Augusta, MaineNovember 1954

Unidentified

Summary

On November 15, 1954, at 3:51 p.m., a civilian in Augusta, Maine reported seeing ten bright objects in a V-formation flying in a strict pattern with no sound. The objects seemed to dissolve after three minutes. The Air Force received the report as ground-visual observation from a single witness. Weather conditions were clear. In its evaluation, the Air Force noted the light conditions and altitude were ambiguous enough that the objects could have been anything from high-altitude aircraft to low-altitude birds. The case was marked unidentified.

Reported location

Augusta, Maine

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

ME / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 November 1954

2. LOCATION
Augusta, Maine

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local _______________
GMT 15/2100Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual    [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual       [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 Minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Ten

9. COURSE
NNE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Ten bright objects in V-Formation, strict flight path, no sound heard. Seemed to dissolve.

11. COMMENTS
Would be almost anything. The light conditions at the time was such that it could have been anything from a flight of planes at high altitude to a flight of birds at low altitude.
UNIDENTIFIED

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other - UNIDENTIFIED
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960294