PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7228371

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONPresque Isle AFB Maine

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

l. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Bolloon
3 September 1957 Presque Isle AFB, Maine 5 Maia tet het
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ih aaa ie
0 Was Aircroft
Local = <KGround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar QO Probobly Aireroft
. et eae D0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Rodar |? Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomicol
0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
MK No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D Other
fe Insufficient Dato for Evoluation
0 Unknown
2 minutes | one up
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. COMMENTS
Round object, size of silver doliar, The observers probably saw a
white. Disappeared in clouds, Appeared light attached to a radiosonde
to be zig-zagging. balloon launched to record
upper winds under fog conditions
Also possible a/c, Insufficient
data for analysis,

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(1) CAG ROUND) (B) SIZE ORCSILVER DOLLA (Cc WHITE ¢D) ONE (E) N/A -

CF) NONE ¢G) NONE (HH) NONE (I) NONE

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(1) AY ROUND E QUARTER )¢C WHITE LIGHD (D) ONE (E) N/A (F) APPEARED

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(3) (A) GROUND=- VISUAL (B) N/A (C) N/A

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