USAF · 1947 to 1969
Project Blue Book Case Files
The U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into reported UFO incidents, drawn from the National Archives. Each case below has a journalistic summary written from the original file. Use the search box to find a place or date, or filter by state and year.
73 cases in MD · page 2 of 2
Ft Meade, MD
1953 · unknownOn September 12, 1953, between about 0600 and 0610Z (about 1 to 2 a.m. local), military witnesses saw an object near Fort Meade, Maryland. The witnesses were two enlisted men, and…
Gathersburg, MD
1953 · unknownOn September 23, 1953, at 9:28 p.m. in Gathersburg, Maryland, a civilian observer reported seeing an unidentified object. The observer thought the object was in trouble. The sighti…
Kingsville, MD
1953 · unknownOn February 26, 1953, an Army officer driving west on U.S. Route 1 near Kingsville, Maryland saw an unusual glowing object in the northeast sky. The object was bright, about forty…
Lewisdale, MD
1953 · unknownIn August 1953, a woman in Lewisdale, Maryland reported seeing a mysterious round white light moving across the night sky on multiple occasions. According to her account, the objec…
Silver Springs, MD
1953 · unknownOn the night of September 30, 1953, a homeowner in Silver Springs, Maryland, stepped outside and spotted an unusual object in the sky. The man, who owned a local equipment company,…
Allen, MD
1952 · unidentifiedOn September 12, 1952, at 2:30 a.m., a civilian couple named David and Betty Kolb reported seeing an unusual object from the ground near Allen, Maryland. The object appeared round…
Baltimore, MD
1952 · unidentifiedOn the evening of September 6, 1952, observers at the Baltimore Filter Center (a radar facility) saw a bright white light flashing in the sky near Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Marylan…
Baltimore, MD
1952 · unidentifiedOn May 27, 1952, over Baltimore, Maryland, two separate civilian men reported unusual lights. One sighting was about 2230 to 2240 (10:30 to 10:40 p.m.) and another was about 2330 t…
Baltimore, MD
1952 · unidentifiedOn the night of August 27, 1952, an observer in Baltimore reported seeing a bright red flashing light moving over the eastern section of the city. The object appeared around 2:20 a…
Bethesda, MD
1952 · unidentifiedOn the morning of April 18, 1952, four civilians standing in a yard in Bethesda, Maryland saw something unusual in the sky. At around 1:30 a.m., they watched a formation of seven t…
Parkland, MD
1952 · unidentifiedOn 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…
Salisbury, MD
1952 · unidentifiedOn August 23, 1952, a lawyer driving south on U.S. Highway 13 near Salisbury, Maryland, saw an unusual light in the sky. He described it as a bright bluish-green glow traveling at…
Unity, MD
1949 · unknownOn the evening of April 21, 1949, a civilian observer near Unity, Maryland, about 25 miles north of Washington, D.C., saw an unusual light in the southern sky. At 10:15 p.m., the o…
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