PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon 26-29 Jun 8t 11 Jul 5,~ Belfast Me. o ProJ,oJ,Iy Balloon Po s sf:,~ Y Boll oon e.,/ &..col JIXGrounciVlsuol 0 GroundRoclor g ~=b~i~r~trcraft Possibly Aircraft S. f'HOTOS E DX Wos Astronomical Arc t U r US tftXI 0 ProJ,obly A1tronomicol D No 0 Possibly A1tronomical 7. LINOTH OP OISIRVATION I. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 10 mins one 10. IRIIP SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING stationarv 11. COMMENTS 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation Bright orange or amber light, about Full investigation led to the conclusion that obj sighted was . the size of a baseball. Obj moved fm left to right, then down, then it shot back up Gnto the sky, then due to heavy fog faded fm sight. a star which gave varying degrees of brightness & color ch;lnges AftC PORII 18 (JtaY Ja 8&P 12) due to v~rying densi~y of fog coverage passing in front of star. Dr Chambers of University of Vermont. SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 !. IOUICZa 14uaat1oaa Hi&b School Qualltleatlonat rly Weather Obwerver with US Navy. Job Tltlea Aerographer' Yte 2/C USH Sen ice Number a 209-63-86 II. RJ,IABILITYI Source appeare4 ot average intelligence, willingly replied to all qu.ationa poaed and vaa able to determine directions and dimen&- ione reaeonably accurately. larneatly attempted to formulate a poeaible cause tor the aihting obaerved but unable to ~lain. I inatlve. III. SOUROts DESCRIPTION OF SIGHTING: Source volunteered the following eummar7 deecript ion o t the eight ing: "HAve aeen thie object many tbee. Every time these objects appear in different directione, and act in m&n7 different ~ as to WAich way it travel and where it up. One night waa watching wbBt appeared to be thie object at Mr se, looking toward l).lcktrap (GEOREF HJ~ 6~18) Mountain and it o come right toward the houee. !oth fields in front and one divided by a tone wall eeem to light up fairly bright with a red glow. Thi1 vae not Korthern Lichte." Source tunher etated that th8 light appeared about kat and fairly hish in the ~. Then, over a period ot fifteen to twenty minutes dipped toward the Southeaat and ditappeared below the treea. Had eeen the light at ever&l accoaeaione, from April 1958 on. to datee mentioned in TT meg. Source could not offer an 1oa~.~for the eauae ot the reddish glow. SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 10~th Alii 1. lortheat Airline Operat lone, at :Bangor Maine, (GDJRI~ BJ~ 1U48), were contacted tor poaeiblo olvil air traffic in the area. No aircraft in the area on the 4atee ot the eishting due to weather oondit lone. . 2. !he Br.unewlok, Maine Naval Air Station (GEORJr GJJP -455) wae contac- ted tor &n7 air activlt7 in the area ot the ei~hting on the dates indicated. Wo air activit7 reported. 