PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

7 LOCATION

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
37 min

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7 Sep 55 Baltimore, Md
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local T Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar
GMT 08/02522, @ Air Vi sual 0 Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE
Ne 0 Yes
20 Ne

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. Ses

W NW

12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Wos Aircroft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical

o0 000 900

SL Possibly Astronomica
Other

Probably Astronomi ee

ARC TOK s)

Unknown

oO
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
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10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

Indefinite shape, red, blue, white and green
in color. Lights were shooting out of sides of
oj at 5 sec intervals, no sound.

11. COMMENTS

Arcturus at 10 deg elev, 290 deg az
setting at time of disappearance of obj

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gabor called Johns Hlopkins iniveralty in Raltimore, which was unable to offer assis-

tance. The Boltimore diviston of the University of Maryland was then contacted,
hovever the Observetory's astroncmers were still on summer leave. Finally, the
Director of the Maryland Acadeny of Sciences ,i a aaa, was called. The
Directcr stated that to his Aiea ae nothing unusual in the way of astronomical
bodies wicht meet the description of the phenanenon described. either the Direc-
tor nor his chief astronomer had any explariation of the "blinking lights", except

to surgest that they may have come from an aircraft.

11. A later check with the Baltimore Fllter Center revealed that a Miss
Jean tedehman at the GCG Post in New Oxford, Pennsylvania (Geeltef GJTK 5653), had
called the Filter Center at Ose tt to report = at she saw an object with blinking
lights east of her post flying toward fork . (GeoRef GJPK 165"), She observed
the object t! Br ou) binsculars but ca@ld not “ stinguish shape other than flashing
tights. She observed the o ject until 09/0329Z when it faded from sight.

Weather Mata During Observed Flight of UPOB:
Altitude Degrees Knots

5,000 229 20
10,000 : 290 20
15,000 290 30
20,000 300
30,000 270 45

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10. In an attempt to recerd the opinion of local astronomers, the investi-
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(B) GRAPEFRUIT HELD AT A°™ \+NOTH

(C) RED, BLUE, WHITE, Chiia

(D) ONE

(E) NEGATIVE

(F) LIGHTS SHOOPING OUF Gf TE SIDE OF THE OBJECT AT 5 SECOND IN-

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(H) NONE

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(B) ELEVATIONA4ODEGREES AZLAUTH 290 DEG - 310 DEG
(C) UNKNOWN

(D) OVER HORIZON IN WHW DIRECTION

(E) SLOW FLYING WNW DIRECTION

(F) 02522 UNTIL 03292

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(8) BINOCULARS
(Cc) NEGATIVE

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(B) NIGHT

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6. (A) ALBERT MERKEL

609 NEWFIELD ROAD

GLEN BURNIE, MD

TELEPHONE GLEN BURNIE 14204
LINE DRAFTMAN FOR WESTINGHOUSE
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7. (A) GOOD CLEAR NIGHT

(B) 5,000 - 320 DEG -20, 10,000 -290 DEG -20, 15,000-290 DEG ~-30,

20 ,000-300 DEG -30 30,000-270 DEG -45, 45,000-270 DEG -50

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AND ALSO RUNNING PRACTICE INTERCEPTS. LIGHTS ON THE BRUNO AIRCRAFT
ARE (ORANGE)FIASHING), RFD, GREEN, AND WHITE. BRUNO 1 AND 2 WERE |
AIRBORNE AT 01552 AND IANDED 03072

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CCIMENTS of Preparing Officer PROBABLE

1. In the opinion of the Preparing Cfficer, the UFCB sighting was probably
caused by the blinking night lights from one or more of the Andrews AFB jets flying
in the vicinity of Baltimore between the hours of 09/0230Z and 09/0318Z Sept 55.

a. The sequence of changing lights observed from the Glen Burnie GOC
Fost of red to blue to wiite seems to bear a strong resemblance to the night lights
of either an F-00 or an F-086 which blink from red to green to white. These aircraft
were known to have been flying in the area reported on at the time of the sighting.

be None of the evidence collected seems to discredit the possibility
that the lights observed were those of fighter aircraft in the vicinity. °

