Frederick, MarylandNovember 1954

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Summary

On November 14, 1954, a civilian in Frederick, Maryland, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted about one minute.

The object was described as circular and saucer shaped, large in size, and brilliant silver. It appeared to rotate as it disappeared from sight. The witness said it caused interference on a car radio.

The Air Force record, filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, listed the conclusion as pending the results of a field investigation. The card noted there was no case on file.

Reported location

Frederick, Maryland

Date of incident

November 1954

State / country

MD / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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; 1% November 1954 Frederick, Maryland GO Probably Ballsen |
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION QO Possibly Balloon
) J 2 O Wos Aircroft
§ Local rice nee TGround- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probobly Aircraft
5 GMT L/19C0Z O Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircrafs
§ 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
Hd 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
g T No Civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
g 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BR eas |
§ EB Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
4 1 Minute One Unk ® Wine |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS er
i Circular, saucer shaped, large size, Conclusion pending results of a field
BF | Brilliant silver, appeared to rotate as it investigation,
: disappeared from sight, Caused Interference |
: | on car radio.
| NO CASE ON FIIE. |
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| ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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