PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ' I l. 'LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS DATI!TIME GROUP 0 Was Balloon Balt1aore, lti. 0 Probably Balloon .. . TYPPE OF OBSERVATION d Was Aircraft 0 Ground-VIsual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft -= ::=~=========~f-r-ia Air-VI aual 0 Air-Intercept Radar I ()O.Ci! 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomlc:a!r, / , "-\ 0 Ye l;'il Possibly Astronomlca'\.A~ /"'A. :V I-1. HUMBER 0111 OBJECTS 9. COUifSE 0 Other----~----:::--:---:- 7 LENGTH OP OBSERVATION o Insufficient Data for Evoluollon 37 m1 D 1 W NW 0 Unknown tO. BRII!P SUMMARY 0, SIOHTINO Indetini te shape, red, blua, white and green in color. Lights vere shoottng out ot sides of ol)J at 5 sec 1nten tala, no Mound. ATIC PORM 329 (RBV 26 SIP" 52) t t. COMMENTS Arcturus at 10 deg elev, 290 deg az setting at t~e or disappearance of obj AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUPPLEl'tE~lrARY J!NES'riGAT!VC 10 . In an atte;."tlpt to l'(':c:,:ctl the opinion of local ast.r on()lrer s , the investi- ga.:bcr called Johns Hopkins llnLYcrflity i n Baltimore, H!1ic.'1 vra!J unable to offer assis - tance. The n.:-Jtimore cllrhd.on or the Unhcrsjty of r~yland 1-m!J then contacted, houcvcr the Observl:!.tory' s ast.roncr.tcrs 't.rere !:>till on summer leave. Finally, the ' Director of the l~aryland f.cadc.v cf f.cienccs, "YTa~ called.. The Directcr sta.tf'd that to h ts lnntle.lc;e nothing unusual in the 'Hay of astronoMical bodies J,:i.::;~:t t'!cet t.;e descri]JLion of tr.e phenmenon desc1:i.bed. t:either Ute Direc- tor nor :-tis cl : icf astrono:nrr h.:\d any e:<p1:iliation of the "blinking lights", e: ept to suree:~t thnt they may have come from an aircraft. 11. A later check trith t.he Balti~r.ore Fllter Center revc.:-tled that a Hiss Jean I.auchman at. the C10C Pont itt t:e~T Oxford , Pennsylvania (GeoH<.-.f GJ!''K 56~3), had called the Fi ltnr CeP trr at. 032lZ to report tl':.:lt 5he saw an object ui th blinld.ng lig ts east of her po~;t .. fl:ri n;~ tc)'.l<lrd Iork, Pa. ( Ge0Ref GJPK 155!~) . She observe&. the ob.}cct throneh hln.,cul:trfj lut c oJld n0t :li:::;tinguish nhapc other t.t-tan flashing 1ichts. !\he ohsccvcd t,h,~ o .i~c~ until 09/0J2P.Z "YThen it facl.cd from sieht. DurLnr. Ob3ervcd Flight of T.JFOB: 1 Ir.clos'..:re TT iSG ACGHO 5 - 102R F1-1 CCEDR 647th A.C & S(\ Ht\.lti\SSAS VA NOTE: THIS DOCUI~EN r COI~TAINS INFOil:.IATION AFFECT Ill~ THE NATIONAL DEIENSE OF TI'E UNITED ST1\TES WITHIN n~E MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT. 5V U S. C.-1 31 AND 32. K:> .