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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  1 May 1965 01/0930Z | Subatus, Maine  |
|  3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION AIRCRAFT Description of the object, blinking light, duration and flight in accord with an a/c sighting. No data presented to indicate that the object was NOT an aircraft.  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object that looked like a star moving across the sky and blinking. Covered the distance from overhead to the horizon in about 1 minute. Made sharp turn as object neared the horizon.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION One Minute |   …

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546

IN REPLY REFER TO: M-C MAO 1450

MAY 25 1965

Project Blue Book Information Office
HQ, USAF (SAF-OIPB)
Washington, D.C. 20030

Attention: Mrs. Sara Hunt

Gentlemen:

Enclosed, for appropriate action, is a letter from Mr. [redacted] describing the sighting of an object in the sky. From Mr. [redacted] description of the event, we are left with insufficient information for a positive identification.

Sincerely yours,

Leo X. Abernethy
Chief, Mission Planning
Apollo Flight Operations
Office of Manned Space Flight

Enclosure: Ltr…

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Lewiston, Maine

Dear Sir;

At 4:30 on May 1st, an object was sighted about 120 degrees above the horizon. It at first appeared to be a star, but then started moving across the sky and blinking. It covered the distance to the horizon in about a minute. It was sighted in Sabutus, Maine. The following is a diagram of it's path from its stationary point. Please advise as to what this object is.

Yours Truly
(signed) (illegible)
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(Handwritten note: "illegible" above "Opcio")
(Handwritten note: "seemed blinking here")

(Handwritten note: "in …