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Project 10073 Record Card — Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, 9 March 1955

📅 9 March 1955 📍 Chesapeake Bay, Maryland 📄 Record Card
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TL;DR

A civilian reported a round, red, silent object over Chesapeake Bay on March 9, 1955. The project concluded there was insufficient data to evaluate the sighting.

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on March 9, 1955, between 1930 and 2000 EST in the vicinity of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. The report, provided by a civilian source, describes a single round, red object that made no sound. The witness reported two distinct sightings of the object. During the first, it was described as a homogeneous mass; during the second, it appeared to have a compaction. The object's flight path involved movement in a northwest direction, followed by a reappearance from the southeast of the original sighting location, before it drifted toward the ground or water. The total duration of the observation was estimated at 15 to 20 minutes. The official conclusion reached by the project was that there was insufficient data for a proper evaluation. The investigator noted that the duration of each individual observation was not specified, the description provided was vague, and the maneuvers of the object were not detailed.

Insufficient data for evaluation. Duration of each observation not specified, description vague, maneuvers not detailed.

Official Assessment

Insufficient data for evaluation.

The object was described as a round, red, silent object. The witness reported two sightings, noting a change in the object's appearance from a homogeneous mass to a compacted form. The object moved in a northwest direction, reappeared from the southeast, and eventually drifted toward the ground or water.

Witnesses