

FRAMES3

→ Original microfilm scan (PDF) → Return to index

Machine transcription · mean legibility 59.4/100 · engines: tesseract-200dpi

Transcribed Frames

FRAME 001 / 003tesseract-200dpi

,
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| O Wes Balloon

2 Try]s a6 Weaetover AFR_} ee ‘ O Prebably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Pesety Belicen

O Wos Aireroft

Lecal CULT EET & Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar C Probobly Airerof?

GMT Pol A JSZ 0 Air Vi sual DO Air-Intercept Radar GO Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Qx Wes Astronomical \j

Meteor
O Yes O Probably Astronomica -
XO Ne Militarv O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

. | . 2 =a ~ + - ‘
W'ite oO} like star and
oOvserved in secuence of

—s Ne ‘
5

fm +0 dgr elev at 170 dgr passing obj

2enizn to «0 der elev at 350 der. Ob} through

not visible while not flashing. Disap-- attributed
peared in haze. Four flashes. Evenly

spaced. WX hazy w,/broken clouds moon at time. Are

visible,

Yis 6 mi

& bright stars
high scattered,
Less than 3,’/10,
Sighting like satellite
polar orbit.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

No estimate on alt,

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

one 350 dyer

11. COMMENTS

star sized,

four flashes meteor. WX

7 ,V00 Scattere

Observer considered

smoke & haze, if at
booster in rea
Not ale,

to smoke,
atmospheric conditions present

O Other
O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
O Unknown

Ob} considered as a possible
oonditions
appeared only for
broken clouds,

that
periods
Dimness
haze &

a
SUC 7

Of 100 dgr in 4 sec

puts speed of obj inmeteor class
alt sxakad,

FRAME 002 / 003POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

11 @&&e
‘. on one

PART Elke Fe C1) S7A C2) MSGT JANES Co

17 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY. PART SEVEN. Ge ¢1) HAZY WITH BROKEN
CLOUDS, MOON AND BRIGHT STARS VISIBLE. (2) SURFACE, 1877/5}
wy SSH7853. Los5b', 2/3 16933", 255/253 25593", 26:/7253
Sodus "y 2% 735g S500" 261/35. (3) 70H SCATTERED, HI SCATTERED. .
(4) SIX MILES, HAZE AND SMOKE. (5) LESS THAN 3/1. (6) NONE.

PART SIGHTs He NONE PART NINE. Ie NONE. PART TENe Je

NONE KNOWNe PART ELEVEN. Ke TSGT Me LIEBERMAN, NCOIC, COMBAT
INTELLIGENCE BRANCH, INT. DIV 9S BOMB WING WESTOVER AFB MASS.
MSGT PETERS STATES THAT HE BELIEVES OBJECT TO HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN
LAST <TAGE OF SATELLITE BOOSTER IN NEAR POLAR ORBIT. TUMBLING :

wOULL GIVz2 FLASHING LIGHT i¥FsCT. OSv2cT NOT ECHC 2. SGT
rates SEATES THAL He COULD NOT ESTIMATE HEIGHT OF OBJECT BUT Is
SURS THAT IT WAS NOT Ail AIRCRAST. SAYS Ht SAW ONS PREVIOUSLY in

iS ons

. __ —~—~- - *- A -_ _— —_ .
“sme vee ---aemooe- Oo! 7-7. « Fee we w wee ~~ =*¢ = .° ie _-_ _- my ~ ¢ ors = ~
J y f , ag wT, ¢ re AS ' " FR AR RD

ae _ » | mm bot aNeew vias CAL obb bd Ge Li . edt bes 4405 4 Wie ENMGLIT: Lea sv MAB intie

ti ar ae | ,8sr 1 7s oe Oh adh | aE eda Na TAL AT Te S| . OF _ as ST Ss WPA E . PAA TPrPRyy A UUs
‘sm 33% 7 é Bs & ete wees @ ae bis bh iw Pe Cit LAG wa 2Viasi ‘ VU li man i &

+ - —— — es ~— 6 iO —&

- yr

=a » <3 ‘

' - ait w

Z JUL RI . —— :
si JZ, OG Y aD ' —— Gs
Surat PY : res Jd

a N#>" ae :
font oe. ae

nd 2 ie AD

=
‘

FRAME 003 / 003POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

——$<—— $e

CZCSQABSSQZCAYATS1

PP RVEDS ;
ve RULTOY Zs
thd

dot 04%

wr.
>? ita ig

Hi S7TAIRDIV WESTOVER AFB MASS

TC RJUFALZADC ENT AFB COLO -_—

“TIT A st
Uma S

“pe

26AIRDIV HANCOCK FLD NY >

—

RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFS «— oe "
QuREAHQ/T SAF “ |

RUSAHQ/CSAE
3ST
SNCLAS SSDCOL S&S5y. CSAF; FOR CAPCIN). CSAS, FOR

| he

CAPOL Ys REPERANCE ATS 212-2, PARA 25. THIE HESSAct
SCNSTSTs Gk Tesive CiZ) PARTS. PART OFF | As C4) LIME: STAR.
(59 STAR EIZeDs 139 WRITE. Ch) CUE. €5)3. S7Ae VEY WOVE.
C7) NONEy £23 NONTs CS) ORISCT FLASHED AE I? MOVED. PART Te
(3) LIGHT BLINKING. (2) 40 DEGREES ELEV 47% DEGREE AZ. t3
LEVY 252 DEGREE AZs (4) STRAIGHT PATH. €5) DISAPPEARED IN
(S$) FOUR SECONDS, PART THREE. C. ¢€1) GROUND VISUAL. ¢2)
Ole (5) N/Ay PART FOUR. De g133Z 13 JULY. (2) TIGHT.
2R2T FIVE. Ze CORNER PENDLETON AVE AND MCKENNIE ROAD, WEST-

HRerer —_—
ao 328 LG

HAZE