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CASE REFERENCE9316220

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONWestover AFB Massachusetts

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2, LOCATION ——~«* 12. CONCLUSIONS
5 Prabebly Bell
3 November 1962 Westover assachusetts|>O Frebebly Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF ex AEB i D Possibly Balioon
| Locol MX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rodor A> Probable Airexelt
| GMT__06/0435Z 0 Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aireroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
3KNo Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other
0D Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
. O Unknown
3 minutes one South
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
Cigar shaped obj, dark orange, vibrat-| Obj has characteristics of jet
ing with darker aura in center. Yellow) a/c with afterburner, Duration
orange on edges, Disappeared instantly| & description consistent w/this
going away fm observer at 10 dgr eleva} analysis,
tion 170dgr azimuth. Position station-

ary. In sight for 3 minutes,

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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(SAFIS). REFERENCE AFR 290-2, UFO REPORT. THIS MESSAGE

CONSISTS OF TWELVE (12) PARTS. PART ONE. Ae (1) CIGAR-SHAPED

(2) FOUR INCH CIGAR. (3) DARK ORANGE (4) ONE (5) N/A

(B) GONTAINED VIBRATING DARK-ORANGE WITH DARKER ORA

BAND IN MIDDLE. VIBRATING YELLOWISH-ORANGE ON LEFT AND RIGHT
EDGES. (7) NONE. (8). NONE. (9) NONE. PART TWO. (B)

(1) THOUGHT IT WAS MOON. (2) 19DEG EL.17@DEG AZ. (3) 19DEG FL/179
DEG AZ (4) STARTIONARY BUT VIBRATING. (5) INSTANTLY GOING STRAIGHT AWAY
FROM VIEWER-LAST LOOKED LIKE PINPOINT. (S) ABOUT THREE

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MINUTES. PART THREE C. (1) VISUAL THROUGH CAR WINDSHIELD.
(2) NONE(3) N/As PART FOUR. De (1) 86 NOV/ 94352

(2) NIGHT. PART FIVE. E+ ON FULLER ROAD COMING TO WESTOVER
AFB-ABOUT 1/4 MILE PAST SCHINE INNe PART SIxXe Fe(1) N/A
(2) FRANCIS He BENIOT, A/1C, 24MMS (PHONE 2464), SQDN COMD
STATES AMN IS VERY RELIABLE AND MATURE. PART SEVENe Ce (1)
FEW CLOUDS - DARKs (2) SURFACE 36@DEG/S, 6,9@0FT 390/25,
19,08 FT 260/2@. 16,@0FT 249/23, 29,900FT 2129/29, 39, 909FT
25B/3B.5D,92OFT 232/48, 69, 92OFT 249/25. (3) 3728 BROKEN,
(4) 15. (5) 19,@@0@ OVERCAST. (6) NONE. PART EIGHT. He
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99 BOMB WING (SAC). AT FIRST ANALYSIS, THE DESCRIPTION SEEMS

TO FIT A JET USING AN AFTERBURNER. HOWEVER, A CHECK OF ALL LOCAL
FIGHTER UNITS IN THE VICINITY INDICATES THAT NO SUCH AIRCRAFT
WERE AIRBORNE AT THE TIME. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FIGHTER FROM

AN AIRFIELD OUTSIDE THE LOCAL AREA WAS OPERATION HERE, HOWEVER,
THE CLOUD COVER WOULD INDICATE THAT HE WAS VERY LOW AND THIS
WOULD NOT BE A NORMAL ACTIVITY FOR THIS TIME OF NIGHT. PART
TWELVEs Le NONE.

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1. DATE

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

; 0 Wos Balloon
27 November 1962 Westover AFB, Massachusetts | Probably Bolloon
0 Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4, TYPE OF OBSERVATION
O Was Ai ft
| SS {XEBround- Vi sual D Ground-Rodor a Probobly Aireroft
cut_27/11052Z 0 Air Visuol © Air-Intercept Rader |9 Possibly Aircrofs
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ax Was Astronomical
0 Yes Probably Astronomicol
No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OD Other
la al lad ai O Insufficient Doto fer Evaluation
0 Unknown
50 minutes one rising

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Round, white-blue-amber obj viewed fm
dark to daylight observed at 30 dgr
elevation meving to 90 dgr & becoming
stationary, Rpt fm civilian caused
witness to look out window & observe

obj.

11, COMMENTS

Initial sighting of star at 30 der. |
Star Betelgeux, Rigel is on hori-
zon at this time. Pollux at 55 dg
elevation & all have az of about

260 dgrs. At 20 dgr ele. Regulus

is at 70 dgr ele but to the South,

It is the only lst mag obj at the
coming of daylight that would appgar
to be overhead, Case listed as mi
misinterpretation of astro-bodies
Rising attributes to refraction o
Rigel & transferrence of identifil-

cation

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