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Dorchester, Mass, August 1954

Date of account
1954-08
Location
Dorchester, Mass
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.·LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 27 August 1954 Dorchester, Mass 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Loca _1300 Ground.Visua! Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft ProbablyAircroft 27/1800Z DAirVisual 口 Possibly·Aircraft GMT. Air-lntorcept Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicai DYos 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 口 Othor. 口 InsufficientDato for Evaluation Unknown 2min MAN 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Tear drop shape,Iarge as bomber-Wnite UNIDENTIFIED changing tc blue. In line formation.No exhaustor train. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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