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Case FileNARA NAID 28962914 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Old Town, MaineJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Old Town, Maine in July 1955. 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 23.

Reported location

Old Town, Maine

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

ME / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| | 0 Wos Boll |
| 22 Jul 55 0ld Town, Maine 0 Probably Balloon |
| ‘3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION lair mt |
O Was Aircraft
| TT TT ER 8 Ground-Visual O Ground-Redar O Probobly Aircraft
4 GM LENORE eines 0 Ain Visual O Air-Intercopt Rader | © Possibly Aircroft
: 5. PHOTOS : : » SOUR O Was Astronomicol
0 Yes DO Probably Astronomical
XX No civilian (GOC D Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BOs iain
i Bo acing Data for Evaluation
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1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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4 mile visibility, fog and overcast. Insufficient data for evaluation.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962914

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