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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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4D OSI 24-0-499, Subject: (U) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, Large,
Flat, Egg-Shaped Object Sighted Near Loch Raven Dam, North of
Baltimore, Md., 26 Oct 58

(a) Civilians -
ltimore 15, Maryland;
ltimore 15, Maryland. Occupations not indicated

(b) Military --None

(7) = (12) Unknown,

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Detailed Investigation of a UFO Sighting North of Baltimore, Maryland, on 26
October 1958. ao

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On 26 October 1958 at about 2230 EST (0330 Zulu) two civilians came uvona
UFO hovering above a bridge near Loch Raven Dam, North of Baltimore. Their
automobile failed to function when they approached and the UFO took off vertically,
about a minute afterwards, They stated that their report to the Ground Observer
Corps was scoffed at and they then reported it to the Towson Police Department.
The two men suffered mild burning sensations on their faces and were examined
at St. Joseph's Hospital in Baltimore.

An electrical report was made from Andrews Air Force Base upon receipt
of the sighting.

- ATIC at Wright Patterson Air Force Base requested a detailed investigation.
Results of this detailed investigation follow on attached AF Form 112a,

BERT R. Geogr
2nd Lt., USAF

Investigating Officer

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Qe at 1940 hours, EST (0040 ZULU) on 4 Novembemml
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_ The following narrative is a verbatim transcription from this recording:

"My name i
years old, and wort

We were taking a ride out near Loch Raven Dam Sunday, Oct 26th. After
you pass the dam itself there.is a rather twisting road that goes down intoa
valley and obstructs your view of the lake entirely. You can't see the lake
nor a bridge that leads across it. Shortly after you pass the dam, until you
take a left turn, then the bridge looms up in front of you at 200 to 250 yards
away. We took this left hand turn and we saw, from that distance, what
appeared to be a large, flat sort of egg-shaped object hanging between 100 to
150 feet off the top of the superstructure of the bridge over the lake.

We slowed and then decided to go closer and investigate the object. We
crept closer to the object along the road leading toward the bridge. When we
got to within 75 or 80 feet of the bridge the car went completely dead on us.
It seems as though the electrical system was affected, the dash lights went
out, the head lights went out, the motor went dead. M<@qgggam™ who was
driving the car, put on his brakes, turned the ignition once or twice. We
didn't get any whirring sound, we were pretty frightened at this point.

We both got out of the car. On this road there is nowhere to hide or run,
which is probably what we would have done. So we got the car between the
object and ourselves. We watched it from that position for approximately
30 to 45 seconds and then, I am not sure of the sequence of events here, it
seemed to flash a brilliant flash of white light and we both felt heat on our
faces. Concurrently, there was a loud noise that I interpreted as a dull

explosion and Mri card as a thunder clap.

Then very quickly so that you couldn't gain the proper sequence of events,
the object started to rise vertically. It didn't change it's position, as far as
we could tell, during the rising. The only different fcature it had while it was
moving was that it was very bright and the edges became diffused so that we
couldn't make out the shape as it rose. It took from 5 to 10 seconds to dis-
appear from view completely. We were very frightened.

After the object disappeared from view we turned the car around without
crossing the bridge. The road is rather narrow at that point and in turning
the car, I remember that we smashed into an embankment on one side of the
road. If you will look carefully you can probably see where we hit this hill.
We got back to a phone in approximately 15 minutes.

The phone booth we used was located at Loch Raven Boulevard and Joppa
Road, We proceeded to call the Ground Observer Corps, with no result. Our
story only elicited complete disbelief,

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After this unsuccessful attempt to pepurt what we saw, we called the
Towson Police Department. They told us there were two patrolmen coming
over and we waited for these two patrolmen.

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We told them what we had seen and at this time both Mr and my-
self noticed burning sensations of the skin of our faces and a dryness of the
eyes. Mr ‘as rather worried about this and after we finished report-
ing what we had seen at the dam, to the police, we proceeded to St. Joseph's
Hospital in Baltimore and were given a cursory examination and dismissed.

Then we returned home, individually."

The following account of the incident was given by Mr, SRE:

"My name is “ I live ata MN NRE nae ses | am 27

years old and a collection manager for a finance company.