(1) The speratiens reports from the 95th FIS at Andrews AFB,

| May, ‘a0! established the presence of aircr aft in the vicinity
of the UCB,
(2) The ‘rations Cfficer, 647th AC & Wf Sq confirms the presence |
of o lt-m aircraft am an F-80 in the skies above and to
the th and west of Baltimore at the time of the sichting.
(3) The | -uservers did hear sounds of aircraft in the skies,

while one observer noted aircraft sounds coming from beyond
but in the sane direction as the FCB. |

. ce The foll:. evidence indicates that the lights observed from the
ground might not have tv is from an Unidentified flying Cbject>.

(1) That ...6 of the pilots flying in the vicinity of Baltimore
at ‘ + time of the sighting were able to offer any confirma-
tion on the UFOB,

(2) The peesence of radar confirmation on the Amrews aircraft
and | + lack of it with respect to the UFOB.

Cha Hanon

CHESTER rR, ee LYS SON

CAPTAIN Ar
Officer in me

COMMENTS of Approving Officer:

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Concur with the opinion of the Praparin; Officer that this sighting was probably
gaused by the blinking nignut lights from one or more of the jet aircraft_known to be
in the vicinity of the sizhting.

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(C) RED, BLUE, WHITE, GREEN
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ELEVATION4@DEGREES AZIMUTH 29% DEG - 31@ DEG
UNKNOWN

OVER HORIZON IN WNW DIRECTION
SLOW FLYING WNW DIRECTION
92522 UNTIL 23292

GROUND VISUAL

BINOCULARS

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5S. (A) ALBERT MERKEL

NEWFIELD ROAD

GLEN BURNIE, MD

TELEPHONE GLEN BURNIE 1420W

LINE DRAFTMAN FOR WESTINGHOUSE

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(C) UNLIMITED

(D) 15 MILES

CE) NEGATIVE

(F) NEGATIVE

BRUNO ITEM 1 AND 2 WERE IN THIS AREA SHOOTING ILS'S AT BALTIMORE
AND ALSO RUNNING PRACTICE INTERCEPTSe LIGHTS ON THE BRUNO AIRCRAFT
ARE ORANGE (FLASHING), RED,y GREEN, AND WHITEe BRUNO 1 AND 2 WERE
AIRBORNE AT @155Z AND LANDED 83272

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Flight B-H-):4024 AISS_.  _ . :13 September 55 ;.
SOURCE OF INnFORMATION ¥ UATE OF IhFORMATHON
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1/Lt Hurlbut E, Bonnie and athers | 9 September 5s | ‘ |
VREPARING OFFICER .f EVALUATION . ° t
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CHESTER R. HANSON, Capt, "BAP pd ee A: ae 5 atuiie
REFERENCES (Conirel number, directive, prerinaa ten A, te, aa andoahs, f in* ; |
FONCON between Capt Hansontand Capt Tronstein, Has, 502d AISS 9 Sept 1955; |
_TT SMG_FM COMMR 647th AC. tee Sp aa Aa Via
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SUMMARY (later concive auminary of report. Oh aeons 16 flual one-sentonee feria ce . Pidkiaive eathooertent, Begin a UP Dorn 11a,
I. CONTENTS: & . = | 4
PART CNE: Descrint in of sighting by 1/1-+ Hurlbut E. Bonnte,
704th Orpund Obs Sq., Beltimore “ilter Center, ;
Baltiinore’2, Maryland, (GeoRef GJPK 21,20) §
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PART TWO: Descriptiqn of sightine by Mr. Albert “erkel, 609

Newfielt Moat, Glen Burnie, “arvland. (GeokefC.1PJ j
2311) ‘" : :
PART THREE: Supplementary Investigative Efforts ‘
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TI. SUMMARY: An unidentit€ed flying object was reparted to the Baltinore
Filter Center by a civilian (4G volunteer located in Glen, Burnie, Maryland, at
09/02322 Sept 55. The object Had first been-seen by another observer, at the
Same post at 09/0018Z, apparently having caused no alarm.- The UFOR was last
seen by GCC observers at 09/03182 Sept 55. The information containedjin this
report is the result of interviews with persons having visually observed the
UFOB in addition to the assistagte of various agencies and installatidns within
the Baltimore-Washington area wiose records enabled the investigata tto estab-

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person is prohibited by law. It may not be reproduced in whole or in pert, by other than United States Air Force Agencioa, except by

lish the probable cause of the phenomenon observed. i
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ITI. INVESTIGATOR: 2/Lt Charlés I. Berrier, AC 3019814 ‘
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(CLASS FICATION)

REAQNT NO.

