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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6958848

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1954

REPORTED LOCATIONBaltimore Maryland

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS
7 November 1954 0 Was Balloon
Baltimore, Maryland Probably Balloon 7
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_07/2208Z MOV 54 AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No INo Civilian Civdldian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other Other
00 000 Insufficient Data Insufficient Data for E valuation aluation
One and one balf (i3) Mn Unknown
One east east
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. 11. COMMENTS COMMENTS
One (1) cigar shaped object wi th an intense Inveatigated by Flight #3-H with the Investigated by Flight #3-H with the
gheam, shining and lighted up like the sum following conclusions: The object
Disappeared into clouds after after sighting of sighting of possibly was a balloon. 1lcon.
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OF A 4 ENGINE TRANSPORT CMM SIGHTED NEAR BALTIMORE MD. AT 0722D8Z.
BRILLIANT SILVER COLOR WITH BLUNT NOSE AND FUZZY TAIL. SMOOTH BODY CMM
NO EXHAUST TRAIL AND NO DISCERNIBLE SOUND. FIRST OBSERVED BY WIFE WHO
DIRECTED SOURCES ATTENTION TO IT. INITIALLY SIGHTED SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF OBSERVERS AT ANGLE OF ELEVATION OF 60 TO 70 DEGREES. MAINTAINED
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CONSTANT SPEED WHILE UNDER OBSERVATION N CMM ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST
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BALTINORE. SIGHED AT DUSK. OBSERVERS ON HIGHWAY AEOUT 5 MILES NORTH
OF BALTIMORE. OBSERVERS CLN DR. JOHN G. AND MRS. R
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1. DATETIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
7 November 1954
07/2208z Baltimore, Maryland
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian POSSIBLY AIRCRAFT
4. NUMBER OBJECTS
1
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Cigar shaped object, 4 - 5 X as long as 4 engine transport. Cigar shaped object, 4 - 5 X as long as 4 engine transport.
90 Seconds Brillian silver color. No sound. Blunt fuzzy tail. When Brillian silver color. No sound. Blunt fuzzy tail. When first first
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION sighted at 60-70 degrees elev in S grees elev in SSN(Graph indicates 40 deg),
Ground Visual object was vertical and slowly rotated to horizontal altitude.
Moved at same elevation passing south passing south of observers to I observers to East.
7. COURSE COURSE Constant speed. Speed estirated 2 X conventional a/c. speed. Speed estirated 2 X nventional a/c. Estimated
E E Altitude e 30,000 ft. (1 30,000 ft. (1 one witness indicates speed of one witncss indicates speed of conven-
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3. PHOTOS Possibly a/c. Reported sighting.
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No
9. PHYSIC EVIDENCE
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No
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FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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