Andover Massachusetts — August 1960

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Keywords: orange, logan, pursuit, nomicol, atated, cltoutt, solleon, laurenc, netrating, underslung, ua1dedt1f1ed, l1jina, saachusetta, follawina, coaf1, provoet, harabal, cooeer, idc1deacj, ajent, ventt, adytsod, childnu, entifiod, ddover
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD OAT! 2. LOCATION 12.. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wets Balloon Probably Balloon DAT!TIMI CltOUtt L TYP! 011 OIS!AVATION Possibly Solleon ct Gr."" d. Vt suol 0 AI.-VI wei Wos Ail croft P robobl y Aircraft Possl bl y Aircraft 0 Wos As~nomicol 0 Probobly Astronomical 0 Possibly Ast.,nomicol 0 lnsufH cient O..to for Evoluotion 3 min one w o Un"no'Nft 1 ~ :.6U c:1a:p~d nose 9-nd a dome or halt globe" ~ :he bottom of the fuselage ~hi ch glo~ed ;i~h ~ orange or orange-yellow color. and ~as .2:;rox t~1e size of a "pursuit tY,Pe" plane. S~ee 1 l. COMMENTS 'me vTii;n~s3es ll7e c:!.ose to a n ai;.-cort '-There an .!uTG organi=:at i o n bas 30~ ..,_; ~ with 1-Ulder.:;lung ta.us s~1.i:1ted (;ith orange d3.y-glo. It; . p:-oba"jle O!\oe oi' these pl;.Ules l.ras t h e ca~3e :tOr thi:3 s.!.gh g. suuJ ;:c r : H E A D Q UART:::RS AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTER AI~ PES~ARCH AND DEVELOPMENT C OMMAND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE LAURENC E C . HANSCOM F I ELD BED F O R O , MASSACHUSETTS Unide.:1tified Fl:~-ir:~ Gb~ects Air Technical I~t~lli~ence Center i,-i:cight-Pat terson .i..F 3 , Chio 1. The attached .si '1ting r eport c o:1ld b e associa ted Hi th 'ln ?- 86H p e netrating to Lo~a~ Airport, Boston, Hass. 2. An Air National Guard aircraft. These aircraft ll.Tll. t, is stationed a t Logan utilizing F- 86H underslung tan.:<.:s painted ... .;i t h orange home i s l ocated in the vicinity of Logan Airport Penetration Area. No further action a s reoor t was received this date ':iO:JA, Capl-, U3AF Asst '3a3e r u era:t.:.or:s Of f icer WASHINGTON (U) Ua1deDt1f1ed l1Jina Object Alld~er ~saachusetta 13t Di strict )S .l ~estover A?B, ~ass 1. n. follawina coaf1..., of the Provoet Harabal, L. 1nfOt*aation telephonically furnished the Of!i .:e Field, on 30 August 1960 cooeer=1ing SUbject iDC1deaCJ Oil 30 AII~Q~ 1960, Special AJent IUCHARD A. , Det ...... ~ 102 OSI Dttrict Jb'. 1, L. G. rteld, vu contacted tel , Personnel , , !'Ventt, Maaa. adYtsod that o1l 26 AugU3t 1960, at ap .... ,.... 1930 houra, be, h!a wife, and three childnu sighted an cnid.entifiod object froa tbe yard of t!Mtir home in A.Ddover atated aa they fac!ns aoutheaat t~Ay ob~erved a ~Ita enaine and two "plper cub" type aircraft flying clos e togethe r frCAD East to Weat at 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Whlle watching these airplanes~ another object appeared and ~ to follow the three aircraft. Thi3 object waa ailwer, flat and aquare with a short cigar-thaped nose, had a or " half 11 on the botta. of the fuaelage which glowed with an or orange- ,ellaw color, app ly the ai&e of a "pursuit type airpl " cbed the object travel acroaa the aky fr~u East to West fDr ely thr lllinutea, at vbtch time it descended at about a :birt7 de aaale the original altitude of 35,000 feat to app~oxi 11 lS,OOO feet. lost aight of the object at the latter &ltitude when it beea.. obacured f vi by a group of large trsea thirty eatt.atad the of the unidentified flying object aa ~pi'0&1altely 300 allu per hour or ''the c1 of a conuercial paaaengor aiz,l n The object clicl Dot leave a vapor trail, did not make any sound., aDd d14 GOt markiD&a which ld identify it aa a familiar object atated the aky vaa c a~ .. ae durifta the hour of aunet b~ight although the sighting atatad he had diacuaaed t~i wi!h his wife nd children and all in a~=eement reg~rding the det3i!s ol this i~hting. !~car ~t3ted ~e 13 thi:ty-four years of ~;e and ~a 20/20 vi3ion; hi~ ~i:a thirt7ona year old nd baa 20/20 corTected vision. provided thi information in a poaitive, =lear manner; how e~, caa be .. de re Dl hia reputation for reliability or accuracy. no aatiaate eoloaal. usar CopJ to: Dtr. OSI