Baltimore radar-visual unidentified-object report — September 1955

On or during September 1955, at or near Baltimore, Maryland, United States, the source reports the following sequence: Finally, the Director of the Maryland Academy of Sciences stated that to his knowledge nothing unusual in the way of astronomical behavior had been observed at the time of the phenomenon described. He thought it possible that the lights sighted may have been aircraft. A later check with the Baltimore Filter Center revealed that a Miss Jean Laudlow of the CCG unit in Baltimore had called the Filter Center and reported observing two bright lights east of her post flying toward the north at about 2255, 9 September 1952. She observed the object through binoculars and distinguished what seemed to be pulsating or flashing lights. Weather Data During Observed Flight of UFO: Altitude | Degrees | Knots --- | --- | --- 5,000 | 290 | 20 10,000 | 290 | 20 15,000 | 290 | 30 20,000 | 300 | 30 25,000 | 300 | 45 30,000 | 270 | 50 35,000 | 270 | 50 1 Tr/Closure TT TSG ATIRC E-1928 FM GDCP 647TH AC & W SQ MANASSAS VA NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50 U.S.C.,31 & 32 AS AMENDED. The text output from the document is as follows: TMA086 TT030NA013 RR RJEDEN RJEPPL RJEFHT Q RJE PPB RJEJFR D: RJEPPL 3E R 070552 L/T FM CMDR 6477A AC&W SQDN MANASSAS VA TO RJEHN/CMDR AIR FHT APB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO RJEPPL/2GM AIR DIVISION HQTRS APB NEW YORK RR/ COLL TECH INTELIGENCE HQAFS WRIGHT PATTERSON APB OHIO RJEHH/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH DC INFO RJEPNB HQ 2ADC STEWART AFB NEWBURG NY RJEPPL/CMDR 2ADC NEWBURG NY UNCLAS FT NG CLASS/ACCID 5-1028 IS REPORT OS SEPT 55 1. (A) INDEFINITE (B) CHAPELUITE HELD AT NEWTH GAIL (C) REVEALED MULTIPLE, WHITE, CIRCULAR (D) ONE (E) NEGATIVE LIGHTS SHOOTING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE OBJECT AT 5 SECOND INTERVALS (F) TERRAIN (G) NONE PAGE TWO RJEPPL 3E 2. (A) NONE (B) SKY-SCANNING (C) ELEVATION/DEGREES 4,10 DEG - 310 DEG (D) UNKNOWN (E) OVER HORIZON IN WNW DIRECTION (F) SLOW FLYING WNW DIRECTION 3. (A) CAMERA OUTSIDE 0232Z (B) GROUND VISUAL (C) BINOCULARS (D) NEGATIVE 4. (A) 08/02/52 5. (B) 2310 EM MK 5753 6. (A) ALBERT MERKEL CON NEWFIELD RD GLEN BURNIE, MD (B) CURRIE, JAMES BURNIE L4200 DEPT DEFENSE WEST MINSTER CUSE (C) HURLEY BONNEY 1ST LT /FIFTH CIG 52 There does not appear to be any photograph present in this image. BRUNO 1 AND 2 WERE AIRBORNE AT 0152Z AND LANDED 0307Z 10. The report of the Preparing Officer, the UFOB sighting was probably caused by the blinking night lights from one or more of the Andrews AFB jets flying toward or from the Baltimore-Washington figure on 09/02/52 and 09/03/52 Sept. The sequence of changing lights observed from the Glen Burnie GCA post was lost or red to blue to white to blue to red. These aircraft were known to have been flying in the area at that time of the sighting. None of the evidence collected seems to discredit the possibility that the lights observed were those of aircraft in the vicinity. (1) The operations reports from the 25th FIS at Andrews AFB established the presence of aircraft in the vicinity. (2) The Operations Officer, 647th AC & W Squadron confirms the presence of radar targets and the sighting of F-86 aircraft in the area above and to the south and west of Baltimore at the time of the sighting. (3) The observers did hear sounds of aircraft in the area while they observed the lights, and the sounds were coming from beyond the area illuminated by the lights. The following evidence indicates that the lights observed from the ground might not have been from an unidentified flying object. (1) That none of the pilots flying in the vicinity of Baltimore on the GTC of the sighting were able to offer any confirmation on the UFOB. (2) The presence of radar confirmation on the Andrews aircraft and the lack of it with respect to the UFOB.