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.
13 cases in MD from 1955 · page 1 of 1
Baltimore, MD
1955 · unidentifiedA large, bubbly mass fell from the sky over Baltimore on February 23, 1955, and was watched by at least 25 people as it slowly disintegrated on the ground. The object resembled som…
Baltimore, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn the night of September 9, 1955, two observers in Glen Burnie, Maryland, spotted unusual blinking lights moving across the sky in a west-northwest direction. The first observer,…
Baltimore, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn May 7, 1955, at approximately 1820 hours (6:20 p.m.), two metallic objects crashed through the roof of the American Oil Company building at 210 South Russell Street in Baltimore…
Baltimore, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn September 12, 1955, in Baltimore, Maryland, a civilian witness observed white, round objects in a string-line formation heading north. The witness reported that the objects appe…
Baltimore, MD
1955 · unidentifiedIn July 1955, a person in Baltimore, Maryland saw a silvery, spherical object in the sky, roughly four feet in diameter. The object appeared to be blown by the wind toward the sour…
Baltimore, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn July 7, 1955, at Baltimore, Maryland, a civilian reported one object for about four minutes. Physical evidence was collected in this case. The object was spherical and silver,…
Baltimore, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn October 9, 1955, at about 1942 (7:42 p.m.) local time, a civilian saw a light over Baltimore, Maryland, in the Coventry area of northeast Baltimore. The sighting lasted about on…
Bethesda, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn February 10, 1955, at about 10 p.m., a civilian reported a saucer-shaped, glowing object near Bethesda, Maryland. He saw it while driving his car east on MacArthur Boulevard. Hi…
Bethesda, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn June 22, 1955, at 8:30 p.m. local time, a civilian observer in Bethesda, Maryland reported seeing four elliptical-shaped objects flying over the area. The objects emitted a brig…
Camp Poh-Tok, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn June 24, 1955, at Camp Poh-Tok, Maryland, a student reported a single object in the sky. The sighting was seen from the ground and lasted about one minute. The time noted on the…
Chesapeake Bay, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn March 9, 1955, between about 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., a civilian near Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, reported a round, red object. The object made no sound. It was sighted twice. On…
Hillcrest Heights, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn the evening of June 25, 1955, several witnesses in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland watched an unusual bright object move across the sky. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force d…
Point Lookout, MD
1955 · unidentifiedOn October 11, 1955, from about 2100Z to 2330Z, two civilians saw an object near Point Lookout, Maryland, at Cornfield Harbor. The men were from West Hyattsville, Maryland; one wor…
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