July 3, 1947 — South Brooksville-Harborside, ME
2:30 p.m. Amateur astronomer John F. Cole watches a group of 10 objects moving northwest near Harborside, Maine, at 600–1,200 mph. Each is 50–150 feet wide. The objects are milling about in loose formation like a “swarm of bees” for 10–15 seconds. [Eberhart]
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Excerpt of letter from witnesses:
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalogue, Case 17, p. 19;
Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, Case 187, p. III-18;
Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, Alfred Loedding and the Great Flying Saucer Wave of 1947, Rose Press, 1998, p. 44;
NICAP, “Astronomer Observes Ten Large Objects”;
James E. McDonald, “Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects,” in Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearings, US House Committee on Science and Astronautics, 90th Cong., 2nd Sess., July 29, 1968, p. 60
