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Case FileNARA NAID 28961914 · T1206 Roll 23

Project Blue Book Case File

Glenburnie, MarylandMay 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Glenburnie, Maryland in May 1955. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 23.

Reported location

Glenburnie, Maryland

Date of incident

May 1955

State / country

MD / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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SO May 1965 Glenburnie, iar. TE VRAIN J dt A hs
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION as CA Alli
| EN i ATE RI HAXKGround- Visual 0 Ground-Redar a Probably Aircraft
E CMT _ 07/ 20007 ak 0 Air- Visual (w) Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircroft :
i 5. PHOTOS TT: 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
: 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
Bo Civilian . DO Possibly Astronamical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 VL idiom ic
8 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| 0 Unknown
4 approx 30 seconds one VERS JERE (1) Le RO | an RAR RR RO
1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
y One white, circular object was obser-| Probab} balloon. D/I, EADF
] ved to stand still for severnl second stated it was his opinion that
and then to rise fairly rapidly and sighting was caused by a weathe
disappear into the overcast, balloon since all facts in case
point to this conclusion. Since
this info was forthcoming soon
after prelimimary rpt was received,
1 : no investigation authorized,
] ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961914

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