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Case FileNARA NAID 28962404 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Baltimore, MarylandJune 1955

Unidentified

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, Maryland in June 1955. The full case file (5 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 23.

Reported location

Baltimore, Maryland

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

MD / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
Sie i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD é
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2 Tine 65 : : his A : "'|8 Was Balloon
16 June 55 Baltimore, Maryland O Probably Ballon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TR tes
: pa 03 Was Aircrafr
TT —— & Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probobly Aireraft
| emt L7/02107 (Ww) 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS 8 SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
#8 No civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |, RE Sn
LEK Xn sufticient Data for Evaluation
Bad 0 Unknown
5 minutes 1 Unk :
chalcites
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Oval. Changed color from red, white to blue. |Insufficient data.
; No sound. Stood still at times, flickered,
: changed brightness. Moved in straight
line.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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E ARG a Sh i ie RR 2 (ERR DE PERE y To SAA i !
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962404

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

BaltimoreBaltimore, MDMaryland

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19551955-06-01

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