PROJECt 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSION~ 0 Was Balloon Old Town, Maine 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a Probably Balloon Po ssi bl y Balloon XEf Ground Visual D GraundRodar 0 Air-Visual 0 Airlntercept Radar Was Ai rc:raft Probobl y Aircraft Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomi c:al 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Posibly Astrorromlcol 8. NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9. COURSE A)j(Other /l;,..".,.."'-F+ l,Y.~ 0 Insufficient Ooto for Evoluotion- 4-5 minutes one straight d ,. 0 Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS One circular red flaming object, approx the size of a quarter held at arms length. Was observed to fall straight down and disappeared as thoug~ it burned itself out. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Other (Aircraft Flare) Check with SAC Liaison Officer ADC, verified identifiecation of object as photographic flare released from SAC a/c. I.A;:c t~GvJ UFA1i7 YDC k'-24 TYE03~ TNB~35DHA3SDH J~4 f>? JEJ)t:N J F.DvJP J EPNB J EPS N FN COI'1DR 7$5TH ACHRON CHARLESTON AF STA ~'IE TO JEDEN/CCMDR ENT AFB COLO INF O JEnWP/CO~DR AIR TECH I NTEL CEN tTRIGHT PATTERSON AFB CH-il O . J!~PSN/COf1)R 32iID _AIR DI'J S"lRACUS~ AFB NY .JEPNE/COt~DR EADF STEtJART AFB NY '-liPNE/COf1DR 4G~2ND AIR I NT EL DET STET.JART AFB NY z;i~/C0i1DR 4711TH DEF 'JJG PRESQUE ISLE . AFB ME /UNCLASSIFIED/ACT I NT ~839 PD UFOB T HE FOLG HPT IS SUBNITTED I N !\CC ORDANC E ITH AFR LARGE-QUARTER FLAtvii NG ~. A. SITTING AT EDGE OF HIS B~D AND i'JOTICU> THE o~J~CT T HRUUGH PAGE TWO JEPDH 3F 2. A SITTING AT EDGE OF HIS BED AND NOT ICEJJ THE OBJECT THROUGH A St1ALL PICTURE tiitJDOW CHA THOUGHT IT t~AS A STAR AND APP)!:ARED TOO LARGE Ct1A DRF.:ttJ HIS ATTN TO IT PD B. JUST AT EYE Lf:VEL OVER TREE TOPS Ct1A APPF:AR ;;:o TO BE STANDING STILL BUT lvHEN NOVING IT TRAVLED t~EST.JJARD PD C fiiHEN IviOVING Ct1A TRAVLED \~EST JARD PD D. STRAIGHT .-!ESTWARD MOVING SLO~JLY E. BEHIND OR BELOW TREES r. 4 OR 5 MIKUTES 3. A. GROUND VISUAL 5. GQ 215<$ SOUTH EAST OF OLD TOWN CMA BRADLEY MAir;E CNA BRADLEY r1.~INE Cr1A Ct-1A A BARBER AT DOW AFB 7 A. DARK CMA FAIRLY CLEAR CI1A STARS lvERE OUT P:-'\GE THR.EE JEPDH 3F E. 50 320 DEGREES 15 h'TS Ci1A 11 ,0/j0 31~ DEGrlEES 2i~ l<TS Ct1A :S2~ DEG~Zf.S 5ii KTS C~1A EST 5a, 2 31~ DZGRES 55 KT3 C. 5 ~00 FEET SCATTERED P.. N IC'HT 5 GQ 21St$ SOUTH EAST OF OLD TOWN Ct~A BRAD LEY MA INF~ CNA BR.a.DLt:Y r1AINE Ct1A BOXSTON ST Ct~A A BARBER AT DOW AFB 7. A. DARK CMA FAIRLY CLEAR Ct~A ST~.RS lfERF. OUT P . .\GE THREE JEPDH 3F B. 5000 320 DEGREES 15 h'TS Ct1A l~,:D00 310 D:!:GREES 2~) KTS CNA 2~,00~ 350 DEGREFS 25 KTS CHA 30,eP 320 DEGREES 5~ KTS CMA 4(b,0~g 32{f DEGREES 5fJ 1\TS C!1A EST 5~,e;"'~ 31~ DEGREES 55 KTS c. 5~0!1 FEO SCATTERED E. LESS THAN o E THIRD l6/1315Z NAY JEPDJf 3. DATETIME GROUP UFOB INDEX CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSldNS' 0 Was Balloon P robobly Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon Old Tow, J.fli De ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft ~Ground-Visual 0 GroundRador 0 Air-Visual 0 Air Intercept Radar a Was Astronomical a Yes D Probably Astronomical tJNo Ci,v1J.1 0 Possibly Astronomical 7.-L-E_N_G-TH_O_fi_O_B_S_E_R_V_A_TI_O_N----~-8.-N-U_M_B_E_R_O_F_O_B_J_E_C_T_S --:--9-.-C-O_U_R_S_E-----I ~ Other Aj X'Cl'~t lilare One (1) Straight a Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One (1) rei. ...... m::l~ object, approx tb8 aiM ot a ,... h8ld at length, o to fall ght down aD1 aa though 1 t ')own,,.. 1 taelf out. AlSOP Form 5 (15 Oct 5_.) 11. COMMENTS O:tBERt A' z-cratt Check w1 th SAC t1a1 son Officer AD~ ver1.t'1ed identif1cation of object as. photographic flare released i'an SAC