Mattawamkeag, MaineMarch 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On March 10, 1955, near Mattawamkeag, Maine, a very bright falling object was reported. It was seen by a commercial pilot and by a ground observer for about three to four seconds. The ground observer said the object was red, yellow, and green, and it fell toward the horizon.

There was no known aircraft activity in the area at that time.

Because the first report arrived about ten days late, no follow-up investigation was ordered. The Air Force said the details matched an astronomical event and listed the case as probably astronomical, a meteor.

Reported location

Mattawamkeag, Maine

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

ME / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
Fert CHE Can Se NR COAG cabal | ee ag a le SEE 0 ERS XR RL rs SEA Sor Pome
I. DATE 2. LOCATION bs CONCLUSIONS
0 Vas Balloon
10 March 19595 | __Mattawamkeag, Maine lo Probably Balloon
TI I Ta Ls Sal ae A Rt EER BY ART PE SH TE TRE TT CE a see cd [1 B JX YY SE EAR YT LET
3. DATEL-TIME GROUF 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
a XX Grou I 0 Was Aircraft
Local fet: 4 ws Logs Ree pie Sn x3 Ground-Visuol 0 Ground-Radar 0 Beotidbly Atvereht |
A aah A
| oMy.. 11/ 011 kL RE A 303: Air- Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar [1 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE g 00 Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes EX Probably Astronomical
me (Ciuiliadelconn Pliot & GOC gif erly Ahemmice
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bm
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i g ao ; C Unknown
three to four seconds one | falling towaxy d horizon
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
An extreme bright falling object was | Due to the delay in receiving
observed by a commercial pilot and by an initial report (10 days),
a GOC observer for a period of 3-4 coupled w/ the improbability
seconds, GOC observer stated object of further investigation being :
was red, yellow, and green. No helpful, no follow-up investi-
nerial activity in the area at that gation authorized. The data
time, received in the original rpt
seems to follow that of some
J ae 4 3 NE] . . o
No Report in File. astronomical phenomena 1.8.
Meteor,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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