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Case FileNARA NAID 28967523 · T1206 Roll 26

Project Blue Book Case File

Waldoboro, MaineSeptember 1956

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 Waldoboro, Maine in September 1956. 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 26.

Reported location

Waldoboro, Maine

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

ME / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : |
1. DATE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; 4 : O Was Bolloon
10 September 1956 Waldoboro, Maine a] Srvbebly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION OR —
3" Was Aircraft
TT iii tinienimmatsmiiney XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rader O Probably Aireraft
GM 11,/02507 Q Air Visuvol 0 Air-Intercopt Rodor |D Possibly Airereht :
5. PHOTOS . R O Was Astronomical
QO Yes DO Probably Astronemicel
HCE Ne Civilian & Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE Ee SC ———
hoverine O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
. Rd O Unknown
four minutes one turning
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One silver gray cigar-shaped object, Probable a/c.
size of a guarter at arm's length,
Cbject had a diffused light similar
to an a/c landing light but lacking
a beam, Object was initially
sighted in the SSE at 45 dgr elevatiop. |
Object seemed to hover and made two
90 dgr turns before returning to a
sSE and disappearing over a hill, Cbjpct
Was $18woa visually for four minues,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28967523

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