Baltimore, MarylandSeptember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On September 12, 1955, in Baltimore, Maryland, a civilian witness observed white, round objects in a string-line formation heading north. The witness reported that the objects appeared to stand still, then suddenly broke up and sped away. The witness described the objects as giving off smoke and changing in brightness and shape, with a flickering appearance. The objects were observed for seven minutes. Ten objects were sighted in total. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as possibly birds, such as geese.

Reported location

Baltimore, Maryland

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

MD / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
12 Sep 55

2. LOCATION
Baltimore, Maryland

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Other-Possible Birds
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
12/15052
GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual     [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual         [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
7 mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
ten

9. COURSE
northerly

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
White, round objs, appeared to be in a string-line, heading north, objs seemed to break up and give off smoke, flicker and change shape.

11. COMMENTS
This is possibly a flight of birds, such as geese.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963641