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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP 26 May 64 26/1943Z | 2. LOCATION Cambridge, Massachusetts  |
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|  3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION UNIDENTIFIED  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One  |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 - 4 Seconds | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS See Case File  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual  |   |
|  7. COURSE N/A  |   |
|  8. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No  |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ☐ Yes ☑ No  |   |

FORM<br/>FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

DEARBORN OBSERVATORY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201
5 January 1965

Major Quintanilla
Foreign Technology Division
Box 9494
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Major:

I finally got around to calling [redacted] who turned in the sighting of May 26, 1964. The sighting was made from a location I am fairly familiar with myself--the parking lot at Sears in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which was just a few blocks from the Observatory. On a very clear day, one could see the aircraft from Logan Airport and also from Bedford. [redacted] indicated that this was a very clear…

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Immediately after he had this experience in the Sears parking lot, he made rough pencil notes and later made a more extensive resume which he included in the letter. The time he stated was 1943 but this was Z time. It was actually 3:43 P. M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time under very good conditions of visibility. Here are some items:

The trajectory was completely straight. It did pass behind cumulus clouds but did not leave a contrail. At about the same time, there was a contrail that was left by a high flying plane. There was no noise and no trail whatever.

At first he thought it was a pap…

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weight must be given to the excellence of the observer who, in this case, was trained for specific tracking of objects in the sky.

He will be in Washington during his State Department training, and if any further questions arise, I can get in touch with him there.

Sincerely,

Allen

J. Allen Hynek

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NEUROSCIENCES RESEARCH PROGRAM
380 NEWTON STREET, BROOKLINE 46, MASSACHUSETTS
PHONE 522-6700
CABLE: NEUROCENT

May 29, 1964

Base Commander
Hanscom Field
Bedford, Mass

Sir:

On Wendsday May 26 I observed something which I can only class as an unidentified flying object. Below given are the notes I made immediately after the sighting:

Place: Car-park in front of Sears & Roebuck Store, Mass. Ave., Cambridge.

Time: 19:43 hrs. [I checked my wrist-watch against WCRB time signal at 20:11 hrs. after the sighting.]

Met. Conditions: Estimated 5/10 cumulus, …

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REMARKS

Attached is report of UFO forwarded to this office (dtd 29 May 64/P. Wankowicz).

FROM

ESYTA/Lt. Thayer

DATE

3 Jun 64

PHONE

2822

DD FORM 95 1 OCT 60

Replaces DD Form 94, 1 Feb 50 and DD Form 95, 1 Feb 50 which will be used…

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I had sufficient time for observation to determine that the object was not a paper plate or cup being carried up in a thermal nor that it was an aircraft. During the entire time of observation the outlines of the object did not change indicating that it was maintaining its orientation in space. Its course was parallel to the major axis of the ellipsoid - this destroyed my initial hypothesis that it was a sea-gull in a thermal. A dawing of it is sketched in below:

The dotted line is a suggestion of an edge or something and was in the position shown. It was not of great contrast to the r…

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

17 Jun 64

TDEW

UFO Sighting (26 May 64, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Hq USAF SAFOI PB ( )
Wash D C 20330

1. We have received a letter from of the
Neurosciences Research Program, 280 Newton Street, Brookline
46, Massachusetts, reporting an unidentified flying object.

2. We are forwarding his letter to the Air Force consultant
for Project Blue Book, Doctor J Allen Hynek, for evaluation
since we are unable to determine the cause of the sighting.
It is requested that …