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1. DATE

‘12. CONCLUSIONS

i . .C Wes Balloon
27 May 1952 Ty . and ‘G Probably Balloon
; + os emene ate a ss eas 2 naps pane ae eeaes 'O Possibly Balloon
3. “DATE- TIME GROUP 1s TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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Lecal .. at 2330. . ae & Ground: Vi sual CO Greund-Rodar ; Srobebly Aiveratt
Gut _.2 BAD Me dove if 7 O Air Vi suol O Air-intercept Radar, Possibly Aircraft

5. “PHOTOS “16. SOURCE 'D Was Astronomical
0 Yes i [C) Probably Astronomical

i No (2) Civilians (Male) ‘2D Possibly Astronomicol

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7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION | 8 NUMBER OF OBJFCTS 9. COURSE o Cther

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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ‘11, COMMENTS
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anor Bright--Light ; Two indc¢pendent observations, 2230 &

2330-
| “Terrific Speed", "floated", "bobbed"

4 (2) L-19A A/C were in this area at the
WHF time. Each A/C has large white

navigation light on top and bottaa,

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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"There was no noticeabla soud whatsoever. This seamed strange and be-
cause the night was.quite still ae —_—- could be maerd from the staduin, which .
. As Boa tie nee nd 29 blocks See 42 i

Me aso’ watched sete gi iness in the following few ppioutes. AQ1
these planes could be heard ansronning 1aghte blinked normally.

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ey 2 "Tutecvi ov of Miss HELV MAAS, reflects Adéatically ¢ the: same information
as related by BOSSERT.. : |

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5. Review of. flight anarél. at 29th Infantry. Division, Headinartere Battery, .
224th Field Artillery: Battalion, Harbor Yield, Baltimore, Maryland, reflects that
two (2) L-19A Aircraft; Numbers. 51*4543N and 51-12026N, piloted by Captain J,
ELMER. WEISHEIT, JR., )-4404,73, -and-1st ‘Lt. BENJAMIN R. éabwaLADER, )-1185474,; on”
27 May 1952 from 2159 to 2350 hours and 2150 to 2250 hours, respectively, were
flying. in vicinity of sightings: of unusual lights by MORRIS and BOSSERT «

6s: Interview of WEISHEIT reflects that on 27 May 1952, “at: ectechinately 2230
to "2240 hours,’ He and CADWALADER were- flying in area described by BOSSERT..

SDWSLADER was flying behind and to thé right of him and at aporoximately 2500 -
Py: etuising speed 100 ‘mph. He related that CADWALADER was flying a little - _-
close. and to motion him away he went up and to the left and then dropped approxi—
mately 1000 feet.’ ‘CADWALADER went down-to the right... Neither plane had its-
landing lights on, but there is a rather large white navigation light‘ located |
on the bottom and top of each airtraft which throws a steady light. His erecta +5 is
red and green navigation lights were not working. His aircraft yes an Yeraaee ‘en
aluminas, .CADWALADER 6 givcrert ‘was Olive Drab, ge Pen bad see :

After CADWALADER left: nis. arse ‘of flyinz, he was simulating’ instrument * , -

tying 3 over Baltimore for approximately one hour at 2500 feet ‘at cruising speed'=)° ~ i
of 100 mph. During thts hour he belisves-that he flew over western and south~ Be vn
western Beltimore, which is the area of ths two.(2) unusual lights ‘sighted by 9 =
MORRIS. He described: the weather. ‘as. very clear and. dark, with no moon.’ - [°<a

7. Official ‘eahales report as “ obtained from Pri endship International Airport”;
is as follows: |

Weather reoort fron 27 May 1952: UNCLASSiFicn

-2225 Hours: Clear, visibility 15 miles, surface wind southwest 8,
2327 Hours: Clear, visibility 12 miles, surface wind southwest 8,

8, CADWALAD= was not available for interview at’ thie tine. te is talking
Otc 2xaminetions and attending graduation exercises...

