Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Baltimore, Md, 7 Jul 55
AI-Generated Summary
A 1955 sighting of a spherical object in Baltimore was investigated by Hq ARDC and identified as soap bubbles. Physical evidence was collected from the site.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting that occurred on July 7, 1955, in Baltimore, Maryland. A civilian witness reported observing a single spherical, silver object for a duration of four minutes. The object was estimated to be approximately four feet in diameter, though it reportedly reduced in size to three feet. According to the report, the object appeared to be moved by a light wind toward the witness, eventually landing about 100 feet away. Upon hitting a fence, the object began to evaporate or dissolve, leaving behind a mass of tiny bubbles, each roughly the size of a pencil eraser. The report notes that physical evidence of the substance and the material it landed upon was collected. The evaluating officer from Hq ARDC concluded that the object was a soap bubble, citing the physical description and behavior of the object. The report further notes that this incident was very similar to a previous sighting that occurred in Baltimore on February 28, 1955. The document confirms that headquarters was in possession of the physical evidence collected from the site.
This looks like soap bubble. Preparing officer (Hq ARDC) - sighting was generated by soap bubbles.
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Official Assessment
This looks like soap bubble. Preparing officer (Hq ARDC) - sighting was generated by soap bubbles. Case is very similar to sighting at Baltimore on 28 Feb 55.
The object was identified as soap bubbles based on its physical characteristics and behavior, noting a similarity to a previous sighting in the same location.