3. The B&ae Operation Officer ot Dow Air Jbrce Baee, Maine, (310RSF BJ~ 11~) waa contacted and informed the inveeti~atlng pereonnel that no a111tRr7 air trattic waa in the area ot the eighting on the dates indicated 4. Beeident Agent ot the J'ederl Bureau or Inveetigation, at Bangor, Me., ( ""..... &1~ 1448) wae contacted 'tv 2nd Lt. Cilarlea H. Ola7, Air Pol ice BaBe J1ight Officer, Dow AF.B, Maine, tor &D~ possible derogatory information con- cerning the Jourcea involv~d in the eightinge. No information available. 5. An aerial search of the area oi" the eighting wae conducted by 2nd Lt. Charles H. Cl~, utilizin an B-19 type Rellcppter baaed at Dow AF.B, ine. Search wae conducted at an altitude of 60 fc~t terrain altitude and lasted for approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Search waa conducted to determine if tAere ware any reflective materials in the area that could produce the eightillg re- ported. Negative reeult. . 6~ Two GCI radar eitea reeponeible to Dow AtB, Maine, were contacted through 2nd Lt. Charles H. Cl& for any possible radar contact with objects in the area of lighting on the datee indicated. Negative results. 7 'rhe US Coast Guard Mooring Station, Rockland, Maine (G:iX>REF HJ~ 547 vaw contacted concerning water traffic on the date 1 ted nnd concerning the location of light boueea in the vicin1t7 of eidenco. In the aboenoe of the Stat ion Commander, warrant Officer L tchtield, his next in Command, Chief A.w. McLaughlin, !MC, Service I 22459), eubmitted the following weather and ltght dataz a. Lighthouseaz (1) ]Dagle Ialand (GmBD &rOQ, 1313) . Fi~d ite Light, 106 feet above mean water level, 1,700 candle power, maximum viaibilit7 16 mil~s. (2) Curti Ialand (GEORilt &TJ'Q, 571:3) .~ Fixed Green Light, 52 teet above mean water level, 800 candle power, 1mum visibility 1) miles. (3) J'ort Point (GJX)JU.-r BJ~ 1129) ~ lilBd White Light, 88 teet above mean water level, 1,4oo candle power, JClDIWil vi1i bility 15 mile a. Chief McLaughlin stated that the overcaat ...o.ne .. fourth (1/4) ot normal mBnDIWil v1a1bil1ty. ot the light houee tower to almoat nothing. , would cut light 1ntena1ty to Jbg would cut light intensity (aft:Uitlrt' IIII'OitiiiA'riOII wlten "llefll11) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 111 b. Vater trattloa Ohle ated that the r.rrfboat, crolng between Harbor, Maine BJGQ -218), azul Ial .. aboro, A-laine (GliDUr &TOQ -418), ceul4 po11lbly produce the e1ghtlng it the J'errtboat were croaalng with the &ld of a 1trong 1earoh1ight. '!'hie ferryboat ie pr1 ily used tor auto transport tor vacatloaiat1 to tbe ltl&D4 of I1leeboro, Maine. ~hie ferry- boat doea not operate on a ti~d echedule and att ontact the crew of thie ferryboat me\ with negative reeulte. Chie further stAted that weather conditione on the date1 indicated would rule the possibility of water trattlc cauair~ the slht lnf:,. and that the ferryboat moat likely would not atte11pt the oroeelDc In the weather preeen' at the time ot the elghting c. Weather conditione at the US Coaet Guard MOoring station: (-1) 26 June 1958, 2100 llourw (1ST Daylight Saving Time) Ce111nga 2,000 feet Wlndsz 2 Xta, SW !