Evaluation of UFO Report From Dow AFB, Maine

This document is a collection of records and correspondence regarding a UFO sighting incident on 31 May 1963, involving the 397th Bombardment Wing (SAC) at Dow AFB, Maine. The primary incident report, documented on a Project 10073 Record Card, describes three radar tracks observed at 1703Z. These tracks were traveling at 1400 mph, with two following identical paths at 120 degrees from the aircraft heading, and a third at a varying angle of 315 degrees. Despite the targets heading toward the observing aircraft and coming within 2, 3.5, and 5 miles, no visual sighting was made. The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) evaluated the report, concluding that the radar returns were likely the result of equipment malfunction or electronic interference from equipment within the plane. Vincent D. Bryant of the FTD noted that there was insufficient data to fully corroborate the electronic interference theory. The document also includes subsequent correspondence between the 397th Bombardment Wing and the FTD, requesting further details on the flight path, range, and azimuth of the targets. The file contains various administrative records, including declassification stamps and references to other sightings, such as a 'smoke ring' cloud in Ireland and various reports from Australia, which appear to be part of a broader compilation of UFO-related news and intelligence assessments from the 1963 period.