P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATlON 12. CONC LUSIONS 3. ;:>A'iCTI~E 00? 1.4. TYPe OF C6SERVATIOH LocJI --------------- J 0 Ground-Vi s uol 0 Ground-Radar g 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 1. LENGTH c= ~asERVATtoN \ a. NUMBER oF o aJECTs 9. couRse g 10. BRIEF SUM.114A~Y OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Was Ballt>on Probably Bol i oon Puss i ~ly Balloo n Wo-s Aircraft . Probably Aircraft Po':)!;ibly Aircraft Wo!. Astronom i c o l Probably A str-:>nomicol Po.ssi bl y Astronomical lnsufficionr Data for Evalu.ation IJ Jvl liEf';,, fMfN r o;. r: i-Ail, FO CE ~ OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3, DIA-10, DIA-CIIC-3 CZCHQ3103ZCYJ~517 DE RUCDDP 55 FL1 4 038 S TRA T v/ G DO\v AF B r1 E RUEAHQ/CSA? JASH DC ~UEAS~j/26 ACiV HANCOCK FL9 i;Y RU~lGAL/ADC E)j T ArB COLO INFO RUCDDn/8AF \vEST OVER AF 8 il ASS UNCLAS DCOI 22328. OSAF FOR SAFOI, CSAF FOR AFCIN, AFSC FOREIGN TECH- NOLOGY DIVISION, 8AF DIO. THIS REPORT SUBMITTED IN ACCORD.~NCE WITH AFR 200-2, 20 JULY 62. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT REPORT BY CIVILIAN OBSERVER AT 3:=? NVILLE r~lAINE ON 10 AUGUST 1962, TENTATIVELY EVALUATED AS REFUELING 2Z.::?.CISE OR LOt.'/ ALTITUDE INTERCEPTOR EXERCISE. A. ( 1) 03SERVER REPORTED THAT THE OBJECT WAS NOT DISTINGUSHABLE IN SHAPE FRON THE STARS SURROUNDING IT. (2) 03SERVER \~JAS HESITANT TO CCX1PARE SIZE OF THE OBJECT TO A KNOV:tl OBJECT, BUT SUP.t1ITTED THAT, AT ARL'JS LENGTH, IT ARRPOXI~1ATED A BASEBALL. (3) UNBLINKING REFLECTIVt: LIGHT OF SLIGHTLY LESS INTENSITY T~IA~l T~!E GRIGHTEST STARS. DESCRI3SD ~y THE 09S~.:.:'J:::? t~S "YELLOUISH \/HITS, S011Z :1H.\T LIJ\.,Z THE STt\HS". (l~) J-t j .... (:J) ;.;QT Ai.,PLICABLE. (6) THE OBJECT ',JAS CHI:::r:LY LI~/l.f113UISH- lIS i~OVEr:z:J ~ AT APPAR!!:NTLY VERY GREAT SPEEDS <7) NO TAIL, T;1AIL, 0 2 ZXt\AUST U~S OoSERVED. (3) OBSERV~;\ ~EPORTED THt~T TH~ OBJE:CT Ei:ITT2 D L': o 30UND. (9) NOT APPLICP.JLE .. S. Cl) OJS:~lV~J-1 FI~ST ::oTIC~D THE O~JECT BEC1-\US~ Or ITS t:OVEf1ENT AT VERY GREAT SPI~E!J .. (2) LJ .:..> f\ L 1 , NOTICED THE OJJECT n In THE SOUTH Sl~Y" AT 10 0 'CLOCK. . ....., , --DIRECTLY O\f2?HEAD, T:<AVELLING AT ALl... TIL:E~; .~T t\N OBS E:\'l ZR DI TJ ll OT DISAPPEA2~1'iCE EECAUSE (L;) 02J::::CT APPEARED I :.J THE SOUTH N Sl\Y At,JD F OLLO\,'ED 4 COU2St: OF 36G D:::~:rRt:ES TRUZ \tJITHOUT DEVIP1TIO!i. (5) OSSERVER :lAS INDJO::s .~T PRO!JABLE TI~;r: OF OBJECTl'S DISAPPEARANCE. IT I S PRESU ED THAT DISSl4P- P RAt\:cz COINCIDED \liTH LINE OF SIGHT CAPABILITY AT TH:2 OBSERV.CtTION f'O.