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Old Town, Maine, May 1955

Date of account
1955-05
Location
Old Town, Maine
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Bolloon 13 May 1955 Old Town, Maine 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Ground-Vi sual 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Ground·Radar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT. 14/0345Z D Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYes 口 Probobly Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astroromicol XNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE DxOther Aircraft Flare 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 4-5 minutes straight down 口 Unknown one 1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One circular red flaming object, Other (Aircraft Flare) approx the size of a quarter held at Check with SAC Liaison Officer arms length. was observed to fall ADC,verified identifiecation straight down and disappeared as though of object as photographic it burned itself out. flare rel

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