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UFO case file · UFO-28009

Baltimore reported disc saucer observation — July 1955

CE1United States1955-07-01

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Case description

On or during July 1955, at or near Baltimore, Maryland, United States, the source reports the following sequence: MANEUVERS OBSERVED or COURSE SIZE 3 OBJECTS ROUND & LARGE 7. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: OBS OBSERVED SILVER COLORED OBJECTS MOVING IN STRAIGHT LINE FORMATION. THE COLOR CHANGED AS THEY PASSED OVERHEAD. OBJECTS DISAPPEAR, WITHOUT LEAVING ANY TRAIL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OF SUBSTANCE AND MATERIAL UPON WHICH IS LANDED. ARTIF ACT # 341-27-490 Located in artifact room HEADQUARTERS 4602d AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SQUADRON (ADC) 6th AIR FORCE BASE COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO AISCP 20 JUL 195e SUBJECT: AF Form 112 TO: Commander Air Technical Intelligence Center ATTN: ATIC-CR Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio Enclosed herewith is one (1) Unidentified Flying Object report with physical evidence and one (1) report of source reliability. 5743 SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 1. AT 2302 HRS L GMT, 6 JULY 1954, A BRIGHT OBJECT WAS OBSERVED BY PERSONNEL OF THE US AIR FORCE TO ASCEND RAPIDLY FROM THE GROUND NEAR BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AND DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW. IT WAS UNDER OBSERVATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE IT AGAIN ACCELERATED AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. IT EMITTED A GLOW OR LUMINESCENCE OF YELLOWISH-WHITE COLOR. OCR Text Output: AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 1 JULY 1955 DGraao U-2 t Pxoject Blue Book (0) SUBJECT OBSERVED: 19 MAY 1955 (G) LOCATION: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (S) DESCRIPTION: OBJECT WAS OBSERVED BY THREES MEMBERS OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD AND OTHERS PERSONS. IT WAS OBSERVED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-4 MINUTES. (G) COMMENT: NO FURTHER INFORMATION. (S) EVALUATION: INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY OBJECT. THURSDAY EVENING JULY 7, 1955 THEY ARE FLYING OVER CITY Three Saucers Reported Here Local Residents Give Eyewitness Accounts of Aerial Objects At Least Four Local Residents Claim to Have Seen Bright Objects Hovering in Night Sky - One Said He Chased Them By Car Hundreds of persons in Baltimore and its suburbs tonight reported seeing "three flying saucers" in the sky over the city.

Recorded details

Local time
2302 HRS
Craft description
Light Formation; Disc / Saucer
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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