Annapolis, Maryland, WASHINGTON, D.C., June 1953June 1953

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Summary

On June 24, 1953, at 4 a.m., a witness in Annapolis, Maryland woke and looked out a window. The witness saw a great big white bell in the sky and thought it was a plane at first. As the witness watched, the object appeared stationary, then moved side to side and back and forth like a pendulum. The object had the illusion of leaving a trail of vapor or smoke. It hovered upward for about an hour until it was out of sight. At 3:45 p.m. on June 24, 1953, other witnesses including a civilian and an enlisted Coast Guard man observed a white light starting slightly above the horizon in a northeast direction, then climbing slowly in the sky. Its maximum angle above the horizontal was 75 to 80 degrees. The object did not appear constant and was rather slow, faster than one would expect from a balloon. Surface wind was 12 to 13 miles per hour. The observer personally felt that what he saw was a balloon. The Air Force evaluation was balloon.

Reported location

Annapolis, Maryland, WASHINGTON, D.C., June 1953

Date of incident

June 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 18

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
24 June 53  24/0345Z

2. LOCATION
Annapolis, Maryland, WASHINGTON, D.C.

3. SOURCE
Military & Civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Not Reported

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

7. COURSE
NE - E

8. PHOTOS
0 Yes
ENo

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes
ENo

10. CONCLUSION
BALLOON
A pilot launch at Annapolis was scheduled at 0900Z. Surface wind 10kt from 180 degrees was observed. There obtained a balloon. APE COMMENT: It is quite evident that obj. we saw in morning observation.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
White light smaying slightly was observed on one N horizon climbing slowly into the sky. Its maximum angle above the horizon was 75-80 deg at which time it seemed to slow down and change direction of travel to the W. The speed of object did not appear constant and was rather slow.

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