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Mexico, Maine, December 1956

Date of account
1956-12
Location
Mexico, Maine
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 21 December 1956 口 Was Balloon Mexico, Maine 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possi bly Balloon Loco1_1730-1800 XKround-Vi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probobly Aircroft GMT. D AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Proboliy Astronomical XONO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE ax Other Hallucinations 4 seconds duration 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 2 week interval one 口 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS For a period of almost two weeks,a Some indications of ball light- bright glaring green obj descended ning are present; however,in source's property at an angle to view of witness reliability and within a few feet of the ground. investigative efforts,case is Source alleges t

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