Northport, MaineJuly 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 22, 1957, a civilian near Northport, Maine reported one red circular object. The object first appeared to be sitting still, then moved to the east. It was seen reflecting through fog. The witness watched it for two to three minutes. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card notes that the description, duration, and flight path suggested this was probably an optical sighting, possibly caused by a searchlight or some similar light. The card also marks the data as insufficient.

Reported location

Northport, Maine

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

ME / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Bolloon
272 July 1937 Northport, Maine 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5 (ReSAISLY Biloon |
Ea Vi % O Was Aircraft be}
i Local i L:Ground- Vi sual OD Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 22/08507 0 Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Rador DO Possibly Aircraft
) 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomicol
y 0 Yes 0D Probably Astronomical
D-Ne Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Lo Vo 4 1 {PO or Th DE
3 3 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
i ) 0 Unknown
two or three. minutes one sho Bast
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: One red circular object which was Description, duration, flight
szen stationary then moving east, path indicate that this was pro-
3 reflecting through the fog. Object babliy an optical sighting, possi-
| was 1n sight for two to three min- bly caused by searchlight or some
utes, similar light, Insutrficient data,
No report in file,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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