Presque Isle, Me., October 1957October 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 8, 1957, at Presque Isle, Maine, a civilian witness reported seeing a silver object with the appearance of an aircraft flying at 45 to 60 degrees above the horizon in a straight line. The sighting lasted 2 to 3 minutes and involved one object. Two aircraft were in the area at the time. The source stated the object looked like an aircraft with wings. The object was probably an aircraft. The Air Force evaluation listed the conclusion as unknown.

Reported location

Presque Isle, Me., October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 8 October 1957
2. LOCATION: Presque Isle, Me.
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: [blank] GMT 08/1Z1957
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: X Ground-Visual, Binoculars, Air-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Intercept Radar
5. SOURCE: Civilian
6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2-3 minutes
8. COURSE: SE
9. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: A silver object with appearance of an aircraft was sighted 45 dgrs to 60 dgrs above horizon flying in a straight line.
11. COMMENTS: There were 2 aircraft in area. Source states object looked like aircraft with wings. The object sighted was probably an a/c.

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