Hyattsville, Md., June 1962June 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Hyattsville, Md., June 1962 in June 1962. The full case file (4 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 45.

Reported location

Hyattsville, Md., June 1962

Date of incident

June 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION “]12. CONCLUSIONS
] . Hyat “ Svitld Sy seb 3d Yas Balloon
: 28 Jun b2 Washington D.C. Le Probobly Balloon
Gen A ep Tr EA SB aie LS ee Rhy 8
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
] 1 45 | i
Rds ERY Lo 0 Lx Ground-Vi sual © Ground-Roder SR oiiantid WE
Ee GMT 20/02457 SE Bl Ain Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0; Wes Astronomical [of 5G
: DT Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
] “Xe Civdiian & Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH CF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9- COURSE  |O Other :
71 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
: 1 Unknown
d ia not revorted one 5 oie : ma Sa
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: ¥bi rptd. Bystander also saw obj & Possible correlation of 2 rpts.
‘thought it was a shooting star, Slight| Indications are that obj was a
: tail orange color, Green light. Star meteor.
: ike obj going pretty fast.
1 ATIC ¥ORM 329 (RZV 26 3EP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997810

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1962 1962-06-01