PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION l. OA 1E liME G~OUP 10. CONCLUSION I. NU BER OF OBJECTS Lights consi.at&'1t ldth a/c evaluation. Two a./c using 1-~s.ter 839i:.ted takeoffs !'rom Dow AFB just prior to si <i:L:g would be orer area. !. LENGTH Or OSSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 3) s~ccr.ds t .. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8. PrlOTOS 9 . PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Feur dull silver ob je eta, cirwlar in :mape ware obsex~ed \tb t: e wi toe sses \1/ere loold.."lg at the lighting displa:f3 from the Sta+,( Fair. Four objects obs~1-ved in tha North :L~ f1ight to too South ani turning East whEn readlifE a point. over head. T'nre tum~ East one continued Sou~.ll. No additional a/c in ar~ other than two from Dew AFB. WX clear. r-TD s E p 6 3 0-329 (TOE) Prevloua edition of thh lona may be u .. d. DEF I \R" v\ENT Of THE A IR FORCE U NCLASSJ FJ ED ST /,Ff ~\ESSAGE BRANCH ACTION: NIN-7 XOPX-8, SAF-oS-3, DIA-l _(21) i PP f\UEAH'J C[ R UEA:J P ~2 TO HL".'l~ALE/ AOC ENT AFO COLO RUEAX~U26.~ !RD IV HANCOCK F !ELQ NY P.1.EAHQ/ 'SCC:1:::TAf{Y OF THE /\ :? FORCE SAFU I 'i/ASH 25 DC RUCOSQ/AFS FTO VIR IGHT PATTE~SON ArB OH 10 l'lFO RUADH/8AF 010 U'JCLAS DCOI 0~929. UF" REPORT. IAVI AF'~ 200-2 THE fOLLOWING REPORT !S SUBMITTED ON UF SIGHT lNG IN BANGOR MAINE 4 A~ 65. TH fS MESSAGE !S IN 8 P~RTS. PART I DESCRIPTION OF OOJECTS: 1. CIRCCLAR 2. BASKET BA:..L 'Q'J!:> ;. DULL SI LVER 4. f'OUR 5o CLCSE OIAMO~JQ FO~H .. 1ATION DEl-,R"' ~\EN r OF rHc AIR FORCE S r /\rF MESSAGE BRANCH TO T~IE NO~T~. AS THEY TURNED THEIR HAOS THEY SAW T HES~ FOUR OBJECTS rN THE SKY 2. 45 OEC/ERP DEG ' 45 OEC/1}50EC 4. '~ OBJECTS CONTtr~UEO JN A NCRiH iO SOUTH 0 IRECT IO~J UNT ll OVERJ:J.AO. il-iREE TGRNEO TO TH~ f.AST PAGE 2 RL!ADP 52 UNCLAS AND O ~E CO~TINUEO SOUTH, THE GROUPI~IG OF THREE THEN SPLiT ltJTO T\~0 SEPARATE GROUPS. 5. ALL 09JECTS DISAPPEARED I~ISTANTANEOUSLY. 6~ 45 SECONDS PART I I I ANNOR Of OBSERVATIO~. 1, GROUND VISUAL PART IV DOW AF'B> PM~T VI 1 ,.m= ~ ~iAtNE, RAILROAD ENGINEMEN, FAIR. 2. MR ;6, FRANKFORT MAINE, RA I~ ROAD ENG INEMAN, FA IE. PART VI f 1. WATt-IER WAS CLEAR STARS WERE VISIBLE, NO WINOS. 2. SURFACE '1~/02 290/2~ PLUS50EG C iN(.O,:\ING Dt;= ,R .. v\[f\' f OF 1 HE AIR FORCE ST /,':F t\\ESS,.\GE CRr\NCH ",. -sSAG E PAGE 3 OF 4 LOCAL WEAT~ER, HIGH THIN SCATTERED, VISIBtL lTV 12 ~litES 0 UNUSUAL w::AiHER PHEMONENA IN THE AREA. PART VI f f C0'1~tENT~; OF PREPAR lNG O~F" tCER. AT 02242 AND 022?Z A KC 1-'5 AND B-52G ~.!,~0 A WATER ASSiSTED TAKE OFF fRO~ DOW AFB USING RUNWAY 53. THEY PAGE ' RUEACP 52 UNCLAS \~ERE A IR8C. '4E AT THE T ;ME FCF THt SIGHT lNG o-THEY WERE CONTACTED 8Y THE UNIT CQ:MANO POST AND DID ~JOT REPORT ANY SIGHTI~lG A CREW WAS DEB:iiEFEO UPON RETURN A~lO 010 NOT NAME ANY INFORMATION TO GIVE PERTAINING TO THIS SIGHTl~G. THERE WERE l40 OTHER LOCAL A I~AFT IN i HE AREA. BA~;GOR ~:uRAD SECTOR WAS CONTACTED AND ThEY ~ER~ NOT CONDUCTING ANY ACTIViTY IN THE AREA. A DIRCETIONAL PLOT OF THE EXHOUST FRON THE TWO DEPAR.riNG AIRCRAFT WOULD PLACE THE SMOKE, GENERATED fROM WATER INJECTION TAKE OFF IN TH IMMEDIATE VACINITY OF THE OBSERVERS. LOCAL RAOAR STATIONS REPORTED NO CONTACTS IN THE AREA AT THIS TIME. TOWER WAS CONTACTED AT ~40Z WITH ~JEGAT JVE RES!.!t:i'S. SINCE THE SURFACE W rNOS WERE LIGHT iT IS POSS l3LE FOR THE JET ~X~AUST TO HANG IN THE AIR FOR SO,JE BE~ORE BEING OESS!PA~EO. TENTATIVE EVALUATION OF THIS SIGHTING IS THAT IT \'IA3 A REFLECTtiJ CN J~T EXH~"UST HAZE Or L lGHTS O.'J A~1US~lNT R !D~S Ai. ;P.E ST~ .. T FAIR GROU~!DS. Off IC:::R PREPAR lNG THE I~EPORT. tARRY ;, I ,\S:JURY., r.::\PY ~ ST /.F~ MESSAGE BRANCH CHIEt CO~f8:A.! INTELLIGENCE 0 tV IS ION. No~k: ADVANCE COPY)DELIVEHED TO DIA~ PAGE 4 OF 4