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Spragueville, Maine, August 1956

Date of account
1956-08
Location
Spragueville, Maine
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 17 August 1956 Spragueville, Maine 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visuol D Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft ProboSly Aircraft GMT_17/1550Z D Ai~Visuol Xa Air-Intercopt Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口Yos 口 Probobiy Astronomical 口 Possibly Astronomical XNo Military 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Dato forEvaluotion 口 Unknown three minutes see below unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS This sighting, as noted above, was A limited investigation was picked up on airborne radar.Object assigned to Flt 3-G,4602d AISS appeared on radar scope as two air on 20 Aug 56. Results of the craft or one large aircraft.Intercept investigation indicate that the aircraft lost radar contact with

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