Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Northeast Harbor, Maine, August 29, 1965
AI-Generated Summary
This document records a 1965 UFO sighting in Maine, officially identified as the star Arcturus, and includes related correspondence and a separate press report from New Jersey.
This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Northeast Harbor, Maine, on August 29, 1965. The witness, a night auditor at the Asticou Inn, reported observing a flashing white and red light that hovered for 15 minutes near the Jackson Cancer Experimental Laboratories. The object reportedly moved rapidly out to sea and returned to its original position before eventually moving away. The official conclusion for this incident was that the object was the star Arcturus. The file also includes a letter from the witness, dated March 1966, which was forwarded to the Air Force by the 397th Bombardment Wing at Dow Air Force Base. Additionally, the document contains a press clipping regarding a separate UFO sighting reported by a nun at the Mount St. Francis Convent in Ringwood, New Jersey, in March 1966, where the object was described as looking like a 'kite on fire'.
Object appeared to hover in the SW for awhile and then it would rapidly move out to sea away from the observers and then reappear and hover in the same place.
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Official Assessment
Astro (ARCTURUS)
The object was identified as the star Arcturus at 285 degrees azimuth and 5-10 degrees elevation.
Witnesses
- Irene ClarkeSecretaryBaben Institute Stock Brokerage Consultants of Boston (Mass.)
- Mother Superior VeronicMother SuperiorMount St. Francis Convent
Key Persons
- Irene ClarkeWitness