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Case FileNARA NAID 28961405 · T1206 Roll 22

Project Blue Book Case File

Pittsfield, MaineMarch 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 Pittsfield, Maine in March 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 22.

Reported location

Pittsfield, Maine

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

ME / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
i gr PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1 1. DATE Ge RE TR TC [12 conctusions re Ne
i : 0 Vlas Balloon
3 March 1955 Pittsfield, Mahe Romar Baise
BR EE oe SA a SRP MIE mre amensiseemrsead £9 Possibly Balloon
a. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i Toy Be el RS SN XX Ground-Visuol 0) Ground-Radar 2 xa fed THON
F . \ (~& y ei hl :
£ iv emt. 03/09457 Bhatia toy 0 Air-Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
4 5. FHOTOS 6. SOURCE : 0D Was Astronomical YON UsS
0 Yes J Probably Astronomical
3 A ¥o Cava ian 3c Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENOTH OF ORSERVATION | 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  |O,Othepee oo
8 [1 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i pg g QO Unknown
Cr REE EE ROTO) 1 PIER [ES SOREN |S SOU
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Jt: COMMENTS
4 Diamond shaped. Bluish white intensi ty Probably planet Venus,
i of object diminished as dakness waned
EF Object similar in all respects to
i that obgerved on 8 Feb 55, Refer to
4 case file on that date for complete
1 field investigation conducted. |
£ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961405

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