Pittsfield, Maine, January 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-01
- Location
- Pittsfield, 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 10073RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 1.DATE 口 Was Balloon Pittsfield, Maine 口 Probably Balloon 28 January 1956 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft XXGround-Visual Ground-Radar Local 口 Probobly Aircraft 29/0005Z D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft D AirVisual GMT 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Venus 5.PHOTOS XProbably Astronomicai 口Yes 口 Possibly Astroromical XNO Civilian 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 1/2 hour one west 11.COMMENTS 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round object lo times larger than Venus in west at l5o elevation in process of setting. largest star.Color Blue with white center. Red outer edge.Outer edge ragged. No sound, no contrails, eratic movements up and down and to right and left disappeared slowly. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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