PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. .LOCATION CONCLUSIONS D Was BaiiOOft M;U:~L.S~ _J_ ..ID;~m,.~ D Proltaltly Balloon 4. TYPE Of OBSERVATION ~=----------I D Possi Wy Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP .Local 1735 %J Ground-Vi aual D Grounci-Roclar D Was Aircraft 0 Proltaltly Aircraft D PossiWy Aircraft 0 Woe Astf'tnoical j,i eT~/J~ D Y 8 ProltaWy Aatreneical XI No Civilian 0 PoaaiWy Aatronofcal 0 lneufflctaftt o ... ,., Ealuatien Ill liP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING Ball ot tl ame With DO smoke or trail. Observer c : brillance objt to burniDS napesium. Objt was obsf!r l.y betore soing out ot sisJ:rt behind and obsezver could hot ext1mate size. was traveling low in a flat traJectory. ATIC PORM 329 (RBY 21 SBP 52) n. COMMIMTS One witness reported seeing objt. However . there were apparently several witnesses in several parts ot Maine, according to newspaper reports. Description of objt is eristic of a fireball, and it was apparently large and ver,y high. ~. D!Y'ARTM!NT OP M AIR FOR.C! . , , . STAFF MESSAGE DJVJSICN eo MI.S$AG& r tft 0 ~Jl ; N G INFO : OOP.-2~ exlP-cP"-1, SAFS-3 TQEZCDPA07 9 FM 4038 STRATWG~DOW AFB MAINE TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLORADO . RJEZSN/26 AIRDIV HANCOCK FLO N Y RJEDSR/ATIC WRIGHT -PATTERSON AFB OHIO . RJEZHQ/HQ USAF AFCIN WASH 25 D C RJEZHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE SANIS WASH 2 INFO RJEXDHB/8AF DIO UNCJ.AS FROM DCOz.'~20119. UFO REPORT. IN ACCORDA AFR-200-2 THE'FOI.LOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED: A BA'l.L OF FLAMES WAS ' OBSERVED BY MR:-. OF UNION, MAINE. THERE WAS NO ~ OKE OR OBSERVER COMPARED THE BRILLANCE OF THE OBJECT TO --BURNING MAGNESIUM. THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED MOMENTARILY BEFOR GOING OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND A BARN AND THE OBSERVER COULD NOT ESTIM THE SIZE. THE OBJECT WAS TRAVELING LOW IN A FLAT TRAJECTORY FROM EAST T 0 WEST. MET H 00 0 F' 0 B S E RV AT I 0~ J ~! ~ S G R CU l l D \j ~ .3 U A L , DATE T I ME OF GIGHTING WAS 16/2235Z LIGHT ~ONDITIONS: DUS;<oL OCATIONOF OSSERVER : ON MAINE ROUTE 17 1 ;JM IJ~JICN, ~AINE 44 DEGREES 1230N 69 1629W. THE OBSERVER: MR IS AN EX USAF PILOT. ESTIMATE RELIABILITY FAIR Page 2 of 2 INDS ALOFT. 30,000 320/100 50,000 300/50. WEATHER CAVU SURFACE TEMPERATURE 20-25 DEGREES. SLIGHT INVERSION 4-5M 5DEGREES"C" INCREASE IN TEMP 5-22M STABLE WATHER INFORMATION FROM DOW AFB WEATHER STATIONo PREPARING OFFICER: CAPT HARRY T. SCHUEREN, JR., COMBAT INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, DOW AFB. PREPARING OFFICER' S COMMENTS: THE BANGOR DAILY NEWS CARRIED A REOPRT OF NUMEROUS SIGHTINS ON THE NIGHT OF 16 FEB OF AN OBJECT~ THE REPORT DID NOT GIVE TIME BUT STATED THE OBJECT WAS VISIBLE FROM PORTLAND, MAINE TO BELFAST, MAINE. 17/2139Z FEB RJEXDP