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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9 cases in MD from 1953 · page 1 of 1

ANNAPOLIS, MD
1953 · unknown
On October 31, 1953, at about 7 p.m. near Annapolis, Maryland, five civilians reported a small round object. The object was extremely bright and shiny with a possible red cast. It…
Baltimore, MD
1953 · unknown
On the night of October 27, 1953, Private First Class John Raila and another observer in Baltimore, Maryland, saw a colored object moving across the sky. The object was slightly la…
Bethesda, MD
1953 · unknown
Two civilian observers in the Bethesda, Maryland area reported seeing an unidentified oval object on the evening of June 3, 1953, at approximately 1915 hours (7:15 p.m.). The objec…
Capitol Heights, MD
1953 · unknown
On October 25, 1953, at approximately 8:50 p.m., two unidentified objects were sighted over Capitol Heights, Maryland, near Washington D.C. The objects were round in shape, about t…
Ft Meade, MD
1953 · unknown
On 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 · unknown
On 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 · unknown
On 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 · unknown
In 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 · unknown
On 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,…

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