, PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION I 2. CONCLUSIONS Q Waa Bollaon 29 J\m 6o on, Massachusetts :i{ Prottattl, Balloon 3. DATITIMI OIOUP ._ TYPI OP OIIIIVATION 0 Wae Aircraft Local-~--------g( Oro""._ Vtauol Graun.IRotlar D Proltottl, Aircraft D PoeeiW, Aircraft _,S. 0 Wae Aatronomlcal 7. LINOTH OP OIIIIVATION IRIIP OP liGHTING . I. NUMIII OP OIJICTI ObJect which to be tuzz~ on 1te sides which caused its appearance to be eg shaped, about the size ot a ch head. White in color when first seen, appeared metallic as it turned. Appeared to be above 50,000 :ft, but larger t a bomber would appear at that I I. COMMINTS D ProttaW, Aatronolcol D Poaalltl, AstronoMical .. In euffl cl ent Data ,.r Evaluation :..l Unllnown Possible s1sbt1Qs since balloon vas released appeared OYer W11m1nstor at 1957Z. Possible that t error re- sulted in reportiDg. Other characteristic po~ to balloon sighting with the excep- tion of the speed of 1000 mph. ObJect altitude. No sound or trail. Estimated speed 1000 mph or better. Seemed to disappear mavins appeared overhead and disappeared _..._ Qt.lo. AftC PORM 329 (JtaV 26 ... t2) but direction not mentioned in report. in.::! rr.inutAs ts n nonr.al ti. e r r or. Cas l~5 d a s ~os iblo b~l~ocn sighting . 2. Additional Comments: Immediately upon receipt of this assignment (1100 5 July) I contacted Mr home and made an appointment to se im the following morning (0900 6 July). During a two hour interview Mr :elated his observation to me exactly as it appeared in Major Stuart's letter, Subject: U. F. 0. Dated 30 June 1960, with only two minor deviations. One was the shape of the object aa explained in paragraph la (1) above. The other waa the color of the two jet aircraft that flew over after the object van- ished. I escorted M the flight line after he described the two jets as "looking like a piece of pie" where we viewed the F-101, F-102 and F-106. He identified the aircraft that flew over as being F-102's or F-106's which appear identical while in flight. He added that each entire aircraft was not red and blue in color but rather the tails were painted, one red and one blue. M stated that the aircraft here at Hanscom were not painted like the ones he saw. I checked with So. Weymouth N. A. S. where the Douglas F4D-i is based (also a delta winged aircraft) with negative results. During a phone conversation with the Base Operations Officer at McGuire AFB in New Jersey I found that none of the F-102's or F-l06s based there are painted. I further checked with Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center to determine if they had any of the above type aircraft under their control at the time and was informed by Mr hat they had no information on file to indicate the above type aircraft were under Boston Control at the time specified. I also contacted the 27th Fighter Squadron at Loring AFB Maine {F-102's) with negative results 3. Conclusion: s a mature male; I 38 years old, with an im- pressive knowledge, for a layman, of todays fighter and bomber operational altitudes and speeds. He was a "~ea Bee" during WorldWar II. He spoke in- telligently during our interview about many subjects. I feel he saw something-- an aircraft, balloon or optical illusion. For lack of any concrete evidence to support his claim I must classify his observation as n "Unidentified Flying Object". I feel certain that the siting by M of the two jets after the disappearance of the object was coincidental and had no bearing on the sited ALBERT J MARICONDA Investigating Officer HEADQUA .. TEAI 3245TH OPERATIONS GROUP 3245TH AIR BASE WING UNITED STATES AI .. ~O .. CE ATTN O"a (;ttl) LAU .. ENCE G. HANSCOM ~IIlLO, 8110~0 .. 0, MASSACHUSETTS auaJ&CTt U.F.O.lnvestigation Report Toa Air Technical InteJJ igance Center Wright &tterson Air Force Base THRU 1 Conanander, J24.5th Air Base Wing ( C'NO) L G Hanscom Fld Bedtord, l-ass. 1. In lieu of AF Form 112, the attached report of investigation, as prepared by the assi ed Investigation Officer is forwarded to your headquarters in accordance witb AFR 200-2. . 