Charleston, Maine, May 1960
- Date of account
- 1960-05
- Location
- Charleston, 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 29 May 60 Charleston, Maine 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local 0220 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 29/07202 GMT D AirVisual D Air-Intercopt Radar 口 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical aYO Probably Astronomical Mars CNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 1 sec each appearance three 口 Unknown none 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Three round orange objects, size of basketball, It is concluded that the object of this appeared at one min intervals, one seemed to sighting was probably the planet Mars. come from ground, appeared as bright flashes. The planet being just below the horizon was probably brought into view by refraction. ATIC FORM
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