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UFOB Index Card AISS-UFOB-331-57 — Vineyard Haven, Mass.

📅 12 October 1957 📍 Vineyard Haven, Mass. 🏛 AISS 📄 UFOB Index Card and Memo Routing Slip
Vineyard HavenMassachusettsballoonUFOGeneral Walsh1957

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AI-Generated Summary

TL;DR

A 1957 sighting of a spherical object in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, was officially attributed to a balloon. The incident was later subject to a request for a briefing by General Walsh in February 1958.

This document consists of a UFOB Index Card (AISS-UFOB-331-57) and an associated internal routing slip. The index card details a sighting that occurred on October 12, 1957, in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. A single opaque, spherical object, estimated to be five feet in diameter, was observed by a civilian. The object reportedly hovered for approximately 90 seconds before departing rapidly, with the total duration of the observation lasting two minutes. The official conclusion recorded on the card suggests that the sighting was possibly caused by a balloon. The second page is a memorandum routing slip dated February 6, 1958, from Capt. Gregory to Dr. Miley, Col. Gilbert, and Mr. Arcier. The memo references a personal request from General Walsh for the story regarding the 'Hutha Vineyard incident' (likely a reference to the Vineyard Haven sighting), with instructions that a brief be prepared for the General by noon that day to serve as a reply to Washington.

Ref. Gen. Walsh's personal request for the story on "Hutha Vineyard incident", and your instructions that a brief be prepared for you by 1200 noon today -- to be used as a reply to Wash.

Official Assessment

Description, duration, flight path indicate that this sighting was possibly caused by a balloon.

The object was identified as a possible balloon based on its physical characteristics and flight behavior.

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