Bethesda, MarylandFebruary 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On February 10, 1955, at about 10 p.m., a civilian reported a saucer-shaped, glowing object near Bethesda, Maryland. He saw it while driving his car east on MacArthur Boulevard. His wife and ten-year-old son were in the car and also saw it. The night was dark and cloudy, with no moon or stars visible.

The object was about the color of the moon, a yellowish, radiant color. It had a flat top and a rounded bottom. The witness said it grew enormous in size, hundreds of yards long, at a height of about 150 feet. It stayed in place for about 30 seconds. Then the bottom seemed to take a funnel shape and the object seemed to shrink. He watched it for about one and a half to two minutes.

The witness, who had studied the stars for years, could offer no explanation and heard no engine noise. The Air Force listed the case as unidentified.

Reported location

Bethesda, Maryland

Date of incident

February 1955

State / country

MD / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: Whe ig ET QE a RE Re RE Ee ERS SRO SN CHL AeA] PROT A
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Yas Balloon
10 February 1935 | Bethesda, Maryland 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |B Possibly Balloon |
BR SSE Lib CR £5 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Raudar % ah (ST
UE Je 1 I ROD A 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
BE ERE TN BUURDE are We ahaa a
OC Yes £1 Probably Astronomical
¥Tk No | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
“7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Wg ER OF OBJECT IT Ba DOU ORR FA
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Ls Unknown
Lik 16 § nindtas | one | Stationavy [0
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING eg —
Sancer shaped illuminous object, ALti-| UNIDENTIFIED
tude of 150! Seen while driving auto.
Color of moon, "a yellowish, radiant c
color," and had a flat top, with a
Spherical bottom, Remained stationary
for 30 seconds, then the bottom por-
tion appeared to assum2 a funnel type
shape, obj. seemed to dminish in size,
Dark cloudy night. No moon or stars
visible, |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Ey Re A CE
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961207