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.

StateOH 371 CA 274 TX 242 NY 167 FL 110 NM 92 MI 90 WA 89 IL 81 PA 78 MD 73 CO 72

Year1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

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7 cases in MD from 1952 · page 1 of 1

Allen, MD
1952 · unidentified
On 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 · unidentified
On 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…
Baltimore, MD
1952 · unidentified
On 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 · unidentified
On 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…
Bethesda, MD
1952 · unidentified
On 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 · unidentified
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…
Salisbury, MD
1952 · unidentified
On 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…

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