Charleston, Maine, May 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-05
- Location
- Charleston, 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 13 May 1955 Charleston,-Maine 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XKGround-Visual 口Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircroft 口 Probobly Aircrafr 13/17002 D Air-Visuol Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE α,othorAircraft Flare 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 20-30 seconds one straight dowh 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One baseball-like object,flaming and A check with SAC Liaison red in color and trailing smoke was Officer, ADc,verified that observed to fall from the sky in sighting was caused by a close proximity to point of observa- flare from SAC aircraft during tion. a training exercise. ATIC FORM
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