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FILE 1957-12-6969748-20MiSofPortland-Maine.pdf
LOCATION 20 Mi Sof Portland, Maine
DATE December 1957
EVALUATION Not recorded
CASE NO 6969748
DECADE 1950s
TYPE Sighting
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OCR recovered text quality varies — view PDF for accurate reading. | 1 vo | [ 3. DATE-TIME GROUP ER PROJECT 1 | 2. LOCATION 10) Dece mper 7. LENGTH oF OBSERVATION approx 4 minutes 0 one MMARY OF SIGHTING Li .B-47 crew sighted a small object somewhat similar to a star, while flying at 35,000 feet, Object was on an unvarying heading of about 170 dgrs. Did not appear to gain or lose altitude, ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82) | I | A : i | | | - B ; —— 73R | 20 Mi S of |] | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Ground-Yisuol Ae wal * B-47 Crew | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | > i 113. “CONCLUSIONS Was Belloon Probably Balloon | Dy 0 | Pi yrtland, Maine - Possibly Bolloon ) | Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft | Possibly Alreraft oo oO O0ogo 0 Ground-Rader 0 Air *Intercep? Radar | i | I | | Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possioly Astrenomical Ei #X Other. ; a In sufficient Date for Evaluation | | D Unknown ‘COURSE NW to SE | 9. CN EOMMINTE "©. Gham So | | Time, appearance, bearings etc,,| indicate that the object was | Sputnik - the Soviet satellite, | Check with orbital tracks and | ~ Bmithsonian Astrophysical ] Observatory confirmed this assumption, | ONE 0 kL a J .