Bearisland Maine — May 1955

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Keywords: jepdh, 765th, interceptors, jepnb, glendon, charleston, comdr, maine, degrees, jepsn, explosion, walking, smoke, flash, radius, commercial, _probably, indicatels, jepdk, 174az, lestcn, scrat1bled, 1t35z, interceptorslanded, 1510z
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. OATETIME GROUP .S. TYPE OF OBSERVATION XIX Ground-Vi suol a Ground-Radar 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wa~ Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft a Probably Aircraft sibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical 7. LENQTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS .0 _Probably Astronomical .mx-Possibly Astrorromical ~ Othe~/C. Flare 0 Insufficient Data far Evaluation No particular shape, silver and metall~c. Correlation with sighting Short vapor trail before explosion. from Charleston, Maine indicatels No sound. Very high. SAC a/c on training exercise using flares. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) PP JEDN JEDWP JEPNB JEPSN DE JEPDK 4f FM COMDR 765TH ACWRON CHARLESTON AF STA ME INFO JEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH JEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AFB NY JEPNB/COMDR 4502ND AIR INTEL DET STEWART AFB NY JEPSN/COMDR 32ND AIR DIV SYRACUSE AFB NY ZEN/COMDR 4711TH DEF WG PRESQUE ISLE AFB ME /UNCLASSIFIED/ACT INT 0840 PD UFOB THE FOLG RPT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 203-2 PAR 7D DTD 12 AUG 54 PD 1. A. A FLASH OF FIRE WITK A VAPOR TRAIL B. NO SIZE F. A LONG FLASH OF FIR WITH SMOKE G. SMOKE REMAINING FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MINUTES H. NO SOUND . PAGE TWO JEPDH 4F 2. A. GLENDON RAE WAS WALKING TOWARDS HIS OBSERVATION POST B. VERY HIGH c. A FLASH OF FI~E WITH SMOKE D. NO FLIGHT PLAN E. EXPLOSION F. 15 OR 23 MINUTES 3. A. GROUND VISUAL 2. A. GLENDON RAE WAS WALKING TOWARDS HIS OBSERVATION POST B. VERY HIGH c. A FLASH OF FIRE WITH SMOKE D. NO FLIGHT PLAN E. EXPLOSION F. 15 OR 20 MINUTES 3. A. GROUND VISUAL B. NO OPTICAL AIDS WERE USED B. DAYLIGHT 6. MR. SOUTH HAMPTON PHONE 7. A. CLEAR B. NORTH AT 3 50~0 303 DEGREES 20 KTS CMA 10, G0a 31~ DEGREES 30 KTS CMA 20,~00 330 DEGREES 5~ KTS CMA 30,0 32~ DEGREES 7~ KTS CMA 40 09~ 320 DEGREES 60 KTS EST 50,0 320 DEGREES 6~ c. 40~0 FEET SCATTERED TO BROKEN PAGE THREE JEPDH 4F D. 15 MILES PLUS E. LESS THAN ONE HALF 9. 765TH AC&W SQ CHARLESTON,MAINE SCRAMBLED 2 INTERCEPTORS FaOM 49 FI~ AT 1735Z 13 MAY 1955 PD THEY WERg AI~BORNE AT 174aZ THE TIIO INTERCEPTORS LANDED AT 18512 THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SIGHT ANYTHING 10. NONE DETERMINED IN A 40 TO 50 MILE RADIUS 11. JOSEPH H. BYRNE IT IS FELT THAT IT IS NOT MILITA~Y OR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT 'KTS CMA -1,111321 DEGREES 61 KTS EST 50 c. - FEET SCATTERED TO BROKEN PAGE THREE JEPDH 4F . 15 MILES PLUS E. LESS THAN ONE HALF 9. 765TH AC&W SQ CH~LESTCN, MAINE SCRAt1BLED 2 INTERCEPTORS FRO.M 49 ' FIS AT '1T35Z 13 MAY. 195.5 .. PD THEY WERE .. AIRBORNE AT 17432 TH'TWO INTERCEPTORSLANDED AT 18512 THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SIGHT ANYTHING 10. NONE DETERMINED IN A 40 TO 50 MILE RADIUS IT IS FELT THAT IT IS NOT MILITARY OR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT 1 tS/1510Z MAY JEPDH.