Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Baltimore, Maryland, 24 October 1961
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A 10-year-old witness reported a 'soup bowl' shaped object with blinking lights in Baltimore on October 24, 1961. The Air Force investigation concluded there was insufficient data to evaluate the sighting.
This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheets regarding a UFO sighting that occurred in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 24, 1961. The primary witness, a 10-year-old female, reported observing a single object at approximately 2130 hours. The witness described the object as having a shape similar to a 'soup bowl with top' and noted that it displayed blinking white, green, and yellow lights. The witness stated that the object appeared to be three times the size of a car. According to the witness, the object made no sound. The witness reported the sighting to her father. The Air Force investigation concluded that the report contained insufficient data for a formal evaluation, noting that the observers could not provide necessary details such as direction, altitude, speed, or specific flight characteristics. The documentation includes the standard Air Force questionnaire forms, which were completed by the witness on December 6, 1961. The witness indicated that she was in a car at the time of the sighting and that other individuals, including a girl and her brother, also saw the object, though the witness expressed a desire not to mention their names. The official conclusion marked on the record card is 'Insufficient Data for Evaluation'.
It was blinking white, green and yellow lights. Also many of my other friends that were not in the car saw it. One girl and her brother saw it. They thought it landed on the top of the school.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Observers could not provide complete information regarding direction, altitude, speed, or flight characteristics.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- FatherReported the sighting to