Charleston, MaineJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 5, 1955, near Charleston, Maine, a military observer reported sighting one round, orange object. The object appeared to move back and forth and ascend while traveling in a straight line. The sighting lasted seven minutes. The Air Force conclusion was listed as Insufficient Data for Evaluation, noting that limited information prevented a definitive explanation of the object. The witness could not rule out the possibility of a weather balloon.

Reported location

Charleston, Maine

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

ME / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 Jul 55

2. LOCATION
Charleston, Maine

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 06/0253Z

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

5. PHOTOS
[checkbox] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
seven minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
back and forth
in straight line

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round, orange, object, appeared to the observer to go back and forth and ascend "some" while moving in a straight line.

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data for evaluation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962624