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Case FileNARA NAID 28965490 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Baltimore, MarylandMay 1956

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, Maryland in May 1956. The full case file (4 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 25.

Reported location

Baltimore, Maryland

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

MD / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 0 Wos Balloon
i 1 May 1966 Baltimore, Maryland a Brebably Raltden
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION doh Gi badd
; ee XIGround- Visual O Ground-Rédar 2 Probably Aircraft
i Ny emt 02/0100 0 Ai Visual O Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
J 1 |'5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical
EF OVYes O Probobly Astronomical
= JURERIC Ei D Possibly Astronomical
re X8 No Civilian
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ofc ph Ee
k z ingiilicisat Date for Evaluation
3 : 0 Unknown |
1 hr 30 mins one unknown :
a 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS j
3 One object like a star with circle Object viewed for 13 hour through
a. around it, Size of grapefruit, Color telescope, Was moving ENE or
E orange, object descended below hori- descending.B8ince observation did
3 zon, Winds fm 270 dgr-290 dgr up to nct change in azimuth, only in
| 80 knots. Initial observation 65 dgr | aititude from 065 dgr to the
elevation in ENE. Disappeared below horizon winds to SE ruling out
1 horizon in ENE. Observation through balloon, Motion contrary to
4 small telescom astro observation if azimuth was
1 correct, Insufficient data. |
b (motion missing, confirmation of
4 azimuth missing, changes in goof
E motion & intensity missing)
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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