10 Mi SW of Hutton, Me., October 1957October 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 30, 1957, witnesses about 10 miles southwest of Houlton, Maine, reported one object. The report came from military sources, including a ground observer and the crew of a B-52 aircraft in flight. The sighting happened around dusk and lasted only about one second.

The object was round and white, about the size of a basketball. It had a long tail that gave off sparks. No sound was heard. It flashed high in the sky and then disappeared from view, moving to the southwest.

This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the information strongly suggested a possible meteor.

Reported location

10 Mi SW of Hutton, Me., October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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: bi A PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
30 Qctobeyr 1957 10 M1 SW of Hutton, Me, 0 Probably Balloon
Pk a a : O Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
py ; E O Was Aircraft
A ST “¥Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar O Probobly Aircraft
MT D0 25187 ‘OKAin Visual 0 Air-Intercop? Rodor O Possibly Aircraft
5. SoTes 8. SOURCE OU Was Astronomical “0 L201
C Yes O Probably Astronamicol :
~0-No Military 1)” Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EL RRR RAD TINH RA
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
0 Unknown |
ona second one SW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, white object, size of basket- | Information strongly suggests a |
ball, long tail emitting sparks, No possible meteor,
sound,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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