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Case FileNARA NAID 28969957 · T1206 Roll 27

Project Blue Book Case File

Loring AFB, MAINEMay 1957

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 May 1957. 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 27.

Reported location

Loring AFB, MAINE

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

ME / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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DADE Les 2. LOCATION Ri 12. CONCLUSIONS Ey
. ids 1 Was Balloon
26 May 1957 Loring AFB, Missocesi 0 Probably Balloon
ee ee er sem ate rn mn i en mm a Sin SEMIN RPT a ll Possi bi y Ball oon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :
(SERIE Abe es ah “LX Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Radey 2 UE A WE
y MT. 26/1900% 2 4 © 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercopt Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical ; |
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
dl eN LT L1it San ae 0 Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [LJ 0) 41 § LEGER RT es EARN Se
i HE Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; Cy 3 1 0 Unknown
CREE Le Ga DRE I SS ARN i of 1 FT Fo Uo EO RCS a
| |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11, COMMENTS
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4 Large rectangular object and 6 or 7 Description indicates possible t
] smaller objects, size of pea, silver chaff drop. No mention of radar
: with same flashes of red, falling slowly./check or check of a/c operation
gE Small objects fell with fluttering manner./in initial rpt. Insufficient
|] |Larger object followed in a sthbilized data for evaluation,
} |descent.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) :
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