PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6382680

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONParkland Maryland

FRAMES5

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1. CATE 12 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
28 Ang 52 Parkland, Maryland Is Wos Ballcon
7 Probably Ballcon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly balleon
Ground Visuel Ground-Rodar Wos Airercht
100 Probably Aurcrott
CM7.-. Air-Visuul Air-lntercept Rodar Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 4 C Was Astronomical
DYes 1 Probobly Astronomical
No civilian + Possibly Astronomicul
7. LENGTA OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other-..
Insufficient Dcte for Evaluation
30 min. 1 N 10 Unknown
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round. Slow - Sowrce inoxperienced observor.
and drifted. Object deifted, round, sunlight
rerleeted from it.
Tima o2 sighting within 01
a balloon releace.

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OBSERVED FROM THE GROUND? LYos C No
Nakod Eyo
LJ Binoculars
Toloscope
ClTneodolito
5.W AR C Yes (CFNo
CiBy One Sot
ClBy Two Sots
CIBy Threo Sats
. WAS THE AIR? Yeu CHo
N/c Obaorved Object
ClIntorception Attompted
No Intercept Attemptod
EPT? Yes CNo
A/C Scramblad
C7Vicual Contact Made
OM/I Contact Made
CINo Contact Mado
S. DID OBJ ANY TIME? Yes
.C)Normal
ClViolent
U Blinking
[1 Stondy
JO. LENGTH OF TIN IT 111-15 Seconds
CI1-5 Minutos
61over 10 1 Mmutos
T1. REPC Address
II. ASTRONOMICAL DATA
12. NUTED?
13.DID OBJECT APPEAR TO ARCH DOWNWARD? LIYes No
4.DCD OBJECT HAVE A TAIL? !! Yea INo
1. DID OBJECT APPEAR TO DISINTEGRATE? TiYes E1No
16. TILE OF SIGHTING RELATIVE TO SUNRISE SET (Data From
CNight
C)Day
U Sunriso
riSunset
III. AIRCRAFT DATA
NOTED JYes
liOne Aircraft
(lNore Than Ona Arcraft
IE. WAS ANY SOUND HEARD? Yes No
19. WERE THERE INDYCATICNS OF H Yas ONo
WAS THE OBJECT VIEZED ABOVE L5O ELEVATION? rYes L.1 No

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V. EVALUATION
1. EVALUATION 22. DETAILS REPORT:
Excellent Good
Good Fair
Fair Poor +
Poor Evaluate.
Unreliable
Extremely Doubtful
Hoax
23.
O Balloon B Was Astronomical
Balloon Probably Asconomical
ATIC Tost Form 3 .

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JEPHQ B201,
PP JEDEN JEDWP PP JEDEN JED
DE JEPHQ 405A DE JEPHQ 405A -
P 232258Z ZNJ P 232258Z ZNJ .(
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FM HQ USAF VASHDC '
TO JEDEN/CGAIRDEFCOM ENT AFB COLO
JEDUP/CHIEF ATIC WPAFB OHIC JEDWP/CHIEF ATIC WPAFB OHIC
JEPLG/CG TAC LANGLEY AFB VA .
FROM AFOIN 56754 FLYOBRPT. ATTN CLN ATIAA-2C.
ONE ROUND UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT THAT APPEAR BE OF METALLIC
CONSTRUCTION WAS OBSERVED FLYING OVER PARKLAND CMA MD. OBJECT T APPEARED
TO BE HALF THE SIZE OF A FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. NO AERODYNAMIC FEATURES
NOTED. NO TRAIL OR EXHAUST NOTED, SPEED UNDETERMINED AS OBJECT WAS F
MOVING VERY SLOWLY AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 5,DD FT. OBJECT (
FLEW IN A STRAIGHT LINE PARALLEL TO THE EARTH. APPEARED TO REVOLVE .
SLIGHTLY. OBJECT GLOWED FROM THE REFLECTION OF THE SUN. DID NOT APPEAR .
SIGHTED AT 1645 HOURS CMA 28 AUG 52 CMA MEMBER OF
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE I ENT WASHINGTON CMA DC AND IS

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CONSIDERED RELIABLE. A VISUAL GROUND OBSN WITHOUT OPTICAL OR
ELECTRONIC EQUIP WAS MADE. THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY
ALSO OBSERVED THE OBJECT CMA WHICH DISAPPEARED BY MOVING SLOWLY TO -
THE NORTH AND OUT OF RANGE OF VISION AT 1715 28 AUG 52. NO OTHER ACFT (
WAS NOTICED IN THE T TIME O SIGHTIN CLEAR AND
NO CLOUDS
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