Baltimore, MarylandMay 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, Maryland in May 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 27.

Reported location

Baltimore, Maryland

Date of incident

May 1957

State / country

MD / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 31 MAY 1957

2. LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland

3. REPORTING GROUP: Local, GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: No

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: two minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: Orbiting

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
One circular bright object. Object orbited very low and disappeared straight up. It was seen for two minutes.

11. COMMENTS:
Due to the peculiar flight path and the squadron's inability to contact source, there is considered to be insufficient data for evaluation.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969998

Connected across the archive

People

Capt. W. William & Lt. J. A. Crater

Organizations

6407th KOSM Squadron

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore, MD Maryland