ANNAPOLIS, MDOctober 1953

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Summary

On October 31, 1953, at about 7 p.m. near Annapolis, Maryland, five civilians reported a small round object. The object was extremely bright and shiny with a possible red cast. It held a still position high in the sky. Witnesses first looked up to watch a flight of four F-51 planes and then saw the object above them. One witness used small binoculars.

After about 15 minutes the object exploded in a burst of white smoke and broke into two halves. One half appeared to fall fast and faded from sight. The other half fell more slowly and also faded high in the air. The sky was clear and bright with no clouds.

The Air Force record lists the conclusion as a weather balloon. A weather balloon had been launched at 7 p.m. from Annapolis. The case was also marked as a possible weather balloon in the evaluation.

Reported location

ANNAPOLIS, MD

Date of incident

October 1953

State / country

MD / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

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TE ER pe ee se Ee —
I. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION |
31 Oct 31/19 ANNAPOLIS, MD |
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION  BATIOON (WEATHER BALLOON)
FIVE CIVILIANS Weather balloon launched at 19007 from Annapolis, Md
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 4
DN] ’
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [1]. BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Small round obj extremely bright & shiny was observed at
18 mins a stationary position, 70 deg elev and 90 deg az. Obj ex-
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ploded in a burst of white smoke and broke into two halves.
One half appeared to fall rapidly until out of sight and
ground vi the second half appeared to fall more slowly.
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
0 Yes |
0 Ne
FORM pc
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) wrovieus editions of this form may be used.

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