&rometerz 29.9 Inches -steady 'l'emperature: 64 Fahrenheit : ~loudy and Foggy Vleibilitya 4 mile at OoAet Guard Mooring Station. (2) 27 June 1958, 2400 houre (J:ST D&Tlight Saving Time) Winds: 2 to 3 Kta, SW ter1 29.g Inchee -ate~ Temperature a 64 Fahrenheit . .'-Cloud7 and Light Rain . . .- Y1eib111t7& 2 to 3 a1lea at Coast Guard Mooring Station. (3):. 28 June 1958, 24oO houra (EST Daylight Saving Time) Ce111ngz 1,500 feet Winde: 2 to .) Kte, SW arometer: 29.8 Inchee -etea1 Temperature: 60 Fahrenbe it .. Cloud and .. log V1aib111ty: 3 to 4 milee at Coaet Guard Mooring Station. (4) 11 Jul7 1958, 2000 hours (J:ST Da;ylight S&vinge Time) Ceiling& 2,000 teet W1nde: 5 Ita, SSW Temoerature: 610 Cloudy and J'og V11ib11ity: 5 miles at Coast Guard Mooring Station. 8. !he 4o60th Operatione Squadron (SAC) Photographic Laboratory, Dow AFD, Maine, contACted to secure 1nforn~t1on concerning photographs surrendered b7 Mr. /S~ taeelle, AFSC 2)2?0, Photographic Technician, atated that the 1mpr shown on photo~aphR li!ted aa Incloeure I 1, are believed to be caueed by badly handled film and i1uproper processing ot prints. Thle concl arrived at after brief study ot photographs mentioned, but no definite state- ment &I to 1dent1t7 ot lana& could be arrived without detailed examination of --ii:.Aialieil~r;ii:a~iMu;t;:ltNt --caacUiti'M' IIII'OifiiAFIOII .,,._,. tiiW I) TO AF FOIM 111 9 Dr w.r. 11 of Medicine, UDieraity of Ver~nt, waa ooDtaote4 on 28 Julr 1 , tor aetronoaical activit7 on 4atee indicated. When lator-.4 ot poaition ot aightlac in relationehlp to "!ic Dipper" (Urea Majoria) r. 1 etate4 that o~ject moat 1lkelr wa the atar "ARCTURUS" Thia star le the brtchteet tn the reclon nt1one4 u4 could appear light amber ,1n color. SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 111 IUGRT 110. 1006tb AISS D9 UfOB-1-58 (and) Co.ate ot tbe InYeatiptorea 1. In view ot the iDtomatioD obtained, personnel aeslpied to irtveetip the ei1ht1n1 believe the object to be the star "ARCTURUS". 2. OD 23 Jul7 1958, at 2330 hours (EST Da.7li1ht Saving Time), the inveetiptors observed the obJect in the sq. Tbe object was pointed out to the 1nveet1ptore b7 Mr. as that light which be had been obaerving for several , ae obJect reported as the s1ght1ngs or 1958 respectivel7 3. The bbject was definitely a , established in s position due south and wet trom the "Big Dipper" star group. The star appeared to be jumping when viewed through a ps1r or glasses ( 7 x 3 S power) or when viewed through a telescope (Bausch & Lomb) with a 60 