Parkland, MarylandAugust 1952

Unidentified

Summary

On August 28, 1952, at 4:45 p.m. local time, a member of the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. reported one round object over Parkland, Maryland. He was considered reliable, and three other members of his family also saw it. The object appeared to be metallic and about half the size of a fighter aircraft. It was at about 5,000 feet.

The object flew in a straight line parallel to the ground and seemed to revolve slightly. It glowed from reflected sunlight and did not appear to give off light or power of its own, but seemed to drift. There was no trail, exhaust, or sound, and it moved very slowly. It was watched for about 30 minutes and disappeared by moving slowly north out of sight at 5:15 p.m.

Weather was clear with no clouds. No other aircraft was noticed in the area. The Project 10073 worksheet, the Air Force's record for these reports, notes the source was an inexperienced observer and that the sighting was within 10 minutes of a balloon release. The record card lists the conclusion as probably balloon.

Reported location

Parkland, Maryland

Date of incident

August 1952

State / country

MD / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 15

Original case file scans

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| [3 J — Le ae ais 0 Air Viscu! 0 Airelntercept Rudar G Possibly Aireralt :
{ 8. PHOTOS E 6. SOURCE ~~ PIA se + conioi ER Copa | =] Was Astronomic a, :
| i O Yes : i (0 Probably Astronemice. i
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ‘8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ' 9. COURSE LID IE iia wits |
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30 nin. Lh 1 3 ‘0 Unknown
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10. BRICF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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Qound. Slow = straight line - revolved Source inciperienced observer.
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