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Case FileNARA NAID 28952459 · T1206 Roll 17

Project Blue Book Case File

Oldtown, MaineJanuary 1953

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 Oldtown, Maine in January 1953. 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 17.

Reported location

Oldtown, Maine

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

ME / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION : Eid
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4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One . Hae
3 5. LENGTH OF OB3ERVATION |1). BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS :
3 lot Reported Rounxl, sma’l object, whirlin; on op, locked like a star
A 6. TYPE OF ODSERVATION with & rin: axxo unc it, Fad shin? on ana OLL. I oved in Lith
4 direction, changing direction andi color siimltancously, :
3 eS Le AAT RII flashing Lhe following colors in sequence: green, while,
i 7. COURSE red, blue & white, Object would spin, stop, spin in
3 SC onposite direction and stop agnin,
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i 8. PHOTOS
0 You
2 No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes :
NN No
1 ; FORM
3 FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Provious oditions of thls form may be used,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28952459

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