Project 10073 Record Card and Incident Report — Clear Lake, Maine, October 1960

This collection of documents details the investigation into an alleged UFO incident that occurred on October 5, 1960, at a Great Northern Paper Company lumber camp near Clear Lake, Maine. The initial report, relayed by the Maine Forestry Service to the Maine State Police and subsequently to the Air Force, claimed that an unidentified object fell from the sky and created a 14-inch diameter hole in the ground. Following these reports, the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) requested a formal investigation. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the 42nd Bombardment Wing at Loring Air Force Base was dispatched to the site to conduct a reconnaissance. Upon arrival, the investigators interviewed personnel at the lumber camp. Witnesses reported hearing a sound resembling dynamite or a gunshot, and one individual noted hearing items striking the roof of a building. However, the EOD team found no evidence of an impact crater, no foreign objects, and no signs of an aerial phenomenon. The investigators concluded that the reports were likely the result of a hunter firing a shotgun in the vicinity of the camp, with the shot striking the building's roof. The final assessment stated that no object fell from the sky and that the incident was not an Air Force responsibility. The documentation includes the original Project 10073 record card, internal Air Force messages coordinating the investigation, and the formal EOD report (AF Form 1058) confirming the negative findings.