PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD

| 1, DATE + TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
4 August 65 05/0235Z Bengor, Mains
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1. NUMBER OF OSJECTS

Four

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lights consistant with a/c evaluation. ‘Two a/e using water assisted
takeoffs from Dow AFB just prior to sighting would be oyer area.

“. LENGTH OF CASERVATION 11, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

XD Secords
&. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Ground-VJiswal

7. COURSE

North to S then East
8. PHOTOS

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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

1 Yes
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FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE)

Four dull silver cb jects, cirmlar in shape were observed while
Witnesses were looking at the lishting displays from the Stat.
Fair. Four objects observed in the North in flight to the
South amt turning East when reachirg a point over head. Three
turned East one continued South. No additional a/c in area
other than two from Dow AFB. WX clear,

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TO THE NORTH, AS THEY TURNED THEIR HEADS THEY SAW THESE FOUR OBUECTS v
IN THE SKY 2. 45 DEC/ERP DEG 3. 45 DEC/1350EC 4. 4 OBJECTS CONTINUED
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IN A NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION UNTIL OVERHEAQ, THREE TURNED TO THE FAST
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5. ALL OBJECTS DISAPPEARED INSTANTANEOUSLY. 6, 45 SECONDS 8
PART 111 MANNOR OF OBSERVATION, 1, GROUND VISUAL PART IV
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MAINE, RAILROAD ENGINEMAN, FAIE, PART VII 4. WEATHER WAS CLEAR ‘
STARS WERE VISIBLE, NO WINDS, .
2. SURFACE 310/02 262DEG C |
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LOCAL WEATHER, HIGH THIN SCATTERED, VISIBILITY 12 MILES NO S}
UNUSUAL WEATHER PHEMONENA IN THE AREA, PART VI11 COMMENTS OF | | .
PREPARING OFFICER. AT @2242Z AND 9225Z A KC 135 ANDO B~52G MADE ge |
A WATER ASSISTED TAKE OFF FROM DOW AFB USING RUNWAY 33, THEY ‘w)
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WERE AIRBORNE AT THE TIME FOF THE SIGHTING, THEY WERE CONTACTED BY a :
THE UNIT COMMAND POST AND O!D NOT REPORT ANY SIGHTING A CREW U
WAS DEBRIEFEO UPON RETURN AND O10 NOT NAME ANY INFORMATION TO |
GIVE PERTAINING TO THIS SIGHTING, THERE WERE NO OTHER LOCAL ss
AIRORAFT IN THE AREA. BANGOR NORAD SECTOR WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ) Ys
WERE NOT CONDUCTING ANY ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. A DIRCETIONAL
PLOT OF THE EXHOUST FRON THE TWO DEPARTING AIRCRAFY WOULD PLACE si
THE SMOKE, GENERATED FROM WATER INJECTION TAKE OFF IN THE {MMEDIATE A
VACINITY OF THE OBSERVERS, LOCAL RADAR STATIONS REPORTED NO CONTACTS a
iN THE AREA AT THIS TIME, TOWER WAS CONTACTED AT 22497 WITH me |
NEGATIVE RESULTS. SINCE THE SURFACE WINDS WERE LIGHT iT 1S POSSIBLE YU :
FOR THE JET EXHAUST TO HANG IN THE AIR FOR SOME BEFORE BEING DESSIPATED. |
TENTATIVE EVALUATION OF THIS SIGHTING |S THAT IT WAS A REFLECTION *
ON JET EXHAUST HAZE OF LIGHTS ON AMUSEMENT RIDES AT THE STATE FAIR J
GROUNDS, OFFICER PREPARING THE REPORT. LARRY K, ASBURY, CAPT, |
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