Baltimore. appears to 'Uarylan.d be nothing ,-;hat o""ror astronomical about this inoident. 8:ld,in view lir.lited n!\ture CEECKLIST tlt-!IDElfri?IED FLYIUO OBJSX:TS D~to 23 -arcr. l94a 3 Locotion ~ alt1nao-:e (Ha:Jil ton) :Jarjl:ud 1~. :!amo of' ob rvor Identity cor:fidential Ineidflr..t f llO 5. Occupation of ob~orvorAetiw i n . ..,crican !.a ion activities G. ~1drcss of obso rvor ?-!~ 7 . Placo of obs~ r~ti.on 'j/S n. Uumbor or objoots UOOet.er~ined J . Distanco of objoot fran obsorvor /S Diroetion or flir.ht ''f~ 'i'octics ,j...J 17.. Col or !J/S ld. Shapo W/3 Cdor dotootod ll/S ..\ppnror:t construct ion 11/S Exbnust trails Jl/S rloathor conditions "/5 23. Eftoct on olouda N/S ~.. Slcotchos or photographs l:vrv ~nnOl" or disnppoarnnoa HADQUART'R$ SJRATrGIC AIR COIIttll.ND A .. DIIW'I fiD.D W IM1MeTOM 20, D. C. : Chief of Start lmited st&tea Air Force Wa1hington 25, D. C. tten ~nt Dl etcnc of Intelllgettee 1 . !he toll owing i quoted tro a oorrr of a lette!'", Ba timora 0 ~1.ce, FBI, addreaed to '\be Director of Intelligence, Second A:rm71 Oil ~h 23, 1948 u !.m1Tidual, 1rho deeircd thtit her id ntity ~ kept cont1dntial telephoniMl.ly com;omieat d with this !.ctt IJXl indicated that ahe is the rife ot a former m~mbor or the 'Jnit4d Stat Jd.lital7' foreee, and that she is presontly etive in Mrlc.an Legion a crti vi tie a, bat was ettpba.ti c 1n .tati."lg thAt ehe wo.a ln ::10 wq ~.terlcel. or~ a ppl'ehenai""' repr~g pre nt. corld ;ondit1one. She did, however, rlah to bring to the att ntit..r ot . ro ~r utbori tit 1 t t durin' the pest td.x or ai ht o a ':".. b !' ot OCOJlaicna botw en the ho\rts of ) 100 d 5&00 .U. h ~fl14.rd !)ec:ul1ar sounding noieea in the aq h:loh ppoo.r to eo e be ur.:lanee 1D the distance, bat the eonnd ie not t ttpe o t 1rpJ..G.Dc ~tor drone which ia ge~ e1. .. lly hee.N fro A:eerican planaa. She hso .11;9etllleed ~ MttiJr wi tb her ht:t!band, ad h o balie'len tt t tle r-ound i s mer. 11bt. that ot " foreign t)pe airplane. She reeentl7 di:Jeus~d this matter with an unid nt1f1~ woman wbo line in he7.' n 1 !bor ~ YM.eh 11 llanllton, i&1t1 , ~Jlcd, an4 this ltN~jt~ t t. , too, bd heuJl tbe noi 1D quatr\ieD, aDd tlvlt b'" ex-G. t 111M Bt ba I sta tsd that '\he IIOtoft 80'C.t'.,4l!!:t~:.co.~r . ...2. teo e:c ion is eolrto!!ple:t d by this h -q~ Dr HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT. l:.i F',h probab 111 ty s b. rair or low probability& 2,. tJnn-aetroa.onioal l:ut sug{;~Btiie or othar e.:q>la.nn.t.ioall B.Uloon~ o r ordi~ary aircraft~ b. f~oket~. fl~ea orr lli~& bodies~ e . 1.!1ao~l1a.neous (rel"l~otions., auror9.l tr~sMora, birdeJ 4ito. ) 1 ~4 Non-~strono~lo&l, ~ith no explanation evident Lao~ of ~videooe preoludee a~planat1oD1 ~.,rtd11nc~ t"t~tred .lU?'T, --:' :.o "~X?l.a.n.A~ioat