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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  Approx 18 November 64 | Shirley, Massachusetts  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Astronomical (METEOR) Description similar to Meteor or Satellite Decay. Duration not reported. One Decay 18 Nov. More likely a meteor observation. Several meteors reported during this period.  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  One | Object travelling at high speed approaching from NW. Looked like roman candle. Circular with sparks. Also trailed smoke. Burned out.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  Not Repo…

AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO

DEAR SIR:

I AM WRITING TO YOU ON A SUBJECT TO WHICH I KNOW YOU ARE VERY FAMILIER WHITH UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU A BURSTON CONCERING THIS SUBJECT. LAST WEEK I VIEWED AN OBJECT WHICH SEEMED TO BE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED IT CAME FROM THE NORTH WESTERN PARIS OF THE SKY. AT THE TIME I SAW THIS OBJECT THE VISIBILITY WAS PERFECT. THIS OBJECT OR WHAT EVER IT WAS JUST SEEMED TO COME OUT OF THE VASTNESS OF SPACE.

IT REMINED ME VERY MUCH OF ROMAN CANDELS. IT WAS CIRCULAR IN SIZ…

SUDDENLY IT JUST SEEMED TO BORN OUT. DO YOU THINK THIS WAS A METER OR A UFO CONSIDERING THE WAY IT ACTED? I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION ON THIS.

THANK YOU SINCERELY

SHIRLEY-MASS

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AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO

HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDEW

SUBJECT: UFO Sighting, Shirley, Massachusetts, Nov 64
25 Nov 64

TO: Hq USAF SAFOI PB
Wash D C

This office has received a report of an unidentified flying object from [redacted], Shirley, Massachusetts. The following is a suggested reply.

Dear [redacted],

The object which you have described is similar to either a meteor or satellite decay. Several essential bits of information were omitted precluding a firm evaluation. The duration was omi…

2 December 1964

Dear Miss [redacted]:

The object which you have described is similar to either a meteor or satellite decay. Several essential bits of information were omitted precluding a firm evaluation. The duration was omitted as well as the direction of travel for the arc distance through which the object passed. Satellite decays are distinguished from meteor observations by the direction of flight of the object and duration of the sighting.

A satellite observation from Massachusetts would hold an easterly component and the duration would be slightly longer than that associated with met…