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FORM 1932 REVISED CARD

23 JUN 50

WARANT, MASSACHUSETTS

1. DATE: 24 JUNE 1942
2. TIME OF OBSERVATION
3. ORGANIZATION
4. ORGANIZATION
5. ENDORSEMENT
6. SOURCE

COAST GUARDSMAN

7. LENGTH OF ORGANIZATION
3 min
Two
Unknown

Two disk-shaped, bluish lights approximately 5 ft in diameter, traveled wide-by-side a relatively high rate of speed at an altitude of 1000 to 2000 ft, objects then made a sharp turn, gained altitude, and disappeared.

23 Jul 52
(Jahout, Mass.

# PROJECT 10073 WORKSHEET

## I. GENERAL

|  1. DATE: 24 Jul 52 | 2. LOCATION: Mahout, Mass. | 3. TIME Local: 0215 E D T Zebra: 0715  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  4. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? ☑ Yes ☐ Asked Eye ☐ Binoculars ☐ Telescope ☐ Theodolite ☐ No  |   |   |
|  5. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR? ☐ Yes ☐ By One Set ☐ By Two Sets ☐ By Three Sets ☑ No  |   |   |
|  6. WAS OBJECT OBSERVED FROM THE AIR? ☐ Yes ☐ A/C Observed Object ☐ Interception Attempted ☐ No Intercept Attempted ☑ No  |   |   |
|  7. WERE AIRCRAFT SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT? ☐ Yes ☐ A/C Scram…

IV. BALLOON DATA

21. WERE BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA? ☐ Yes ☑ No
22. TIME SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASE: _____ Minutes

23. POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF SIGHTING:

|  Location | Type | Launching Agency | Lighted? |   | Describe Lighting  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|   |  |  | Yes | No |   |
|  a. |  |  |  |  |   |
|  b. |  |  |  |  |   |
|  c. |  |  |  |  |   |
|  d. |  |  |  |  |   |

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V. EVALUATION

21. EVALUATION OF SOURCE:
☐ Excellent
☐ Good
☐ Fair
☐ Poor
☐ Unreliable
☐ Extremely Doubtful
☐ Hoax

22. DETAILS OF REPORT:
☐ Good
☐ Fair
☐ Poor
☐ Ins…

PROJECT 10073 WEATHER DATA

|  1. DATE OF OBSERVATION | 2. TIME OF OBSERVATION | 3. STATION OBSERVING  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  23 Jul 52 | 0200 | Fogun Apt. Boston, Mass.  |
|  4. WINDS ALOFT: | ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DIRECTION (degrees) | ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DIRECTION (degrees)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  0 |  |  |  | 25,000 |  |   |
|  1,000 | 8 | 315' |  | 30,000 |  |   |
|  2,000 |  |  |  | 35,000 |  |   |
|  3,000 |  |  |  | 40,000 |  |   |
|  4,000 |  |  |  | 45,000 |  |   |
|  5,000 |  |  |  | 50,000 |  |   |
|  6,000 |  |  |  | 55,0…

UNCLASSIFIED
1D-OSI 24-150

1. Existing Conditions that might Account for Sighting: None. No physical evidence exists, and no interception action was taken at the Coast Guard Station. However, the incident was reported by ARKPHISKER to the 654 AC&N Radar Station, Brunswick, Maine on 23 July 1952.

ACTION:
Two (2) copies of this report have been forwarded to the Commanding General, Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attention: NCIS. No further action is contemplated by this District Office.

Robert S. Jones
Lt Colonel, USAF
District Commander

cc: CG, AMC (…

UNCLASSIFIED
1D-OSI 24-150
29 JUL 1952
SPOT INTELLIGENCE REPORT
SUBJECT: (Unclassified) UNKNOWN SUBJECT(S):
Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft,
Nahant, Mass., 0215-0218 hours, 23 Jul 52
TO: Director of Special Investigations
Headquarters USAF
Washington 25, D. C.
SYNOPSIS:
On 24 July 1952 a report was received at Detachment "B",
1st District OSI (IG) USAF, Boston, Mass., relative to a sighting of two
(2) unidentified objects by a Seaman on watch at Nahant Coast Guard Station,
Nahant, Mass. Details of interview with observer set forth. No activity
or condition developed that accounts for sight…