Bear Island, Maine, May 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-05
- Location
- Bear Island, Maine
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 13 May 1955 Bear Island,Maine 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XαGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probobly Aircraft 13/1635Z GMT. Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian aX Possibly Astronomical XONO 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9. COURSE xothoA/C Flare 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown unknown one N/A 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS No particular shape, silver and metallic. Correlation with sighting Short vapor trail before explosion. from Charleston, Maine indicates No sound. Very high. SAC a/c on training exercise using flares. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)
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