28952459.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  1 Jan 53 1/0815Z | Oldtown, Maine  |
|  3. SOURCE Airman | 10. CONCLUSION INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Reported | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Round, small object, whirling on top, looked like a star with a ring around it, flashing on and off. It moved in ENE direction, changing direction and color simultaneously, flashing the following colors in sequence: green, white, red, blue & white. Object would spin, stop, spin in opposite direction and stop again.  |
|  6…

UNCLASSIFIED 61 OB152 CLD TOWN MAIL
1, Atia 16
2, Atiaa
3, 5, 6

TWPBS91
YDSSGGT
CBB182
JEDENB83
OPOP JEPHQ JEDWP 222
DE JEDEN 32F
OP 31124SZ ZNJ
FN COC HQ ADC ENT AFB COLO SPGS COLO
TO JEPHQ/DIR INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHDC
JEDWP/AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEDWP/CG AMC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
/FLYOBRPT FN OLDTOWN NE QUOTE FOLG MESSAGE
RELAYED BY GOC FILTER CENTER B OLDTOWN MAINE THRU SEVEN SIX FIVE AC&W
SQ CMA CHARLESTOWN MAINE TO THIRTY SECOND AIR DIV CLN A1/C
SIGHTED AN UNUSUAL AIRBORNE OBJECT ON STILLWATER AVE
OLDTOWN TO LEFT OF WATER WORKS AT
OBJECT WAS RO…

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TO TWO ANGELS PD IT WOULD SPIN STOP SPIN IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND STOP AGAIN PD OBSERVER THEN DROVE THREE MILES DOWN ROAD TO VIEW OBJECT FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE PD IT APPEARED LARGER AND FASTER PD END 21/1246Z JAN JEDEN

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UNCLASSIFIED

Oldtown, Maine 1 January 1953

I. Description of Incident
An airman sighted an unidentified flying object at 0815 S. The object was round and small and appeared to be whirling at its top. It moved NNE, changing color in sequences of red, blue and white. From time to time, it maneuvered erratically.

II. Discussion of Incident
The report is lacking in background data. From the description, the object could possibly be a balloon.

III. Conclusion
Insufficient data to evaluate.

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS; DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. DOD DIR 5200.10

UNCLASSIFIED
T53-369…