# January 29, 1953 — Presque Isle, ME — Gray Oval Sighted by 3 Fighter Aircraft

**URL:** https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/january-29-1953-presque-isle-me-gray-oval-sighted-by-3-fighter-aircraft/481
**Category:** Blue Book Unknowns
**Created:** [January 29, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/january-29-1953-presque-isle-me-gray-oval-sighted-by-3-fighter-aircraft/481 "2026-01-29T02:14:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![jeffknox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@jeffknox](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/u/jeffknox)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/january-29-1953-presque-isle-me-gray-oval-sighted-by-3-fighter-aircraft/481/1 "2026-01-29T02:14:08Z")

</div>

![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-SketchFromQuestionnaire](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/43ae6aeaceccc891cdf4de2e455bd5633afd0698.jpeg)

January 29, 1953 — Presque Isle, ME  
9:55 a.m. A small gray oval-shaped object is seen between Houlton and Chatham, Maine, by 2nd Lt. Fred T. Goetting Jr., pilot of an F-94B. Goetting points out the object to his radar observer, Lt. Howard C. Kelley. The object appears to be 10° above the F-94B, which is at 23,000 feet. Goetting attempts to intercept the object at a speed of 0.8 Mach. This chase continues for 8 minutes without the F-94 gaining, and the chase is broken off because of low fuel. The object is seen by at least two fighter aircraft from other squadrons. [Eberhart]

Record Card:

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-RecordCard](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/0/090638c3cd9f7198830889d688808c47a0510bf5.jpeg)

Summary:

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-Summary](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/f/f4f300afb8fecf22c4862492b21c22d5a5035649.jpeg)

AF-112:

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-AF112-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/c/cf34bb1ab55be2d92b1297a38fbd44720082f65b.jpeg)

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-AF112-p2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/4dd076395483ebdf45238785648be605bd2c1989.jpeg)

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-AF112-p3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/922df984b69eeb975aad3b8a9e048085dc98fa0a.jpeg)

Telex:

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-Telex-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/a/addedef875aca7146e898ab513cfc6f70d99c61c.jpeg)

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-Telex-p2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/d/d5e3fbc38654ba3ba053697e925524770fa2d09a.jpeg)

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-BB-Telex-p3](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/99479c58b8816614239d0bf0565ac64077f6179f.jpeg)

Sources:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 921, p. 191;

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-Sparks-Case921-p191](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/94324b8e16043e2620711bd2d2c46d819be440ec.png)

J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, p. 58;

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-HynekTUR-p58](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/67eddb3d6037d59453deaffd99578d1c706c999e.jpeg)

NICAP, “Gray Oval Sighted by 3 Fighter Aircraft”;

 ![01291953-PresqueIsleME-NICAPwebsite](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/49206b7c50c0fa4ece31053c651bf21a8d793381.jpeg)

> **[UFO Report](http://www.nicap.org/530129presqueisle_dir.htm)**