Hancock, MaineSeptember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 28, 1956, a civilian near Hancock, Maine reported one object that was long and tapered, about one foot long as seen from a distance. It had a red and yellow glow. The lead light was steady and the rear light pulsated. The object moved from southeast to northeast.

There was one aircraft in the area at the time of the sighting. The Air Force concluded the sighting was caused by an aircraft.

Reported location

Hancock, Maine

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

ME / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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N Lod pT AE TY A AM VOT 60 MY TRIESTE bored £001 TOO STINE SA 17 = BRYA RAC AS Co SET FE : PEAR CT SR Daal ORY TEER
: N
ot : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS | |
. ¢ ' O Was Bolloon
27 September 19056 Hancock, Maine O Probobly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
: ¥ i i 0 Wos Aircraft
ER ER RO RARE A IR SR 2B Ground-Visual 0 Graund-Rador 0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT _28/01557 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar D:; Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . Eg 0 Was Astronomical
OVYes 0 Probobly Astronomical
B Ne Civilian (GGC) 3 Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ (O Other ooo
0 Insuilicient Data for Eveluotion
oo e- 0 Urknown
unknown one SE to NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object long and tapered, One Evaluated as a/c.
foot long from 7 miles, Color rad
and vellow glow, Lead light steady-
rear light pulsating. One a/c in
area at time of sightihg,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SZP 32)
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