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‘1, This dinvestigation: was ‘predicatec on information received from S/Sgt, fee .
WILLIAM SEEDS, n?-2254760h, 104th Fighter Squadron, Harbor Yield, Charge of ae t
Quarters, who steted LEONARD: MORRIS,- pARTT Reisterstown Road,. Baltisore, Margate, .
had informed. him on 27- May sink he had "seen those flying saucers," Sm 2s
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nn 4 2. “LEONARD morris ie: Reisterstown. Road, “eaten: 16 ‘aug gust. 1922,. at Beltincre: 5 rer
ae Maryland,’ Edueation. - - ‘Aigh: -School. end. Trade School, ateoenfiy: employed with Bendix pa ae
- Radio,. Towson). ‘Maryland, was interviewed: on’ 29 May: 1952, and:stated that.on 27 May-. ;
1952, ’ between. "2330. and 2345. hours, -while: ‘sitting on his-front ‘porch with his. wife, a Noe
. + they observed: what first wes - believed ‘to: be a falling star and immediately detided ~~ *
it was°not. a*star; tt a plane traveling at a great rate of speed.. ‘This Zosect had .. ‘i
two (2): white lights. about 100 feet apart and was traveling in an easterly direction, *
altitude and distarice away-unknow. The two (2) lights appeared to hover above a '
"mail. plane" ‘(estimated speed 300 miles per hour) and then increased its speed. to
about five times that of. the mail plane and disappeared toward Washington, D.C,
There was no. sound’ from the lights; He later decided that the-two white lights” .
“could not have *been a plane since the lights ‘were very round and were not similar
to landing lights on-aircraft, The distance between the lizhts did not varye,; He -
observed the lights for a. maccimum of 10. seconds and did not see any red or green
lights.with.the white lights nore was there a body connected to the lizhts, ~The :
weather was very clear.at the time of observation. - RICHARD BOSSERT, a fellowem  .°-..!
-- ployee; had observed similar lights on the. game et but, dn a different. part, of ..
2: yee and. at an earlier hour's i" tes oh
Le interview of ‘RICHARD ADAM BOSSERT, 50, Ivanhoe “hvéiae Sresentiy: cxploysa ©
by Bendix Radio, Towson, Maryland, reflects that on 27 May 1952, between .2230 and.
2249 hours, he and his wife and -lenijlady, Miss HELEN HAAS; same address,. observed =. 4
two unusaal Aights.” A statenent: was obtained from: BOSSERT as follows: = SSS

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4 No args white ‘at anvs- enpeared, Yow. in the fab Ne in a: . southeasterly t
diréetion: | Our first impression wee that, it.was @ plane, in trouble; trying .to-: ae
lend. - The lights looked similjar to landing lights of airliners, et first’ they-.- mo \aeya.e,
appeared to ‘be heading directly for us and only several blocks away (if scaiepenn® AER Sisthat
to the size of average airline lizts,} There were no apyarent running :(redand:+’ + ae

- green) Tights, As: I-got out of the car, ‘the lights separated; the one.on my’ ‘Fert. Ae
_ Gropped to the left: and disappeared behind a house - the light’ on my right. we

veered. upward ‘and to the right and passed behind the second: hoiise. ..“e observed?

it, as it ‘emerged from behind the house: and it moved rather slowly and at times +

seened to float and 'bob' as though it ‘were affected-by air currents. Then -it

passed behind a third house, (moving south) and again aposared. It moved’ ‘Steadily _
souchward for.apnarently several degrees then reversed and retraced its first
sighting position, but after it passed behind the last house it was lost from:
sight. “e watched for 15 minutes and never saw it azain, Sa

7 ie UNCLASSIFIED

"The appearance was no+ conparable to anything I cowld explain, There
sssmed to be no form of a body, which should have been visible as a shilouette

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2 clrar sky. The lizhts seemed to have no ¢afinite direction as to beaming; *

} — or zht vere as ‘though a 1000 watt bulb might be hanging in ald-air several » oe
blocks away. As the light changed its direction. (movement) the apverance still. 3:
sages the same-= as though tt were cointing toward : a al) times, .- $2
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