At approxi mately 1030, riding along Loch Raven Boulevard, we came
around a bend. It was extremely dark, visibility was clear, there were
constellations, etc., in the sky. To our recollection there was no moon.

We came across an egg-shaped object hovering over Bridge Number 1. This
is after you pass the dam. It was approximately, to our knowledge 75 to 150
feet high. There is some doubt to exactly how high it was. We were rather
alarmed at seeing the object and we were not qualified to tell exactly how high

it was.

When we first saw the object it was approximately 300 yards away. We
were going approximately 25 to 30 miles per hour as this was bad road. This
was rather fast for this road and we slowed down to approximately 10 to 12
miles per hour and came to within approximately 75 to 80 feet of the object.
We have no way of telling the distances exactly. After we talked it over later,
we figured out that it must have been approximately this distance that we are
talking about. The electrical system in the car seemingly gave out, as if
you had your points go up, or somebody took the battery out of the car, or
some other type of disturbance of this nature. I tried to put the ignition systen
on but there was no whirring or anything. I put the brakes on the car and we
just looked at the object through the windshield temporarily.

Then we decided to run out of the car and we decided to put the car be-
tween ourselves and the object. It was a very narrow road: on one side the
lake, and on the other side of a cliff. There was no place to run, : We pro-
bably would have it we could've but we were terrified at what we saw.

We thought maybe it was a Navy blimp. We tried to rationalize what it
was. Of course, the fact that the electrical system in our car conked out,
made us a little suspicious as to what it might have been,

We figure or estimate the approxi mate size of this phing, be followed by
the formula C? = A2 + B@ or C2 =75 feet plus (120 feet)“ which would give

approximately the size of the object. Although we are not sure, we estimate
it was approximately 100 feet long since it occupied approximately one-third

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of the bridge, at the height it was at. We watched it for approximately 30
seconds and then it seemingly gave off a terrifically bright light.

It had been glowing with an irridescent glow before hand but this light
seemingly was blinding and approximately at the same time we felt a
tremendous heat wave. It didn't seem like the heat of a burning object but
something like a ultraviolet light or some kind of radiation. We didn't
seemingly think it was like the heat from a blast furnace,

The object disappeared from view within approximately 5 to 10 seconds
after giving off a tremendous thunder clap, something approaching a plane
breaking the sound barrier, After it disappeared from sight we came back
into the car and turned the ignition system on and it immediately went into
operation. We approached to within the bridge, backed up kefore crossing
the bridge, and immediately, at great speed, came back to Loch Raven and
Joppa Roads.

We discussed the thing and didn't know what the heck to make of it, but
we figured we would at least report it either to the Police or the Ground
Observer Corps to try to find out if anyone else in the area had possibly
heard the sound or had possibly seen the object. We came into the booth at
Loch Raven and Joppa Roads and we called the Ground Observer Corps.

Immediately after calling, the Ground Observer Corps member said,
"Aww, Come on now, '' and I said "I would just like to report this thing. I
am not interested in asking whether you believe it or not but I would like to
find out if anyone else in the area has possibly reported the thing.'"' He
says, ‘Aww, Come on now," he said there were Navy blimps in the area

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but when we insisted that the thing was probably no blimp, he hung up on us.

It was at that time that we wanted to try to get confirmation of the report,
not to make publicity or make names for ourselves, but to see if anyone else
had possibly heard the thing. We decided to call the police.

Two policemen came to the scene and began taking a report. We at
the time questioned, ''This won't get any further than possibly going to the
_ Air Force?" and he claimed that it wouldn't.

At the time we were reporting the thing we noticed a burning sensation
on our faces. We didn't pay too much attention at the time except to ask the
police if they had noticed if our faces were red. The policemen said that
they didn't but we still noticed the burning sensation. After making the
report we left the police and went to St. Joseph's Hospital to try to deter-
mine if possibly they were some kind of radiation burns or any other type of
thing that we might have received. The doctor looked at our faces and
Claimed that Mr. <7 face was slightly red and that mine wasn't. He,
of course, looked at us thoroughly, took our pressures and everything. It
was only a superficial examination but he claimed we had nothing to worry
about. A police sergeant at the scene, who seemingly had gone to radiation
Class of some kind, mentioned that if it had been a radioactive burn we

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develop. This of course led us to believe that we didn't have to worry too
much about the radioactivity. We left the hospital and went home that night.

