Project 10073 Record Card — Dedham, Massachusetts, August 29, 1960

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on August 29, 1960, in Dedham, Massachusetts. The witness reported observing a single, white, star-like object that was twice the size and brightness of the Echo satellite. The object was first seen in the East, traveled in a horseshoe-shaped path, and disappeared in the Northeast. The witness estimated the object's speed to be three to four times faster than the Echo satellite. The observation lasted approximately 30 seconds. The witness noted that trees in the northeast section of their yard concealed the object until it was fairly high in the sky, and it never came directly overhead. A follow-up letter dated September 16, 1960, from Warren W. McCurdy of the Public Information office, informed the witnesses that their report was being forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as the nature of the observation could not be determined locally. The official evaluation concluded that the object's maneuverability ruled out a satellite or astronomical body. Given the high volume of civil and military air traffic in the area near Boston, investigators suggested the object might have been an aircraft, but ultimately determined there was insufficient information to reach a definitive conclusion.