Project 10073 Record — Cape Neddick, Maine, 12 April 1968

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Cape Neddick, Maine, on April 12, 1968. The witness, a former federal government employee, observed a flat, disc-shaped object with a dome while watching a total lunar eclipse. The object featured a brilliant, pulsating white light on its front and numerous blinking red lights along its side. The witness reported that the object moved evenly across the sky from south to north-northeast without making any sound or leaving a vapor trail. The sighting lasted approximately one minute. The witness noted that the object appeared solid and was sharply defined against the dark sky, which was illuminated only by the partially eclipsed moon. The Air Force's Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) investigated the report, considering the possibility that the object was an aircraft equipped with an electrical advertising sign. The Air Force contacted local police departments in Saco and Biddeford, Maine, as well as a known aerial advertiser, but no corroborating reports or admissions were found. The Air Force concluded that the stimulus was possibly an aircraft, noting that the location was within 10 to 15 miles of Pease Air Force Base and Portsmouth Airport. The witness explicitly requested that their name remain confidential and submitted the report to both the Air Force and NICAP.