The next day my face did become a little redder and it was apprently
noticeable to anyone who spoke to me."

DISCUSSION

A discussion period now follows, with Lt. Staples questioning, where
details and further questions are answered,

(Q. MrSS§§MiPI believe you have a correction to made on your statement?

A. Yes, what I was figuring out was not the size of the object by this
pythagorean: theorem, but the distance from the pgint of Sighting to the
object, which was approximately 400 feet. This C =A%+ B2 bit, I

was making a mistake there.
Q. What color was the glow that you observed?

A. Mr. Irridescent white, whiteish coloration not to be called white
like white but sort of like a moon glow, but not exactly a cold milky

white.

Q. Do you agree Mra

A. Yes, Ido, it wasn't bright enough to mar the outline or shape of the
object, but it was bright enough so that if you looked into it or at it you
couldn't make out any surface features.

Q. Did you notice any discernable features or details of the object?
A. Mr. a None at all,

Mngih None other than possibly superfically it looked like an egg.
Q. Did it have any tail, trail or exhaust?

A. ac ip Do you mean while it was hovering over the bridge, or when it
took off ? y

Q. Either hovering or on take-off,

A. raf? No, not that we know of,

Mr. No,

Q. Did it"make any manuevers on take-off?

A. Mr None that we can recall except to go vertically upward.

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Mr. No, I can't recall my maneuvers as such as it rose,

- Mr. We call it hovering, like it might have been caught in the wind.
It might have moved a little bit as it was hovering over the bridge, that
could have been a manuever, we are not sure,

Q. You say you were out for a drive and not on a fishing trip,. is that
correct?

A. Mr. # Yes, the paper reported this from the police report. We
happened to be riding, we weren't fishing, I never fished in my life.

Q@. What was the approximate distance from the bridge where your
electrical system in the car failed?

A. Mr. It was approximately 75 to 80 feet away from the bridge not
from the object, which was about 75 to 100 or so feet above the bridge. -

@. You did not make any attempt after you got out of the car to approach
the object.

A. Mr No, through fear we decided, I mean, we-decided to put the
car between us and the object. |

Mr. To the contrary, if there had been anywhere to hide our persons
I fe€I most assuredly we would have hidden ourselves,

Q. Mr. Ge were you treated for any burns on the face?

A. Mr. At the hospital I was given, as puts it, a cursory
examination, a very superficial one. Mr. s face was noticeably re(i,
mine wasn't, He didn't examine us but this police sergeant, as I told you,
told us we didn't have anything to worry about as far as radioactive
burns. The doctor seemed very limited on knowledge about what was
happening. He took our pressure but it was a very limited examination

to say the least.

Q. Would you give the name of the hospital and the doctor, if you can
remember, and the address of the hospital?

A, Mr. @§#P The hospital was St. Joseph's on North Caroline Street. The
doctor's name, it was an intern, I can't tell you his name...

Mreie iis first name wag” |

M That would be enough to get in touch with him if you would
like fo, his first name I remember definitely was Mario.

Mr. Well, it was 12 o'clock at night, the police sergeant and
lieutenant who came down, by the way, we don't know their names
either, I am sure that it can be verified or checked very easily.

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Q. Which police district or precinct were these people from?

A. mr. @ Whatever police is around there.

‘Mr. Towson.

| Mr.

No, not when we came into the city.

ur. @ Oh, you mean the people we spoke to at the hospital? Whatever
precinct or district is near the hospital. What is the precinct of St.
Joseph's?

Mr don't know, it might be Eastern.

Mr. No, it's not Eastern.

Mf It couldn't be Northwestern, I don't think,.....

Q. What police department did you first report the incident to?

A. Mr Towson Police department. We didn't report it to the police
department at St. Joseph's, we only came for treatment there. They

happened to be called by the nurse to see if anyone in the police depart-

ment knew anything about radioactive burns.

You say there was an investigation by the NICAP, National Investigational
Committee for Aerial Phenomena?

