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USAF record 28967523 (1956)

28967523

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 10 September 1956

2. LOCATION Waldoboro, Maine

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT 11/0230Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS [X] Yes [ ] No

6. SOURCE Civilian & Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION four minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE hovering & turning

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One silver gray cigar-shaped object, size of a quarter at arm's length. Object had a diffused light similar to an a/c landing light but lacking a beam. Object was initially sighted SSE at 45 deg elevation. Object seemed to hover and made two 90 deg turns before returning to a SSE and disappearing over a hill. Object was viewed visually for four minutes.

11. COMMENTS Probable a/c.

12. CONCLUSIONS [X] Was Balloon [ ] Probably Balloon [ ] Possibly Balloon [X] Was Aircraft [ ] Probably Aircraft [ ] Possibly Aircraft [X] Was Astronomical [ ] Probable Astronomical [ ] Possibly Astronomical

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