2. This investir,ation was conducted in response to an initial inquir,y sent to this organization from Detachment 102, 1st District Office of Special Investigations. A copy of this request is made Attachment #2 to this letter. OSEPH B. :OONNER Lt. Colonel, USAF 1. Invest Rpt: U.F.o. b.y Capt A J Ma.riconda 2. Ltr: lDB-OSI INV 24..0 Subj Unidentified Fl.y:i.ng 3. Ltr directing investigation ColcMl. BanSt re that ~ 1DforDation reporte4 bueiD 'be ntene4 to or Executift Officer, _,th :au. WiDI Port MDI B. lf1'UAWf OBI Ilf alt-o l3e4tor4, Mu. 1960, 1D tbe of hi a J ook1 ns ~Pr't he ob a daz-k, ball obJect fl7ins at aD 1.7 high alti tucle. At the he 414 not it tU'IIl8t1Al bat obsel""''ed 1t aa it 1Dto a claw'. Be kept vateb ~or tbe obJect anticipatil:Js ita exit fN1D the clcu4 the ctlOD from which it entered vaa DOt 41-.ppcxlntecl W1eD it d1ct 80 after flllpt'ox1natel.7 tb1rt7 aut :t he rea-taea near a U8A7 Ul.at&llat1on rega~zAtng 1n tligbt, he COilrtl.l: the obJ et1.n. to detect sunlight reflection trom ita w)deh WO\t14 normullT occur trom f171ns a1 However, after watcb1ng object for a 1Ul.l tift minutes, he obeern:4 no refiection from it and aur,priaed to tim tbat tlle obJect JuatlcUa- Al he umble to ita altitude or rate o'f s:pte4, tbat 1D tbe put he baa USW fi7- ins 1D tbe area eatimate4 that tb1 s part! obJect tlev tll1'1 ........... , a ana insisted. tbat 1 t ~-18.8 clearly' diatingni sh- .:.bla al "'AS unable to furniah arq ~ditional descriptive in'for- natioD. vlth the intornation that 1mroed1atel.7 after the obJect vaniabed, two svept-vinsed jets, one red and one blue, f'lew at a nuch lower altitude. He added that the sighting occurred di- rect~ over his home in Wilmfngoon, ~ssacbuaetta, and ~e weather WIY el.ear with higb., scattered clouds. Invenlgation ot CoSJIOl ami l~d. Bld1brd ...... l. !bu an dtrected to oomuo' an llllediate 1mee\1gat1on ot a ~ ed 1J1c of a U.J~.o. 1D the Y1c1nit7 or on, a++s on 29 .June 1960 at about 2125 1nforua1iion 1s af'!orded. 1D a i"k'Vna 102, 1st Di.atrtct Ott1ae ot Spec L~igat1on8 wb1ch vUl bs available to you. 1gat1on wUl be Conducted bt accordance with AFR 200 2. 3. Report; oft wUl be aubnitted. to thia oftlce no\ later ~. Tb1a 1a laiNSd aa to this imest1gat1cn b1 ~ with 2c .AFJI120..J in lleu ot Order wh1cb are p-ecluded by tbe t':: eJ.aaant bJVOl.Yed. raqu'r1ng 2meat ton. Tli>MAS O. A. W3l.SH, Major, USAV Execa1Ye otrJ.cer HEADQUARTERS 3245TH AC&W SQUADRON (EXPER.) 3245TH OPERATIONS GROUP (ARDC) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE LAURENCE G. HANSCOM f'I~LD BED,ORD,MASSACHUSETTS ftlftLV TO I ATTN of': (CWOE/Capt Mariconda 2648) SUBJKCT: u. F. o. 3245 Operations Group L G Hanscom Fld, Bedford, Mass 1. In compliance with par 15 AFR 200-2 the following information is sub- mitted with reference to the siting of an U. F. 0. by M a. Description of the Object: 1. Object was egg shaped. tated that the object appeared to be fuzzy on opposite sides which caused its appearance to be egg shaped. For a lack of ability to describe it properly over the telephone he described it as round to Col Hundt in his original report. 2. Size appeared to be the size of a match head held at arms 3. Color: Upon first noticing the object Mr white in color then appeared metalic as it turned. 4. Only one object was seen. 5. No formation aid it was 6. Object appeared to be above 50, 000 feet but larger than a bomber would appear at that altitude. This conclusion was reached when I informed Mr that our aircraft are generally above 30, 000 feet w9-en they make vapor trails. He stated he had seen vapor trails many times and related how it was almost impossible to see the aircraft making them and felt that 50, 000 feet was a reasonable estimate of the object altitude. 7. No tail, trail or exhaust was seen. 8. No sound or noise was heard. 9. Speed was unusually fast as compared to the relatively slow sp~ed bombers appear to be 1noving when high enough to make vapor trails as ob~arved by ~1 Estimated speed to b e 1000 mph or b etter . Invenlpt1on ot a,si'Ol am ls."d. lldtord ...... l. !bu an Jl~ dt,rened to cord"' an s..