A. Mr Yes, do you want me to tell you the history of that investigation.?
Yes.

Mig I received a telegram Monday, no, wait a minute, I received the
telegram Thursday. The telegram said, "Will you please c he
following number: North....."I forgot. It was signed by x
It said to call from two to five (PM) Friday or Saturday,
I “aa to call Friday around 11 o'clock and an individual,

I believe, answered the phone saying he was authorized to take
e call. He wanted to know a little bit about what happened, he said
he would like to come over to the house to investigate. He said he had
geiger counters and all the paraphanalia with which he was equipped
to investigate. I asked him "Are you a government agency ?'' He says,
"We are not in anyway connected with the government, but we do in-
vestigate phenomena of this type.'' I said, "It's perfectly all right with
me, '' and we arranged that he was to come over Saturday between 2 and
3 o'clock (PM). Saturday at approximately 2:30 (PM) he came over to
the house and at that time I reported another circumstance that I hadn't
mentioned before, about white spots over the car. They took samples
of this for spectroscopic analysis. We went out to the scene at Loch

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Raven and they took "magnetized readings" of the bridge. It seemed
presumably that if an object was exposed to radioactivity there would be
a depolarization of an object that was exposed to radioactivity, of course,
this is the way they explained it to me, I am not a physicist myself,

-Mr. a What they told me was that just the top portion of it showed any
_magnetism, the top portion of the superstructure.

ur Well, see they didn't tell this to me, they mentioned to me....

Mr. lf Mr. told me that it was slight but it did show some sort
of magnetic....

Mr, i Well, at any rate, at the scene, they took measurements where
we were, they took pictures, motion pictures of me, my burns and
everything around me, and of the car. A very complete investigation,

I might add. There was an engineer among them, an electrical engincer,

so he Claimed, there was a lawyer among them, there was an insurance
agent among them. And aoe, |. is a full time man with the

organization, under age, ‘himself, was among the crew. I

- must add that they were competent, qualified at any rate, and they came
back to the house and quizzed both @iiiiilim™mand myself further on the
incident. They had tape recordings made of the whole bit and it was
quite conclusive, in fact, more conclusive than the present examination
we are undergoing now.

Q. Have you heard from this organization since the investigation they made?

A. Mr. No, we were told their report would appear in their publication
which... I forgot, which is published bi-weekly or bi-monthly or
something along these lines, I am not sure.

Mr. @ I told him not do do that.

Mr.@ You told him not to?

MG? Sure, with national publicity, I'd have every crank in the
country calling me instead of every crank in the city.

Mr, ig Well, then that's all we know about that.

Q. You said the object was about a third the length of the bridge?

A. Mr.g@f At the height we reported it, it appeared to cover one-third of
the bridge. Our measurements are not accurate, we, of course, seem

to differ on how long the bridge was,dlsays the bridge was at least 200

yards.

Mr. Yeah, I feel the bridge is 200 yards,

Mr, And I say 300 feet, I am not sure myself,

At the scent, after
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looking at the bridge, I feel Al is more correct.

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Mr. 175 yards would be a good guess,
Mr. This is when I went back with the NICAP boys.
Q. What type of bridge is it? What construction, generally ?

A. Mr. It's a steel bridge, freshly painted. A steel girder bridge, it
has two sections, one section on the half of the bridge connected to the
ground and another section in between as the plank.

Mr. a The bed, the road bed portion, of the bridge is wooden, by the
way.

Q. You said you observed the object from behind the car for approximately
30 seconds?

A. Mr. After we got out of the car it was 30 seconds we actually
watched it.

Q. You also stated that the object in relation to the road and yourself seemed
to be either over or a little to your side of the bridge and not beyond it?

A. Mr. # That's what I would say, what do you say (i ’

Mr. If anything it was a little more toward our side, more than
likely, because of looking up and so on, it probably was over the bridge
itself, directly over the bridge.

Mr. gf You seem to be using that as a focal point, the bridge.

A. Mr. GY For what?

Mr. a For what? Like it was on strings. (Pause) Iam sorry I saw
it; I wish I hadn't seenit. I'd rather not be going through all this inter-
rogation. Ididsee something like this. I hoped what I did see would
add to the national interest or national information that would maybe
help understand these things a little better. I do know that they exist,
now that I have seen it myself. I am not saying that it was a flying
saucer, I don't know. I do know there are at least such things now as

UFOs.

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contacted Baltimore, Maryland,
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servers through the local newspaper stories. The following information
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UFO SIGHTING
LOCK RAVEN DAM, NORTH OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

26 October 1958

On 26 October 1958 two men were driving near Lock Raven Dam, which is north of
Baltimore, Maryland. As they rounded a curve in the road, near a bridge they
signted what appeared to be a large, flat and sort of egg-shaped object hanging
between 100 and 150 feet off the top of the superstructure of the bridge.

