Baltimore, MarylandOctober 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 24, 1961, in the evening, a civilian in Baltimore, Maryland, reported an object in the sky. The witness was riding in a car. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness said the object appeared as flashing lights, colored white, green, and yellow, blinking in a circular form. It was compared to a soup bowl shape and described as solid. The night sky had many stars and the moon was noted as hard to remember. The witness reported the object flashed or flickered.

The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation. The card noted the observers could not give complete information, with direction, altitude, speed, and flight details left out.

Reported location

Baltimore, Maryland

Date of incident

October 1961

State / country

MD / US

Page count

19 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; :
BE 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 24% Oct 61 | Baltimore, Maryland D Probably Batten
| 3. DATE-TINE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION wb dod oi los
3 £120 ex % 0 Was Aircraft
1 Local == — TT Ground-Visuel O Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aireroft
4 GMT___ = 8 lw ~ 0 AirVisuol DO Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircralt
——— pr SERIE CHSA cob A obec dels ohn MN
i 3 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
3 0 Yes - 0 Probably Astronomical
1 BX Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
i 3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Gs OMer: oc cole TRE
| 4 EK Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| ; g 0 Unknown
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i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING U~Jt arpoorod ao Hn. COMMENTS Observers could not give complef]e
E Tlashing lights. White, green, and yellow, nfo, Direction, altitude, speed,
1 blinking in circulzr form. Like soup bowl with {=nd flight characteristics left out. Reports
] ) jrontalin insufficient data for evaluation.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995306