millimeter lens, due to bodJ movement ot the observers. The color changes were caused br tog and mist passing between observer and star, resulting in color changes trom white to bright 4 The obJect was in eight tor approximately thirty (30) minutes and aid not change its position or move about as reported bf the Sources. The object was finally obscured b7 heaVJ tog, Three bright stars now seen in the eastern sky .will become even more prominent in upcoming months. June 21 marks official beginnin~ of su~mer in Northern Hemisphere. t:IUI.I.I.\f~T lf'I'ITI.ft '" rlw .... flu p:in , n Junc-! I tht\ ll"'k .eltcut h :UIJ p.m .. ,.,,. u{ 'tan,IJnl tintr (:tllc.l ntu ! hahr s.e\ln,_ tin rhr ~orthrrn llt>nu,pJ., .. c., ~ .-alltd :ht ~tmt The ~t;tfl arc tht' h:ul\.:rnuncl :1J.l:n ,, :\c theet munecrtt thr "u~. "ell ! ... c.lirc "'') "lu~l tltt man.m:tclt c.-.uth ,,.,,llit''' '"' :tt u~rr .:1 Jut~tt "' tht l'.e"'h' ( kt-.m, on the Jupitt'r i,.tn thr ,.u;,,,,ll.tht~t nf \ ' tr)!u. t.t~t nf ll.m .ttt. tlt r \it.rm. and jucr ;th\c rite ltn.zi,tc,t . r.u ltri~hlnt':t--~air. Srit:1 '' d"'"'cl :e~ "J.:IIi tttdc U.'J, i>uc Jul'itt'r ~ Utt\\ "'"'''~ I~.\\""" j, .1hotn I! timrs ~" hrtJ,.tlt. S;aturn. in ( )Jlhiuclm~. the !lot'rptnt .J,.. .. a rt'r. i!i uf in trt mccliolte hnghtnn ... \\ trh magnttuclr fi.J :\ littlt' to the ri)tht ,,; S.1turn '"" will ~ Scurpius, the \c.:orpinn. "ith .-\nt.1rn. :1 hriaht stu that ;, dt .. llnlf h rc.-tl an c.nlnr. :\nd O\'Cr in rhc wna, lo thl: ri~lu uf \'a~u. stands Lro. I~ lion, with Rt'gulu~ .tn(l lxnehub. Low in the northwest. p.1rt.. uf (;anini. the twins. :mJ :\uri~a. thr da.eri- uttt:r, arr 5till \'isihlr. Pollux ;~rut C.epcll.e, tirst m;eanituclc st.an i' thc!lot' ,::rours. :11J-c.tr umdt fainttr I'C'C.Iu~ tl1r-\ .trr clu~ ' ' th~ ltrizttn and lhert i! so rnud1 Jl"rJU"'' nt their li.zht by the r.rrh !' ''"""l'hc. r . In rhe c .. ,, you will find 1 hrrc hriJ,:1tt ~t.tr~ th:at will fx,,.,mc C'\ en '""rt' promi- ~rrna the coming month ... ThcSt' .m: \ r~' h l..yra, the l~rr: Ocnrt., in C "'" c: swan, which is ju~t hdo\\ J.~r.e: :and .-\h.tir. in Aquila, tier t'.aJ:k. tl rhr ''~hi n( .\ttttdacr namt (ur thC' ~w.m j, tht ~. rtl: trn Cross, which is now Jnn in :e lrrt.tlh in' trtl'(i pxition, fur Ucnf'h i" ,If thr lw.u.l uf the croa. The C.re.1t Dirrter. p:.ra uf l'n.a ~fJJr, tht' Kft':tl IX':er, stantf' hitch in thr nrth\\ nt. Duhht' ;tnd Mcrak. the ''poiutt<r, in the. h'm I of tht' dirJ-cr. arc hdow: if vuu f.,ll,l\\ lftt'm to thf' ri~tht, ) 'CIU C'CltnC' ltl Ptl01ri~. th(' f~tlt' star. in Ursa Minnr. d1r lt"Ut"r llcn. 11!.~.-~a~r's handlr torn :a Kuid~: _J ~ t r.rr ~rODI&DCDL-'d u. If ,-uu (c~ I""' "" .:unr. tltmuJh Alind., Mi:t.1r .ancl :\l"il. ~,lllrli!J _in llntc'li. Cuutilltlln,: '&ill t.trllan. H"""T\rin~-. yuu tn Spi.:a . llhl Juritt'r. Jupiter's Motion VIsible ''"'upir~ ;a fiw,f Jh~tth!l in the ,;., .. tlh. mel\ rmrnt ut tht pl.tiH't i~ n ."hh 'lnn. It \'cn ha\'t' :...