They slowed their car but decided to go closer and investigate the object. They
slowly drove closer to the object along the road leading to the bridge. When

they were within approximately 75 or 80 feet of the bridge, the car went completely
dead. The witnesses reported it seemed as if the entire electrical system was
affected, the dash and head lights went out when the motor went dead. The driver
of the car put on the brakes and tried to start the car but got no reaction what-

SOCVEr.

The witnesses became frightened and both got out of the car, and hid behind it

in the absence of any other cover, From this vantage point they watched the UFO
for approximately 30 to 45 seconds, Suddenly the UFO seemed to flash a brilliant
white light, and both witnesses reported they felt heat on their faces, Concur-
rently, there was a loud noise which they interpreted as a dull explosion or

thunder clap.

Very quickly so that the witnesses didn't know the proper sequence of events the
object started to rise vertically. The object did not change its position over
the bridge during the rising but did appear very bright and the edges became dif-
fused so that its shape couldn't be made out as it rose, It took from 5 to 10
seconds to disappear completely.

After the object disappeared from view, the witnesses turned the car around,
which started without any trouble, and rushed back to the nearest telephone to
report the incident, The phone was reached 15 minutes after the incident, and
the sighting was reported to the Towson Police Dept., which sent over two
patrolmen to interview the witnesses,

After reporting the sighting to the patrolmen, the witnesses experienced a
burning sensation of the skin and proceeded to St. Joseph's Hospital in Balti-
more where they were given an examination and dismissed, The witnesses returned
home incividuelly,

Notes: The bridge is a double-arched, steel~frame construction with a concrete
road bed, It has a fresh coat of dark green paint and is about 40 feet high at
the maximm height of each arch. The entire bridge is about 500 feet long
(0.1 mile), and the point at which the UFO was first seen was approximately

3/l. mile or one mile away.

There was no unusual meteorological activity in the area, no thunderstorms and
quite clear. Visibility at Friendship Airport was 20 miles at 0100, 27 Oct 58,

This case was extensively investigated; however, no valid conclusion conld be
reached as to the nature of the object or phenomena, and it remains unidentified,
The available evidence does not indicate that this object or phenomena constitutes

& threat to the security of the United States. an iy
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1. Description of the object(s):
a. Shape: Unknown,

b. Size compared to a known object held in the hand at about arms length:
Baseball,

c. Color: Glowing white.

d. Number: One.

e. Formation, if more than one: None.

t. | Any discernible features or details: None.

g. Tail, trail, or exhaust, including size of same compared to size of
object(s): None.

h. Sound, If heard, describe sound: None.
2. Description of course of object(s): NE heading.

a. What first called the attention of observer(s) to the object(s)?
Observing sky at Clifton Park Observation Center,

b. Angle of elevation and azimuth of the object(s) when first observed:
About 85° (80-90).

c. Angle of elevation and azimuth of object(s) upon disappearance:
Disappeared suddenly.

d. Description of flight path and maneuvers of object(s): Straight to
NE, no maneuvers.

e. Manner of disappearance of object(s): Instantaneously to the NE.
f. Length of time in sight: About 1 minute.
3. Manner of observation:
a. Ground-visual.
b, Statement as to optical aids used: None.

c, If the sighting is made while airborne, give type aircraft, identifi-
cation number, altitude, heading, speed, and home station: N/A.

4. Time and date of sighting: 1045 EST, 26 October 1958.

a. dulu time-date group of sighting: 270345Z.

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b. Light conditions: Night.
5. Location of observer(s). Exact latitude and longitude of each observer,
or Georef position, or position with reference to a known landmark:
Gardenville: Clifton Park Observation Center.
6. Identifying information of all observers:

a. Civilian - Name, Grade, Organization, Duty, and Estimate of

Reliability:
panes a oy:

Qualified above average.

qm is a student and a member of a local (Gardenville) Astronomical
Society. He is in the process of becoming a member of the GOC,

Judging from my conversation with him he displayed a keen interest in
UFOs and was well informed on the subject. He seemed to be very con-
scientious and assured me that he could distinguish aircraft from other

objects. |

I would estimate his reliability to be above average because of his
interest in plane spotting and astronomy and experience in the local
astronomical club.

| The Ground Observer Corps Qe ad not logged

any record of any UFO reported on 26 October 1958.

