PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9316595

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONLudlow Massachusetts

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS.
Was Balloon
17 January 1963 Ludlow, Massachusetts Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 18/0055Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 00 Was Astronomical
Ys Probably.Astronomical
XXNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other_
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
12 minutes one rising northward
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object varying in intensity foom bril- Only wind report at lower
liant to being invisible. First level fr 200 lowever,
observed at dgr prevailin winds north
dgr eleva- and Sightin characterisiic
tion 90 azimu rising and fading.
Total duration inutes. Wind infor- light rising & duration consis-
mation garbled. tent with this analysis.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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-X DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
AF IN : 37168 (18 F/lal
ACTION : CIN-17 Page l of 2
INFO .• OOP-1, DIA-15, DIA-CIIC-3 42)
SMB B 001
ZCZCHQC692ZCYJB989
PP RUEAHQ
DE RUETDH 105
ZNR
P 181530Z
FM 57AIRDIV WESTOVER AFB MASS
TO RUWGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RUEASN/26AIRDIV HANCOCK FLD NY
RUCDSQ/ATIC WPAFB
RUEAHQ/CSAF
RUEAHQ/OSAF WASH DC
BT
UNCLAS 99DCOI 571. CSAF, FOR (AFCIN). OSAF: FOR (SAFIS).
REFERENCE AFR 200-2, UFO REPORT. THIS MESSAGE CONSISTS OF TWELVE
(WL PARTS. PART ONE. A. (1) POINT OF LIGHT. (2) PINHEAD. (3) (WL PARTS. PART ONE. A. (1) POINT OF LIGHT. (2) PINHEAD. (3)
RED. (4) ONE.(5) N/A.,(6) NONE.(7) NONE. (8) NONE. (9) RED. (4) ONE. (5) N NONE. (7) NONE.(8) NONE. (9)
LOOKING AT SKY WHILE WAITING IN CAR. (2) 30 DEG EL/135 DEG AZ.
(3) 80 DEG EL/90 DEG AZ. (4) APPEARED STRAIGHT PATH CLIMBING.
(5) FADED OUT. (6) 12 MINUTES. PART THREE. C. (1) GROUND
VISUAL. (2) NONE. (3) N/A. PART FOUR. D. (1) 0055Z 18 JAN
1963. (2) NIGHT. PART MASS.
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. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
- STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
AF IN 37168 (18 Jan 63) UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE Page 2 of 2'
INCO
PAGE TWO RUETDH 105
PART SIX. F. AGE 24. ADDRESS - 161
20,000' 230/70; 30,900' 250/110; 50,000' 260/80; 60,000' 260/60.
(3) UNLIMITED. (4) 8NM. (5) THIN BROKEN. (6) NONE. PART
EIGHT. H. NONE. PART NINE. I. NONE. PART TEN. '. T-33
FLIGHT TO PATTSBURG - T/O 230. PART ELEVEN. K. TSGT MELVIN
LIEBERMAN, NCOIC, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 99 BOMB WING, WESTOVER
AFB, MASS. THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE OBSERVERS APPERAS TO
EQUATE TO AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PATH. HOWEVER, THE RED FUSELAGE EQUATE TO AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PATH. HOWEVER, THE RED FUSELAGE
LIGHT BLINKS AND THIS WAS DENIED BY THE OBSERVERS. THE T-33
FROM WESTOVER COULD NOT HACE CAUSED THIS REPORT DUE TO THE DIREC- FROM WESTOVER COULD NOT HACE CAUSED THIS REPORT DUE TO THE E DIREC-
TION OF TAKEOFF AND TRAFFIC PATTERN. SATTELITES ARE HELD TION OF TAKEOFF AND TRAFFIC PATTERN. SATTELITES ARE HELD
UNLIKELY DUE TO THE NORTHWARD MOTION OF THE OBJECT. MOST LIKELY
CAUSE IS HELD TO BE THE SIGHTING OF AN AIRCRAFT ABOUT THE CIRRUS
CLOUD DECK AND VISUAL MISIN CLOUD DECK AND RPRETATION OF THE ROTATING BEACON IE ROTATING BEACON
FOR TWINKLING OR VARYING FOR TWINKLING VARYING. INTENSLTY. INTENSITY. UFO ALSO SEEN BY MISS
LUDLOW, MASS AND MISS
. PART TWELVE. L/ NONE.
BT NOTE: - RED TO DIA.
18/2141Z JAN RUETDH
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