~tIT. (6) 03jEST r_.JAS VISI3LE FOR ABOUT TEN SECONDS, f;'!OVI~JG FRCt1 THE SOUTHEl~; S:":Y TO A POil'iT DIRECTLY ABOVE THE 03SERVER. AT THI S IT IS ASSU~ISD THAT THE OBJZCT TOOT\ P.t~ ~,..._U . ~ Tit .. lE TO DISAPPEAR OVER TH!: ~:ORTHC:SN HORIZON,. :.'hEn fH~ J33~f.V~?. l ru . .::~:~D TEt; TO T~JZLVE S~CO:~DS LAT ' IT HAD DISAP?EAR~D C. C 1 ) PAGE THREE RUCDDP 58 i r1 c Cl rr. l N ~ GROUND VISU~L. (2) NO OPTICAL AIDS Et1PLOYED. (3) NOT APPLICA3LE. D. Cl) 0815 ZULU, 10 AUGUST 1962. (2) NIGHT. Eo OBSERVER ~lAS L OCATED AT ~5 DEGREES 27 FEET NORTH AND 69 DEGREES 32 FEET N0.1TH AT ,JILSOt~ POND, FOUR r1ILES EAST OF GREENVILLE, l1AI~IE. APP?.0X ItJ ATEL Y 55 YEARS OF AGE, B1PLOYED BY THE r1 OSSHEP.D GAS SERVICZ COi<?ri.lY, GREENVILLE, tlAINE. G. ( 1) OBSERVER REPORTED THt~T THE Si<Y UAS CLEAR AND THAT THEI1E \.lAS A SLIGHT BREEZE. HE NOTIC'SD tl O lOON. HE BSLIEVES THAT GROUND TENPERATURE \'.TAS ABOUT 60 DEGREES. <2 ) \.iEATHER I JFC IATION FROrl CA?.IBOU, r1~.INE THROUGH LORING AFB. \II NDS: SURFACE NNE 10 KNOTS 2000 FE~T 70 DEGREES 20 ( 3) 190 0 FZET. ( 4) OVERCAST. ( 5 ) NOT AVAILABLE. ( 6 ) NONE" (7) 52 DEGREES. H. NOT APPLICABLE. I. NOT APPLICA3LE. J. OP~RATIO~JS D:ESPATCH, LO~ING AIR FORCE BASE CO~FIRMS THIS OFFICE'S INFOffilATIO:~ TEAT THERE ~lAS AN EXERCISE I N PROGRESS ON 10 AUGUST 1962. SEVi!:H!~L AIRCRAFT FRCM LORING WERE ENGAGED IN REFUELING OPERATIONS OVE~ THE OBSERVATIOrl POINT DURING THE NIGHT AND A NUMBER OF AIR DEFENSE CC:H1AND INTERCEPTORS \t/ERE SNGAGED IN L0\1 ALTITUDE OPERATIONS DURING THE SAr1E PE?{IOD IN THE AREA OF THE OBSERVATION POING. }( . REPORT PREPARED BY 2LT PETER A. RU3STEIN, COMBAT INTELLIGENCE BRANCH, I~JTELLIGENC2 DIVISION, 4033TH STRATEGIC .\~ING<SAC), DO\J AIR FORCE BAS2 ~lAINZ. BASED ON THE LETTER SUBMITTED BY THE OBSERVER, TO T~E BANGOR DAILY NE\,JS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TURNED OVER TO DO'./ AFB AUTHORITIES, IN ADDITION TO EXTENSIVE INTERVIE\TS \'JITH THS: OBSERVER AND OFFICIALS AT DOV AND LORING AIR FORCE BASES, IT !S CO~JCLUDED THAT WHILE THE OBSERVER IS BY REASON OF PAST EXPERIENCE AS A CIVILIAN PILOT A BETTER THAN AVERAGE SOURCE,-NONETHELESS, AVAILABLE INF'ORM.~TION INDICATES THAT THE PHENOOENON OBSERVED IN ALL PROBABILITY EITHER A REFU!LING OPERATION OR LOW ALTITUDE INTERCEPTOR EXERCISE. < 1) NO PHYSI:;-;:_ EVIDENCE EXSSTS TO CORROBORATE THE OBSERVER ' S REPORT. NOTE: Adv c y del to DIA. 11/2047Z SEP RUCDDP