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Case FileNARA NAID 28971529 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Presque Isle AFB, MaineSeptember 1957

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 Presque Isle AFB, Maine in September 1957. The full case file (6 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 28.

Reported location

Presque Isle AFB, Maine

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

ME / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
F : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
[1 pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E : O Wos Bolloon
i 3 September 1957 Presque Isle AFB, Maine o Srotobly Litho
~ |'3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ee DCO
E § O Was Aircraft :
1 {Ly pee EE A rd SE AKGround- Visual O Ground-Rador 0 Probobly Aircraft
4 GM 04/00457 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aireroft
I's. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
5 O Yes O Probably Astronomical
¢ ¥ No Military O Possibly Astronomical
[7 TencTH OF OBSERVATION [5 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 7 COURSE |D. Other A
i: IX Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
5 O Unknown
3 2 minutes one up
~ |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 Round object, size of silver dollar, The observers probably saw a
{ white. Disappeared in clouds. Appeared light attached to a radiosonde
3 to be zig-zagging. balloon launched to record
4 upper winds under fog conditions
A Also possible a/c. Insufficient
data for analysis,
: i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971529

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