Baltimore, MarylandOctober 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On October 9, 1955, at about 1942 (7:42 p.m.) local time, a civilian saw a light over Baltimore, Maryland, in the Coventry area of northeast Baltimore. The sighting lasted about one minute.

The witness described a bright white light that traveled in a flat path from west to east. The object was about the size of a star and as bright as a star. It made no noise and left no trail. After about a minute it disappeared over the horizon. The local filter center reported no knowledge of the object. The weather at a nearby airport was a west-southwest wind at about 8 knots, 57 degrees, no clouds, and 20 miles visibility.

The Air Force record card lists the case as possible aircraft.

Reported location

Baltimore, Maryland

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

MD / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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RC di PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
Lose : [2 LOCATION TT | 12. CONCLUSIONS
BR ; DO Was Ball
- 9 Oct 55 Baltimore, Maryland 10 Probably Balloon :
F SC RE ol : TREN 0 Was Aircraft
1 Local # Ground-Vi sel 0 Ground-Rador a Probably Aircraft
: omT10/00%0Z : 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft |
= 5. PHOTOS . $ E ! 8c —|o Was Astronomical i
E O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
2 3 : No : civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ?- COURSE = thet Dora Tor Evaluation
. ERTS ;
1 1 ain 1 W to B : : a Unknow ata for Evaluation
3 " lre. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11). COMMENTS
| Ipright white light, traveled in flat possible s/c. |
| jectory fr W to B. Ob) size of star ; Se
-, and bright as star. No moise or trail. :
A ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 8%P 57) :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963878