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Project 10073 Record Card — Bar Harbor, Maine, 11 March 1958

📅 11 March 1958 📍 Bar Harbor, Maine 🏛 ATIC 📄 Record Card
Project 10073Bar HarborMaine1958UAPsighting report

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A 1958 sighting report from Bar Harbor, Maine, involving a 15-18 foot red object observed for 45 minutes. The investigation concluded that insufficient data prevented a definitive identification.

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing an unidentified aerial object sighting that occurred on March 11, 1958, in Bar Harbor, Maine. The witness, identified as a caretaker at an estate, reported observing a single red object estimated to be fifteen to eighteen feet in length. The object remained in sight for approximately 45 minutes. Despite the duration of the observation, the report notes a significant lack of essential data, including the object's azimuth, elevation, flight path, and any discernible motion. The investigating officer, 1/LT David E. Koac, noted that the observer was unable to provide these critical details. Consequently, the official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that there was insufficient information to conduct a proper evaluation. While the report suggests the object was 'probably an astronomical obj,' it emphasizes that a formal analysis was impossible due to the missing information.

Insufficient info. No azimuth or elev, no motion etc. Yet obj observed for 45 mins., and was still in sight.

Official Assessment

Insufficient info. No azimuth or elev, no motion etc. Yet obj observed for 45 mins., and was still in sight. Probably an astronomical obj, however cannot form analysis without essential info missing in rpt.

The report concludes that there is insufficient information to perform a formal analysis of the sighting, as key data points such as azimuth, elevation, and motion were not provided by the observer.

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