Project 10073 Record Card: Alleged Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft, 27 May 1952, Baltimore, Maryland

This report details an investigation into an alleged sighting of unconventional aircraft over Baltimore, Maryland, on the night of 27 May 1952. The investigation was initiated following a report from Leonard Morris, who claimed to have seen 'flying saucers' while on his porch. Morris described two white lights, approximately 100 feet apart, traveling at a high rate of speed. He noted that the lights appeared to hover above a 'mail plane' before accelerating to five times the speed of the plane and disappearing toward Washington, D.C. A second witness, Richard Adam Bossert, reported observing two large white lights in a southeastern direction between 2230 and 2240 hours. Bossert described the lights as appearing to float and bob, as if affected by air currents, before separating and moving in different directions. He observed the lights for 15 minutes before they were lost from sight. The investigation reviewed flight records from the 29th Infantry Division, 224th Field Artillery Battalion at Harbor Field, which confirmed that two L-19A aircraft were flying in the vicinity of the sightings between 2150 and 2350 hours. Captain J. Elmer Weisheit, Jr. and 1st Lt. Benjamin R. Cadwalader, the pilots of these aircraft, were interviewed. They confirmed their flight path and noted that their aircraft were equipped with large white navigation lights on the top and bottom, which emitted a steady light. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with good visibility. The report concludes with the documentation of these findings, noting the presence of military aircraft in the area during the time of the reported sightings.