Project 10073 Record Card — Livermore Falls, Maine, 28 December 1957

This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype correspondence detailing an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in Livermore Falls, Maine, on December 28, 1957. The primary witness, a civilian, reported observing a small, round, red and white object that appeared very bright and moved at high speed. According to the report, the object traveled straight up, then down, and finally in a straight line before disappearing into the clouds. The sighting lasted approximately two minutes. A secondary report mentions that the object was also sighted by a 14-year-old observer and that the object appeared to return to view, appearing larger than when first sighted. The observer explicitly stated that the object was not an aircraft. Despite these reports, the official evaluation conducted by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) remained skeptical. The investigating officer, Captain Charles S. Rushton, noted that the lack of elevation, azimuth, and specific flight path data made a definitive evaluation impossible. However, the official conclusion recorded on the card is that the object was 'probably an a/c' (aircraft). The documentation includes internal military routing information, indicating that the report was circulated among various Air Defense Command units, including the 32nd Air Division and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.