Loring AFB UAP sightings, Maine

The documents for this case are two contractor progress reports from Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), not primary incident reports. They cover the UAP sightings at Loring Air Force Base, Maine, from October 27 to 31, 1975, as part of Project Northern Tier.

The April 2009 report compared events at Loring with those at Wurtsmith AFB. It called the events at Loring "eerily similar" to those at Wurtsmith and said the timing was extremely close. According to the report, numerous ground personnel reported direct observation. An Air National Guard helicopter crew made repeated attempts and could not observe the object from the air. The report noted that Canadian officials were included in the airborne missions.

The same report described high level communications from NORAD Headquarters and Strategic Air Command. It said an order for SAC to move its facilities to a higher alert level was an apparent acknowledgement of the events. It also mentioned reports of incidents near Canadian Forces Bases in Ontario and New Brunswick, with little detail available. It listed compiling a witness list for Loring as a next step.

The June 2009 report recorded the witness-tracing work. Investigators identified fifteen witnesses from Air Force and Department of Defense documents obtained under FOIA. Searches returned 7,428 individuals, which were narrowed to 588 by age and rank. Of those, 57 were deceased and 96 had no viable contact information. Two people were contacted and verified their identity. One of them had no additional information after nearly 34 years. Another ended the call after saying the investigator had the wrong person. One researcher also reported 15 witness locate searches for Loring. Neither report states a conclusion about what was seen at Loring.