Baltimore, MDJuly 1957

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 Baltimore, MD in July 1957. The full case file (2 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 28.

Reported location

Baltimore, MD

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

MD / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
23 July 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local [illegible]
[illegible] 28/0632Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
[illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One white, green and orange obj the size of a pea at arm's length. Obj was seen as a flash heading S39. Obj was seen momentarily.

2. LOCATION
Baltimore, Md

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

6. SOURCE
Civilian & Military

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
S39

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

11. COMMENTS
A limited investigation by Date-10 indicates that this object was probably a meteor.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970836

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Organizations

Civilian & Military

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Baltimore Baltimore, MD Maryland MD

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-07-01 23 July 1957

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