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UFO. United States

ID #1600180254
Added Tue, 15/09/2020
Author July N.
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
03.07.1972 19:00
Location: 
Саут-Шор, MA
United States

It is reported that more than two dozen witnesses observed a silver UFO "triangular shape" for almost one hour (from 19 to 20 hours) before it disappeared behind clouds. 

One witness, a former air force Lieutenant, said:

"It was semi-transparent, and I thought I could see the blue sky through it, but its edges were white and clearly defined." 

A local air force representative at Hanscom Air Force Base acknowledged receiving numerous reports of UFOs, but said none were registered in accordance with current air force policy. The Boston NICAP sub-Committee investigated the case and determined that the UFO in question could have been a weather balloon launched earlier in the evening by a local us weather Bureau station. 

Original news

Date:   July 3, 1972
Location:  South Shore, MA
Time:  7:00 p.m..
Summary:  More than two dozen witnesses reportedly observed a silvery “triangular-shaped” UFO for almost one hour (7-8 p.m.) before it disappeared behind clouds. One witness, a former Air Force Lieutenant, said, “It was translucent and I thought I could see blue sky through it, but its edges were white and well defined.” A local Air Force official at Hanscom Air Force Base admitted receiving numerous reports of the UFO but said none was recorded in keeping with current Air Force policy. NICAP’s Boston Subcommittee has investigated this case, and has determined that the UFO in question could have been a weather balloon launched earlier in the evening by a local US. Weather Bureau Station. 
Source:  NICAP UFOI, Oct 1972, page 3

Hypotheses

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Balloon/Weather Balloon

The balloon (simplified is a balloon) — an aircraft lighter than air, where the lift force is used enclosed in a sheath gas (or heated air) with a density less than the density of the surrounding air.

Distinguish between tethered, Svobodnaya and balloons — powered airships.

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