Chesapeake Bay, MarylandMarch 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On March 9, 1955, between about 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., a civilian near Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, reported a round, red object. The object made no sound. It was sighted twice.

On the second sighting, the object appeared to have a denser part rather than being one even mass. It flew in a northwest direction, then reappeared from the southeast of the first sighting and drifted toward the ground or water.

The Air Force said the description was vague and the maneuvers were not detailed, and the length of each sighting was not given. The case was listed as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Chesapeake Bay, Maryland

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

MD / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

i 1. DATE Nt bE COBAIN re a Raa AT

1 Vas Balloon

9 March 1956 ~~~ | Chesapeake Bay, Maryland |O Brobably Balloon

1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION : ossibly Balloon

g Local _ 1930-2000 EST __ HI Grown d- Vi sual 0) Ground-Rudor i ol Re 6 |
] EVE a Ce A RNC 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercopt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

i CE ERT RR a i I RE C1) A RR, Tl OF DR ppl

1 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

: xX No | Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
sn R OF hn Be BOURNE ol Re

i M12 Insufficient Data for Evaluation

i rs 00 Unknown

] fo Anal HOES 1 ohne | Northwest | ;

1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGH TING 11. COMMENTS i rien Ee —
Round, red object with no sound, Insufficient data for evaluation.

J Sighted twice, Second sighting Duration of each observation not

i showed a compaction instead of a specified, description vague,

] homogeneous mass, Flew in Northwest maneuvers not detailed, i
E direction and reappeared fpom the

1 Southeast of original sighting and

; drifted to the ground or water,

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4 ATIC FORM 326 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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