Charleston, MaineMay 1955

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Lay a
13 May 1955 Charleston, Maine QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION W Foswtly Balieen
Liesl Un SEARED {KGround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Broloily iver :
GMT 13 [17007 Si 0 Air Vi sval 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
Bio Civilian D Possibly Astroramical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Xx, other lixrcraft Flare
: 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2) ; O Unknown
20-30 seconds ona straight down :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One baseball-like object, flaming and A check with SAC Liaison
red in color and trailing smoke was Officer, ADC, verified that
observed to fall from the sky in sighting was caused by a
close proximity to paint of observa- flare from SAC aircraft during
: tion, a training exercise.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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