Correspondence regarding Summer 1961 Sighting in Baltimore, Maryland

This document consists of a letter addressed to the Department of Defense, Office of Public Information in Washington, D.C., regarding a sighting that occurred on a summer night in 1961. The author, writing from Baltimore, Maryland, reports that they and their brother observed a large white object in the sky. The author notes that they had previously asked a man about the object, who suggested it might be a weather balloon, but the author remained uncertain and sought an official answer from the Department of Defense. The document includes a standard form (FTD SEP 63 0-329) used for recording sighting information, though the fields on the form remain largely blank, indicating that the report was not formally processed or investigated beyond the initial receipt of the letter. The letter itself is informal and expresses a desire for clarification, explicitly asking the recipient not to laugh at the inquiry. The document is marked with the reference number K243.6012-1 and includes a stamp indicating it was to be returned to the Air Force Archives at Maxwell AFB, Alabama.