BALTIMORE, MDDecember 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 27, 1954, at 7:55 a.m. in Baltimore, Maryland, a civilian observer reported a round object with white color that changed to orange. The object had the size of a dime held at arm's length and sometimes appeared in the form of a cigar. It had no tail. The object remained stationary, appearing at 45 degrees elevation and 100 degrees azimuth at 669 feet. The witness was observing for aircraft. Conditions were clear sky, slight breeze, dry and cold. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

BALTIMORE, MD

Date of incident

December 1954

State / country

MD / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
27 DEC 54

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 27/0657

2. LOCATION
BALTIMORE, MD

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Aircraft
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
XD Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
- - -

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
ROUND, WHITE COLOR CHANGED TO ORANGE, CHANGED TO FORM OF CIGAR SOMETIMES, NO TAIL, APPEARED TO STAND STILL AT 669 elv 90 DEG AZ

11. COMMENTS
REQUIES ON 45 DEG ELEVATION, 100 DEG AZ

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28960742