PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969299

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONBel Air MD

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE |2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
23 August 1957 Bel Air, Md 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_24/03577 Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
No Military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE oX)ther Aurora Borealis
00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
one hour over 10 changing
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINO 11. COMMENTS
One object Size of half dollar, white, A number of UFO reports were
red & yelld north, changing shape, received during this period similan
8 or 9 to one small to to this one, which were found to
south, appearance of burning balloon, be the aurora borealis now seen
moving very fast in all directions. further south than in mnny years.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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