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Case FileNARA NAID 29000149 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Loring AFB, MaineJanuary 1963

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Loring AFB, Maine in January 1963. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 47.

Reported location

Loring AFB, Maine

Date of incident

January 1963

State / country

ME / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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BE | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS f |
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29 January 1963 Loring AFB, Maine O Probably Balloon 7]
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION i A | |
1 |e Sa en AR Np Es O Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar = Bias Areas
1 GMT 30/01232Z XRAir Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
i Lear a Fy Err ATT RA Seer £ SERIE he —————————————————————————————————— |
4 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
I QO Yes O Probably Astronomical |
1 slo Militar 0 Possibly Astronomical
~ | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [rio 1 SNR (ToT (i Ar A OPS
4 : (XX Xn sufficient Data for Evaluation
2 ¢ 0 Unknown |
i 3 minutes one not reporte
"10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; 11. COMMENTS 3
| Military air sighting of small white Conclusion not reached, Additional} |
1 object crossing Saggitarius. In sight data from debrief not forwarded. |
3 for three minutes. Further report to From limited data possilde satellite |
be submitted upon landing and crew sighting. ECHO I data not avail-
: debrief. No other information. able for this date,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000149

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