-cn ,\:,~dam~ tl tiUtlll~ IC:c:rnt tncutlt ... nu \\ill la.t\ , . 11 ttntl th.tl ia Ita~ l'l'c-tt ''"~\"'~ "'"''crly .llll IIJ.t thr 'tan ~in'-"t' Fdt 1 c; TJ,j, " l.tlfc,J ,, .. rc:tr' ~r.ulr," ur h.'-'"-"crd. ltlll\C:ntcnt. .\c:tu.alh lupirc-r, like tht: r;1rth :.net o~ll th< othn l'lantas. j, J..~in~ .trnunJ tltr lilllt in thr !>.tme c.lirc'-tiun. '' ludt I!> frum thr-' ' t 'l\ t Ctt tht' t'OISt. ftut d~t ltt.trrr ,1 IJ.m,t '' ;, tht' ... un, thr hah.-r rltt" 'J1f'f'tl. rlar ,. "'' ' \ ..C'&IKUJ, CC"111t:tfl'tl Wtlh "' f111h ltf j uptl 1 Sm~t f-'<'hru.er\, ltuth ".IIIII .uul ht' h .t\l' l't't'n in .11""" tlac \ottnc ,lirt'dll'' ''" ' " tl lt.l' pull' ,J I'"' lhl ctU&cr tl.en~t, J,, '"'' , llollll .11111 I''" .1 f,~.ght fl.llh "" tltt 1, II " ''" '' tn~ in the-'-tlew dtrtt,tiun tt.., 1 , o~u r,. On Fdt. I c; the. c.erda IJl"~;an '" I'',, lui'''''' Junc-19 11 will h.aH' J'Uikd I~ ancl lupit"r \\til rt>\UIIIC" its uu:al, .Inc, 1. c.-.,,tcrlv mutton .mc"'g the !ililn .\1''' rile t.erth ;, """ P"!tin..: S.tlltr" t nr. (~iJ,'J(IIt.ru! mile) .tw.ay) on """' I' "t'fllllcl, 1\ .1ft0 n:u~UIJt h.h:L.\\.erol ,fill"'.' w.er,l 1110\'rntrnr. :\1 tftt~ llnlt' nf ~t'.tr we ho&\'l' tile.: ' I' portullit:l (If l.Hrhing ~ fltccin~ ~litllJ''t, J, tltt" '.'Hning l\~V, ,,f J prnnuncnr C'l1\lt'!l. t!uu \\ t,i(h c'.en nc.'\'t'r t,.... ..ccn "''mp!ttt I . fruttt nao~t 1':1"' of the tnitcd St.ttr~. 'I :m i~ Cc:ntauru!l. tht' ccut.1ur. :\ frw tf rh~ nctrthcrnmost sta" 111 ''"' ,onstdlatiun ilrt' shown on rhc map ,,f t!,: In hmt, ;ehhtlliJCh Mrt,ur~ '' ,,., "'"'' ... "~ \UR eo ~ Je('R, Vrnu ;fl\cl ~.lh ,lfl '11ihlc-la~r ia the nigl1t. Mar' ._ .. m~, lll' o e ... SYMBOL~ fOR STARS IN OROfA OF BRlGH1NE$~ Oi~,-iCIAL FILE COPY tbe aiM (9) pbotop-llpU Wl"8 taiiiiD ill Vitb of the ~. 11r ot thla b7 tbe A~ JOiae -.1 be wa .,_.. ot tbla Ida ccmtacta vltla Dr v P cu.Mn Old t7 ot venoat. aubm.tte4 to tbe ASr ~17 1958 "" tbere retuna VM DOt requeate4& tbat u.. !Ill la tbe tint coatect rqu-dlJW hla ZCZCSQP116SQWII' 1. cOMAIRFLWG ~'I DOW AFB ME 1211112 TO HQS USAF ACSINT WASH DC HQ USAF OSI WASH COM ATIC WPAFB OHIO ZEN COMDR HQS ADC ENT COM AIRDIV 5? WESTOVER /UNCLAS/ t F T' 0/ CITE BPF 1916. SUBJECT IS UFO. THE FOLLOWING INFO IS SUBMITTED lAW AFR 21-2 DATED 5 FEB 19SS FOR THE PERIOD 15 JUNE CURR'THROUGH 11 JULY CURRI A. DESCRIPT ON OF THE OBJECTI (1) CERNA~E SHAfE. (2) ABOUT S or AUTO HEADLI (3) CHANGES . .t (~)ONLY ONE (1). (5) NA. (6) NONE. (7) OCCASIONALLY,\ ~ FEW SPARKS IN.TRAufcs> NO SoUND; (9) NONE. B. DESCRIPTION or COURSE : OF OBJECTI (1) JUST A BALANCE IN THAT DIRECTION. (2) 5-11 DEGREES. (3) UP TO REES. (4) ~RIATIC CZIG2AG, UP AND DOWN, LOOP, ETC.) . ( ') RASING VERY FAST IN NORTHERLY DIRECTION. OF OBJECTI (6) UP. TO 1/2 HOUR (31 MIN). c