Silver Spring, MarylandNovember 1962

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Summary

On November 11, 1962, in Silver Spring, Maryland, a witness reported a streak of light in the sky. The witness also took a time-exposure photograph of the event. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The light traveled horizontally across the sky, then turned upward and exploded.

The Air Force said the description pointed to a meteor sighting. Because a photograph was taken, the record noted the equipment would be examined, but the case was treated as a meteor.

Reported location

Silver Spring, Maryland

Date of incident

November 1962

State / country

MD / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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H
hh PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Bolloon
11 November 1962 Silver Spring, Maryland BBlnAny Been
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION y >
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[47 TRRRG 1 rd oD Dp RC XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 0. ull : |
CMT 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : » 50U 0 Was Astronomical
¥riygg NOt received 0 Probably Astronomical
O Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
| | 7. ION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE m0] | RSM SOO (
| fe ETAT OF OREN CATS gh Dato for Evaluation |
not reported one not reported |O Unknown
| |10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Streak of light which traveled horizon-| Description indicates meteor |
tally across sky, turned upward and sighting; however, a photo was
| exploded, Time exposure photograph taken and the equipment would
! | taken, have already been set up if this
were the case. Questionnaires fa-
| warded and request for the nega-
tive made. Not forwarded as of
| Aug 63. No evaluation without the
| negatives,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
7 /
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28999770