30 Miles NW Of Brownville, MaineSeptember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On September 28, 1955, near Brownville, Maine, a civilian witness reported seeing a round object that changed colors from red to green to yellow. The object made no sound and appeared to drop and rise for about two hours. The witness observed it between 10:45 p.m. and 12:45 a.m. local time. An interceptor was sent up but unable to make contact. Ground observers and telescope users watched the object. The Air Force concluded the sighting was the star Arcturus, which sets at 10:30 p.m. at 300 degrees azimuth.

Reported location

30 Miles NW Of Brownville, Maine

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

ME / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 28 Sep 55
2. LOCATION: 30 miles NW of Brownville, Maine
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: 29/00452 GMT
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: xxB Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: Yes, xxNo
6. SOURCE: civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2 hrs
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: n/a
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round, changed colors fr red to green to yellow, no sound, drops and rises.
11. COMMENTS: Arcturus sets at 2230, 300 deg az.
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkboxes] Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical Arcturus, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Date for Evaluation, Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963768