St Joseph's Hospital had neglected to make any written report of the
"sup l examination" but they did recall the incident. The desk nurse,
Mis called the Northeastern Baltimore Police District for aid
and advice since no one at the hospital had any experience with radio-
logical burns.

The nurse contacted Lt. Cummer and Sgt Hirsch of the police depart-
ment and both of these men went to St Joseph's Hospital and rendered advice
to the UFO observers. No treatments were administered.

Both ae? aa appeared to be well educated and spoke in an
intelligent manner. They seemed sincere and they indicated that they did not

want publicity.

The parts of their statements related to the Ground Observer Corps and
St Joseph's Hospital were borne out by telephone conversations between GOC
and hospital personnel, and myself,

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The observers' reports were festa consistent snd coherent. Neither
of the observers' occupations involve observation reporting or technical
‘ knowledge. My estimate of the reliability of the observers: Excellent.

4 The sighting made hg could have been the same object, since
the color (glowing white) and the approximate time agrees.

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Five photographs of the scene where taken on 13 November 1958 at
approximately 1200 to 1300 hours EST by a photographer from Andrews
Photographic Laboratory. ‘These photos are inclosed.

- While enroute to take these photographs I had an opportunity to talk with
, 7 the manager of a restaurant located across the lake from the bridge where

the UFO was sighted. The restaurant was Qe" on Loch

Raven Road. I had stopped to ask directions and it was mentioned that the

4 manager had made a ight following the reported UFO.

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| Maryland, was dri wn Loch Raven Road (the same road that the bridge
is located on ) while taking one of his employees home: Aap. (21

: be reached c/ C7 TAaES) .
Both anaes imultancously pointed to a "glowing light"

hovering over afield. The time was accurately established as being between
2105 and 2115 EST on 27 Oct 58. The object appeared suddenly and as

: 21 continued down the road towards it, it just as
suddenly disappeared, description of the disappearance at the time
was, "Look, it disintegrated!"' The object was in sight less than a minute and
no noise accompanied its disappearance.

Neither qq or QR reported this because they felt that they

would be called "crazy."

Upon returning to work the following evening a Mr..and Mrs. 4
(other employees at Seeeererrmeeneeesr rc iret
Maryland mentioned that on their way home the e ng before, 27 October
1958, (at about the same time iain: lle, were driving home)

they saw a "glowing object hovering in a field."' They also did not report
this.

Pea ae at_ several employees heard the noise which
was reported by i ae evening of 26 October 1958, but no

one saw the object. described the sound as a "Double boom" --
*la "boom .... boom" in quick succession.

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. To the investigator his description did seem like the sound of an aircraft
breaking the sound barrier. The second '"'boom" may have been an echo of

the first.

The restaurant has a picture window which gives a full view of the bridge
- across the lake. The distance is about 4-5 miles across the lake. It happened
that no one was in view of the bridge at the time of the UFO sighting by yp

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NEM but they did hear the noise at that time on 26 October 1958.

I would estimate that the manager of the restaurant, Sia was
xtremely reliable and SP along with Mr. and Mrs. “Would be
in the "excellent reliability" class. GQUEee cared to be around 48-50
ears old and seemed to be very conservative. He was conscientious because

f his high position (manager in a very reputable restaurant) as was indicated
y his refusal to report his sighting because of the fear that someone would

hink he was "crazy."

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SUMMARY:

Since several reliable witnesses heard the same noise that 2iiand
eported in connection with their UFO on 26 October 1958 (around
2230 EST ), it can be assumed that the sighting did actually occur as re-
lated except for the distances described. It can safely be assumed that the
sighting on the following night 27 October 1958 was also reliable because of

the four observers involved.

Upon visiting the bridge and surrounding area where the UFO was
sighted, the following observations were made by the investigator:

The bridge is a double-arched, steel-frame construction with a concrete
road bed, It has a fresh coat of dark green paint and is about 40 feet high
at the maximum height of each arch. The whole bridge is about 500 feet long
(0.1 mile) and the point at which the UFO was first seen must have been 3/4
mile or possibly a mile away and not 300 yards as reported.

