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Presque Isle Area, Maine, February 1961

Date of account
1961-02
Location
Presque Isle Area, 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 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Vermont 口 Wos Balloon 5Feb61 Presque Isle Area, Maine and/ 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local- 0244 xGround-Visual D Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMTC5/0744Z DAirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomicol McTecl OYes 口 Probably Astronomical No Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 InsufficientData for Evaluation 口 Unknown few seconds NE.Descending 10. BRIEF sUMMARY oF SIGHTING Round, Size Of full mOonjl. cOMMENTsObject of this Sighting POSS- bright blue,left bright trail, gave off esses all salient characteristics of that bright light.Traveled to NE,appeared to be class of meteors called "fireballs." descending, disappeared cver horizon. Color, duration,apparent shape

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