-tate 1mee\1ga\1on ot a .t allb'1JIC ot a u.r.o. 1D the nc1n1t:r or ++ on 29 .Jmw 1960 at about 2125 1nto~ion is at!orded. 1n a let'\tr !at. 102, lat Diatrtc\ Ott1ce ot 1al lgatlone wb1ch vUl be ava!l abl.e to :fOU 1gat1on wUl be eondac\ed 1n accordance with AFR 200 2. ). Report of t'l.rll!.ng8 w\11 be subnitted to th\a office not later 4. Tb1a ia laiNSd u authority to conduct this 1mest1gat1cn 1D w1th 2c .AFH 120..) in 1.1eu ot Ord whieb are p-ecluded by tbe t , eJ.aMI'l\ txrvol.Yed requiring imeat ion. TlDMAS G. A. W3l.SH, Major. USAF Exeaa\1n otrJ.cer b. Description of Course of Object: back yard of his home. casually observed the object while sitting in the 2. The object appeared directly overhead. 3. It also disappeared directly overhead. 4. The object moved in a north easterly direction and seemed to disappear moving skyward. The object disappeared instantly which prompted Mr Harrison to report it. 6. Mr aid he watched the object "for a good five (5) ninutes" before it disappeared completely, with the exception of the time it was behind a cloud which was only momentarily. c. Manner of Observation 1. Ground visual 2. No optical aids d. Time and Date of Sighting z. Observation was made during daylight hours. e. Location of Observe , f. Identifying Information on Observer: 1. Civilian, Wilmington, Mass., self-employed plumbing and heating contractor. of reliability, good. g. Weather and Winds Aloft Conditions at Time and Place of Sighting. ccount of the cloud cover and visibility agrees with the report listed belo 2. Thi.s w eather informatio n was extracted from reports maintained by D~tachment 6 , 4th \Vaather G r oup, L G Han.;comFl.J, Bedford, .Niass. \Vinds aloft: surface winds south 16 with gusts to 24, 6000 ft 240 35, 10, 000 ft 250 30, 3. Ceiling 3000 ft scattered variable broken with high broken 4. Visibility 15 miles. 5. 6/10 to 9/10 of sky covered. 6. No thunderstorms or other unusual weather was present or .forecast. 7. Temperature gradient: surface 80F, 5000 ft ~13C, 10, 000 ft ~4C, I h. No unusual meteorological, astronomical or other activity was reported that could account for the siting. i. A check with Major Watson, the Senior Director of the Boston Air Defense Sector, revealed that no unusual radar tracks were observed nor were any intercepts n-ade at the time, date and place of the reported object. j. Due to the location of Wilmington, Mass. , which is in the greater Boston area and almost at the junction of Airway Blue 4 and Airway Red 11 a high density air traffic area, it would be lmpos sible to list the aircraft in the vicinity at the time. The radar presentation of that particular area is too cluttered, making identification of a single target extremely difficult unless the radar observer was tracking a given target or an unusually fast target appeared. Mr Aldrich, Deputy Chief of the Boston Air Traffic Control Center, revealed there were negative reports by pilots or his per- sonnel in reference to this object. Lt Robert W Burns of the National Space Sur- veillance Control Center, revealed there were no sa telites in a position to be ob- served at the date, time and place reported by Mr Sgt Maggar, Test . Engineering, this base, informed me that a weather balloon, oblong in shape s by 9' in size was released at 1443 EDST (1943Z). The balloon burst at 161~ EDST (Z116Z) after attaining an altitude of 110, 000 ft. The wind direction and velocity at the time was such that the balloon would have passed over the vicinity of Wil- ni.ngton at 1457 EDST (1957Z) at an altitude of 16, 100 ft expanded to approximately lZ' in diameter due to decreased atmospheric pressure, and easily visible with the naked fr Wilmington. The balloon collapsed nine minutes prior to the time M sighted the object and according to calculation the balloon fell in the ocean or about 35 miles NE of Wilmington, so this possibility is eliminated. k. My position is Strike Control Officer assigned to the 3245 AC& W Squadron (Exper). I am also a rated pilot. Considering the above listed statements and in- formation I am unable to classify tha.object sighted by M