Gaithersburg, MarylandSeptember 1961

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Summary

On September 20, 1961, in the evening, a civilian in Gaithersburg, Maryland, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness was outdoors in a residential area on a clear night with many stars. The object appeared as a solid light, brighter than the brightest stars, and was described as three times as large as a star. The witness said it changed brightness. The color was noted as white. It was seen toward the west.

The Air Force conclusion text on the card is partly unclear but describes a bright white object moving to the west.

Reported location

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Date of incident

September 1961

State / country

MD / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD AP
i EE EN EE AER BLE Si TAF RAE [
1 I. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 |
ts ~ VERE SS eh J A Re O Was Balloon !
E . £0. 5ep Ol Gaithersbu 8, waXxyland [a] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP & TYPE OF OBSERVATION = Tesuiny Bullen |
) 19312 BOT Xf BO. Was Aircraft {
1 Local —_— 8] Ground- Visual O00 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft

; (oT Ea a the Be Nm SS he DO AirVisuval O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE O Was Astronomical

DO Yes O Probably Astronomical

1 ‘0 Ne Nivilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 2h of], | [PDR CI SATE
Ir O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING vation avr.ong 5. E COMMENTS “h* 1 10Tal 1 bright white
5 ; %; TENE Hol PEODRLLY moving to the rasulting in an |
] ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28994873