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Case FileNARA NAID 28997944 · T1206 Roll 46

Project Blue Book Case File

Baltimore, Md., July 1962July 1962

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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., July 1962 in July 1962. The full case file (6 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 46.

Reported location

Baltimore, Md., July 1962

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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Bn / | | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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B  / | pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: O Wes Balloon
ur 2 July 62 Baltimore, - Md. Q Brebesly Belleon
J 3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION @ Pessiny Balloon
4 . . o 1 O Was Aircraft
ok ER — X.8 Ground- Visual Ground-Rodar QO Probably Aircraft
7 { 7 "
4 : eMT_03/01002 8210.8 1 a Air Visual OQ Air-Intercept Radar | D2 Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS « SOURCE O Was Astronomical
fe O Yes O Probably Astronomical
E ONo Yivilisn DO Possibly Astronomical |
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8% Other BCRO Los |
- : R O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
A 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Vi. obJjt like football [1 COMMENTS: no waco visible fm Baltimore qn |
p | | beth ends pointed. Reddish orange. lo sound fight of 2 July at 918 pm EST. 18 min
1 6x faile Glovwed wyvarring intensity as through| after reported sighting. Echo was at |
; CERRY BE SA TR i: Jy: © 4 ; 2 AY y . ~~ Fhe Fa) P37 Reig, Sl Pa Sigler ag x ge JAN
: - Cholmidgne CT LeV taroughout observation, 25° elev 5 of ¢ity aeading Nik, ocligating
E fa ob 5 rvation E 70%. disappearing st was at dusk, Sw rellocting ofl balloon |
rE (Y A2aaing Nz. Flignt straight across sky. would appear as a lignt and would dis- :
§ Light dlsappearad while objt still in view. appear as ovalloon went into earth's shadow. |
3 eigating at dusk, Witness positive no a/c. Case evaluated as iLcho I.
B ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997944

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