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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  27 Nov 65 28/0115Z | Mount Vernon, Maine  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Astro (METEOR) ☑  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Not Reported | Observers sighted a bright green flame mixed with yellow. The flame appeared and it seemed to fall in the nearby area.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  Ground-Visual |   |
|  7. COURSE |   |
|  Not Reported |   |
|  8. PHOTOS |   |
|  ☐ Yes |   |
|  ☑ No |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |   |
|  ☐ Yes |
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27 NOV 1965
MAINE

TDEW/UFO DEC 28 1965
UFO Sighting, 27 Nov 65

Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt)

Reference the attached letter from requesting information on his unidentified observation. The following is a suggested reply:

Dear Mr.,

It is not unusual for meteors to appear with a green color; however, it is unusual for them to appear to land so close. We have had reports of meteors appearing to land in the next county, when in reality the same meteor was observed more than 300 miles away.

We have taken the liberty of forwarding your report to the American Meteor Society for possible correlation
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Mount Vernon
Maine
Nov. 28, 1945

Department of the Air Force
Public Information Office
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I feel like an idiot writing this but I'm not sure whether this would be of interest to your department or not.

Last night, around 8:15 my son and I were driving home from the local store in Mount Vernon when we noticed a light bright green, mixed wake yellow, flame appear in the sky and fall in the near-by woods.

Feeling that this was a motion, we went out this morning to try and locate it, but were unable to do so in the short time we were out. Since I found the green color

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