APPROVED:

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JOHN M WHITE JR
Colonel, USAF ;
Commander

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3H-UFOB-8 Part One ;
Flight 3-H, 602d AISS PAGE oF 8 PAGES

I. SOURCE: Hurlbut F. Bonnie
Address: 127 Dorchester Road, Glen Burnie, Maryland
hve: 32
Occupation: lst Lt, USAF, 760th GCS, Baltimore, Maryland
Educatton: College

Qualifleations: An Air Force Cfficer, alert, intelli gent
and possessing 20/20 vision.

TI. RELIABILITY: Unknown. SCURCE was contacted by telephone.

III. SOURCE's DESC TTON Of SIGHTING: SCURCE was at his residence in Glen
Purnie, Maryland, at 09/0?! ent 55 when he noticed strange lights in the sky which
seemed to be moving in a nor* -northwesterly direction at a moderate speed and an
unknown altitude. He estimated object (s) at an angle of 0° with the horizon,
Later, SCURCE estimated the distance between himself and the object to be anproxi-

mately 5 miles, placing the -htect in the neighborhood of 20,000 feet. The object
seemed neither to gain or !>-* altitude. |

SCURCE recall«' ~ 4t no form or definite body shape was visible at any
time during the sighting of *:2 UFOB. There seemed to be only a confizuration of
blinking lights, though SC'™°* naturally assumed that the lirhts were associated with
a flying object.

The lights ov served by SOURCE and his wife, who saw essentially the same
phenomenon as her husband, !\iiked on successively in the sequence, red to blue to
vhite, at intervals of approximately 5 seconds. The colored lights were never seen

to appear simltaneously. At times the lights appeared to shoot out the sides of the
undiscernable object.

SCURCE mentioned that there were some aircraft in the sky throughout the
neriod of the sizhting and at times soun?s could be heard in reneral direction o7 the
clinking lights, but in his opinion, they were coming fron aircraft considerably
beyond the UFOB.

The Baltimore Filter Center received a call from SCIRCE at 09/02522
informing them of the phenomenon. SOURCE then returned £0 his observation point
cutside his house and continued observing the UFOR, reporting arain to the Filter
Center as it altered its course slightly and a third time at 29/0318% Sent SS to
ssate that the object had sce out of sight

According to SCURCE, no photographs were taken of the UFO8,

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I. SOURCE: Mr. Albert Merkel

} Address; 609 Newfield Road, Glen Burnie, Maryland
Age: |?
Occupation: Line Draftsman for Vestinghouse

Education: Six years schooling at the Maryland Institute
of Electrical Drafting.

' Qualifications: Presently working on Guided Missle Control
| Has had 25 years experience in electronics.

II. RELIABILITY: Unimown, SCURCE was contacted by telephone.

III. SOURCE's DESCRIiifet! OF SIGHTING: At 09/02307 Sept 55, just after
having been posted on the iC Lookout station in Glen Burnie, SCURCK noticed a
blinking, flashing phenomenon iu the western sky. SOURCE stated that the lights
apparently were coming from an object at least 5 miles from his station and
flying at an estimated alti'.t« of 5,000 feet.

The condition : ‘i sky was clear and the wind was slight. SOURCE's
first thought was that the ‘set night have been a balloon, but the way it seemed
to follow a consistent path 2nd maintain a constant SLE RUSS shortly precluded
this possiblity.

At 09/0252Z2 S* °°" reported the baffling phenomenon to the Baltimore

Filter Center, after which. e vceturned to his watch and continued tracking the
object. It followed a we3'- r'hwesterly course ari appeared to be losing alti-

tude, which SCURCE attribut* +t» the object's track along the curvature of the
earth.

