Presque Isle, MaineJuly 1956

ol i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
30 July 1956 Presque Isle, Maine O Probably Balloon i
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Balleen
; Fe GR XX Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Readar 8 Ele
Hi GMT __30/0700Z : 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
{ 5. PHOTOS | + SOURCE XXWas Astronomical YOR US
1 D Yes O Probably Astronomical
CNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE la) RRR at A
| 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i d i 1 O Unknown
fiftec: minutes one | stationary |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING / : |. COMMENTS i : ;
One round object, size of grapefruit! Dr, M.F. Jordan, Prof of Astro- |
: at arms length, Yellow in color and | nomy, University of Maine, rptd
unusually bright, Seen for fifteen | that the Planet Venus was a very i
| minutes through binoculars 7X50 pwwex.bright yellow in the Maine sky a |
Then chbscured by dard cloud cover, the position indicated by the so Eee
& at the time of the sighting, |
In addition, the Presque Isle
AFB WX officer was consulted & hg
confirmed the obi as Venus, in |
| view of this conclusive evidence),
jan |. concur w/rpting officer in eval- |
| uating obj as Venus,
) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)
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