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Case FileNARA NAID 28959116 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

15 Mi SE Ocean City, MarylandJuly 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 15 Mi SE Ocean City, Maryland in July 1954. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 21.

Reported location

15 Mi SE Ocean City, Maryland

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

MD / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
4 ® PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ade
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION (I OCZAN) 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 7 Jul: 5 Mi SE Ocean City, Maryland 0 Was Balloon
27 July 1954 1500 Ak vy» J : 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
Local ve ORs 1) Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 8 La ;
27/2000Z Sel Gh e
] GAME RAE an nn 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar is SHDEYAALICTRY
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
D Yes QO Probably Astronomical
i 2B No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
- 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Gf Other SMOKE POT,
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
15 Minutes it OF esno ys
: 0, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Red ball of fire entered to water. Extensive Naval activity in area.
i Identified as Smoke Pot,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
F) 1 ; ; :
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R city : . hb 3 .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959116

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