There was no usual meterological activity in the area, no thunderstorms
and the weather was quite clear. Visibility at Friendship International
Airport was 20 miles at 0100 EST, 27 October 1958.

The height of the observation, about 150 feet, precludes the possibility
of the object being an aircraft.

Natural fluorescent gases, etc., can be ruled out due to the noise
Involved. No special projects are known to be operating in that area.

As far as this investigation has gone, this UFO remains unidentified.

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Photograph number 1 was taken from the point on the road tha
and iad first sighted the UFO. The distance from this point to the bridge
is about 3/4 mile to 1 mile (due East from road to bridge),

Photograph number 2 was taken about 300 yards from the North end of
the bridge.

Photograph number 3 was taken at the North end of the bridge at. the point
Sher cage. n claimed their car failed to function, This is about
75 to 80 feet from the bridge structure.

Photograph number 4 is a shot from the South end of the bridge.

Photograph number 5 was taken from the South end of the bridge. To
give an idea of the height of the bridge the person in the picture is 5' 10"
and the top of the hat @ould be about 6' from the road bed of the bridge.
Judging from this the first upright girder would be about 21 feet high.

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SUBJECT: (U) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Large, Flat, Egg-Shaprd Object
Sighted near Loch Raven Dam, North
of Baltimore, Md., 26 Oct 58

TO; Commander
1001lst Air Base Wing (HEDCOM)
Andrews: Air Force Base
Washington 25, D. C.
ATIN: Base Operations Officer

lL. Reference is made to conversation between Special Agent
MARTIN H, DEELY, of this office, and the Base Operations Officer,
on 27 October 1958, concerning unidentified flying objects,

2. The following is submitted for your information;

a. At 0050 hours, 27 October 1958, Cpl KENNETH HARTMANN,
Headquarters, Baltimore County Police Department, Towson, Baltimore-4,
Maryland, advised the Baltimore ent of this District Office,
nd Ce,
“both of Baltimore, Maryland, had re-
ported seeing an unidentified flying object. Cpl KENNETH HARTMANN
advised — had not been drinking and that they
appeared to be very frightened. Cpl HARTMANN further advised that
he received the following information froggy an

While driving near Loch Raven Dam, north of Baltimore
City, around midnight on 26 October 1958, as they came
over a small hill, they saw a large, flat, egg-shaped ob-
ject approximately 75 to 100 feet long, hovering near the
ground, As their car approached the object, the electrical
system failed in their car, the engine stopped, and the
lights of their car went out, Seen Scot out
of the car and approached the: object, at which time the
object emitted a noise, the sound of which was described
as being between a rumble and an explosion, and took off
vertically, remaining in sight for approximately 35 to 40
seconds. The object gave off a fluorescent glow during
the entire time it was observed, laimed that one
side of his face was burned at the time of take-off.

b. With reference to paragraph 7d, AFR 200-2, the following
is submitted;

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4D OSI 24-0-499, Subject: (U) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, Large,
Flat, Egg-Shaped Object Sighted Near Loch Raven Dam, North of
Baltimore, Md., 26 Oct 58 .

(1) Description of the Object;

(a) Shape - flat and egg-shaped
(b) Size - Approximately 75 to 100 feet long

(diameter not indicated)
(c) Color - Fluorescent glow (no color indicated)

(d) Number - One object
(e) Formation - N/A
(f) Discernible Features or Details - None indi-

cated, :
(g) Tail, trail, or exhaust - None indicated
(h) Sound - Combination of rumble and explosion
(i) Other pertinent features - None indicated
(2) Description of Course of Object:
(a) Object was hovering in path of automobile
(b) Viewers were level with, or slightly above
object,

(c) Object ascended straight up into the sky, no
maneuvers indicated .

(d) Object disappeared into the sky

(e) Object remained in sight approximately one
minute,
(3) Manner of Observation:

(a) Ground-visual
(b) No optical aids
(c) Sighting was made from the ground

(4) Time and date of sighting:
(a) (Zulu time unknown) approximately midnight

26 October 1958

(b) Night-time

(5) Sighting occurred near Loch Raven Dam approximately

eight (8) miles NNE of Baltimore, Maryland (Latitude and Longitude
unknown) :

(6) Observers:

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