S SW Spragueville, MaineAugust 1956

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Summary

On August 17, 1956, a military observer in the area south-southwest of Spragueville, Maine, reported a radar contact. The sighting was recorded at 0455Z (the card lists it in daylight with no limits on visibility) and the contact was held for about three minutes.

The object was not seen with the eyes. It was picked up only on airborne intercept radar. The radar return was the size of two aircraft or one large aircraft. The range showed the object at about 4,000 yards.

The Air Force referred to the case file and the analysis by its review office. The card marks the cause as equipment malfunction.

Reported location

S SW Spragueville, Maine

Date of incident

August 1956

State / country

ME / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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Le PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD et a | |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
ODO Wos Balloon /
1 W ragueville, Maine S Booey 4 ad

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION W FUG Tee

Local “Bites 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar Probes Rivers

omr__97/ ob 9 Z 0 Air Visual XXX Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . R 0 Was Astronomical

0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
X28 No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE @Xother_equip malfunctior
3 sage Doto for Evaluation
nknown
3 minutes l or 2
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object not observed visually although | See. case file and analysis by
paint was held for 3 minutes and 4E-1,
range indicated 4,000 yds. Size of
object estimated as that of 2 a/c or
1 large a/c. Sighting in daylight wit
no restrictions on visibility,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP §2) 5

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