SCURCE told the investigator that the lights changed color periodi-
cally from red to blue to wii! every few seconds, giving the appearance of a
Streak of light coming fron «he object.

d Aircraft were in the sky at various times throughout the sighting,
but SOURCE felt that nome of these sounds could be associated with the UFOB -
directly. Its speed seemed to rule out the possibility of its being an aircraft.
Occasionally the sound would seem to come from the genes at direction of the UFOB

(roar of alrcraft). However, these aircraft seemed to be mich farther beyond the
UFOB.

SOURCE called in to report that the UFOB had begun to Gs. appear at
09/0310Z Sept 55. No photographs had been taken of the UFOB.

The SOURCE stated that in his opinion, the cbject was probably a
weather balleon. Investigator concluded the interview at this point.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATIVE UPTFCRTS:

1. The CAA Tower at Harbor “eld, Maryland (GeoRef GJPK 2318) was called
for information on the UFCB. According to the controller on duty, Mr. NM. H. Brandes,
none of the aircraft flying in the vicinity of Baltinore during the hours of the
UFCB sighting kad noticed anything; unusual in the surrounding sky. In his opinion
had any of the pilots observed an unidentified airborne object it would have been
reported to the control tower. * later check with this installation to determine
whether any blimps or dirigibles had been flying in the area produced a negative
response.

2. & check with the Sir Traffic Control tower at Friendship Field (GeoRef
GJPK 2212) yielied substantially the same results, namely that they had received
no confirmation of an unusual flying object in the vicinity of Baltimore.

32 The Baltimore Filter Center was found to have been res;onsible for
submission of data on the VIP te the 647th AC & WV Sq in Manassas, Virginia, which
prepared the preliminary report. All observers of the object had called in to the
Filter Center to report their si, hting.

le Operations, Gh ‘th AO * W Sq was ecntacted and this installation reported

that in addition te the Prene them aireraft mentioned in their Preliminary Report,
see (incl. #1) an F-°0 had taken «ff from Andrews AFB, Maryland (Geollef GJPJ 0818)
at 09/0207, flown in the ; er slo vicinity of Baltinore at an altitude of 10,000 ft.
practicing Get -<SCA recovericos iest and north of the city, and landed again at A
amreus AFB at 09/0337% Sept oe,
S. 4A check with oth PTS, Operations at ‘ndrews AFB revealed the following

information concerning: thee o ctivitty on the sight of 9 September Sees Firsts

hat How 1, 2, ard 3 (F-""- 1g) hat taken off from Andrews AFR at 03/23252 Sept 5S,

practetee intercepts and IIS's before Ja:ding egain at 09/00352. Secondly, that

Iten 1, 2, and 3 (same type aircraft) had taken of f at 09/00352, flmm to the north
and west of Baltimore while practicing TiS's and running intercepts before landing
acain at Andrews at 09/0?247 Sept SS. The aircraft were flying fron 10,900 to 25,000
ft. during the mammevers. None of the pilots from any of these aircrait had reported
aeue seen anything which resembled a UFCB. Each of the ahove mentioned fighters
have lighting systens which blink on am off at aprroximately 5 second intervals in
the sequence red to green to white. /

6. The US \eother Bureau at Frieniship Nield was contacted and the officer
on duty state! thet bis station no longer launched meteorological balloons but that
Silver Hill “esther “tation (CeoRef CIPS 0453) near Woshinecton did most of the
weather sounding in this area.

7. The Yfeather Station at Ft. Meade, "aryland, (GeoRef GIP¥Y 1607) was
called but no balloons had been launched frou this site on either the 8th or 9th
of September 1955.

8. Centact with ‘ir Research an yal evel opnent in Baltimore and Friendship

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9. The };740th GOS in Baltimore, which controls the operation. of the Filter
Center and its civilian GCC volunteer support was responsible initially for the
sighting and the reporting of the UFOB. Its personnel on duty offered the utmost
assistance to the AISS aHEROELEA ECE conducting the Follow-Up Investigation.

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