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Portland, Maine, November 1959

Date of account
1959-11
Location
Portland, Maine
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balioon 11Nov 59 Portland, Maine 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Locai Ground.Visual D Ground-Radar 口 Probably Aircraft GMT11/1630Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. InsufficientData forEvaluation 口 Unknown 4_secs one North 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Perfectly rnd obj moving fm 75° elev in the Several contradictory statements in thp South crossing zenigh to 45° elev in North. Rpt. Case listed as insufficient data. Hhite,not glowing, speed constant,although rpt also indicates that at some time or other it was standing still. Observed in bright daylight about noon. Flight path

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