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Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, October 1957

Date of account
1957-10
Location
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 12 October 1957 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION .Local. Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aireraft GMT12/2035Z D Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol O'Yos 口 Probably Astronomical XONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluotion 2 minutes 口 Unknown one hovered 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object described variously as sphere Object believed to have been cylinder, oval with what appeared to balloon with many corner reflec- be spikes or antennae observed from txax tors. These are tested in a small boat in the water. The object that area by AFCRC. 34 aircraft hovered,rose and descended,reversed were in that area.Checks were direction & moved away. Source ga

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