\r.1(N0r.O. ITS TIV\NSM lSSION OR Tli REVELATION OF IT<; l"nnr T<; IN ANY M 4'll\:l'll Tfl AN It" 'IITWI'\nt7r:n Pl'<><:ro'-1 1~ DP"utoT=n ov , A>" t\F FORM 112-PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I f "-'PT I'JO. r rno.l \.l;mc;) l Flight )-H, 46o2d AISS Incl. 1/1, PARI' TBRFE TT MSG ACCUO 5-1028 F11 CQIDR 64'/m AC&Jf SQ MA.m.SSAS VA. TMA.086 TTB0.35NlA013 RR RJEDEN RJEPNY RJEDWP RJ"""EPH..uQ RJEPNB RJEPJR FY catm 647t AC&W SQDN MANA.SS\S VA Part !.hree TO RJEDEN/CCIIIJ\ AOO Flll' AFB COLOOADO SPRINGS COLO RJEPNY/2bm AIR DIVISIOJI ROOIXN A.FS NEW YCRK RJEDWP/Ca.tDR AIR T ECRNICAL Itlrfi.LIGENCE CENl'ER WRIGHT PA'ITERSON AFB RJEPHQ/DIRFCTOR OF INl'ELLit~F t.:te: Ill) USAF WASH OC INFO RJEPNB JH;:> FADP' STEWAfcr 1\P'B NEWBURG NY RJEPNB/CCMDR 46o2ND AISS RJEPJR/FLIGHT ~ MCGUDlE AFO 'ftt~:llrON NJ /U N C LA S/ACCMO 5-1028 f r 't" ''A H!'PCRT 08 SEPI' 55 1. (A) INDEF'INATE (B GRAPEFRUIT HElD AT .~ .,.. tJ. NfJTH (C RED, BWE, WHITE, C.m.l:ll (E NEGATIVE (F LIGHTS SHooriNG Our .. / r~E SIDE OF THE OBJECT AT 5 SECOND IN- (G) NEGATIVE PAGE TWO RJEPNL .3E 2 o (A') SKY -SCANNI:r6 (B) EIEVATION40DEGREES A~lMIJl'B 290 DID -310 DEn (C) UNIUlarJ (D) OVER HORIZON IN WNW DIRECTION (E SLat FLYING WNW DIR.roTIOlf 3. (A GROUND VISUAL (B) BINCCUL\RS (C) NFGATIVE (B) NIGffi' 6. (A) AU3ERJ.' MERKEL 609 NEWFIELD ReAD GLEN BURl'TIE, !ID TELEPHONE GLEN BURNIE 11..20' UNE DBAFTMAM FOR WES!INGHOUSE (B) HURL~ BONNEY lSI' LT 47f:mB AOO SQ I (CilSSil\c,~ norn AF FO.RM 112-PART II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (.i9<11CV) Flight 3-H, 46o2d AISS i ::Ji- 'JFCB-8-55 -=I-nc-=1-.-/l=l~TT=-~M=SG.....-rA:=cc=K=o.--....5--::l'""'o=2s--FvCCil::a 647rB AC&W SQ MANASSAS VA PAGE THREE RJ'EPNL .3E BA I!r nACRE FI I:rER CENr ER TELEHIONE lEXINGTON 9-3700 7 (A) GOOD ClEAR NIGRl' (CJ UNLntiTED (D: 15 MILES (E NEGATIVE (P Nmi\TIVE 8. BRtmO ITEM l 1\}ID 2 WERE IN 'l'RIS ARFA SHOOl'ING Il.S'S AT BAI!riUORE AND AlSO RUNNING PRACTICE Hll'ERCEPrS. LIGHrS ON THE BRUNO AI~RAFT ARE (ORAOOJt)FIA~), JUll, GREEN, AND WHl'rE. BRUNO 1 AND 2 WERE AIRBORNE AT 01 5% AND ULtiDED 0307Z . 9. NEGATIVE ~. BRUNO ITEM 1 AND 2 O'fFR flA [fl'JMCRE 08/062CJL SEP RJEPNL TRUE COPYa CHARlES L. BERRIER 2/Lt , USf\F AF FO~M 11,2--::.PART II AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Wlight 3 - H L402 A ISS CC!!;:Et.?S of ?rep.:u-ing Officer PROBABT .. E In the opini or. of tl.e ?repari ng r r ficer the UFC'B sighting was probably caused by the blinking ni&"l t li;;hts from one or more of the Andrews AFB jets fiying in the vicinlty of Baltimore 'net..reen the hours of 09/023Cil and 09/0319Z Sept 55. Th~ :3equ(mce of changing lights observed from the Glen Burnie GOC Fost of r e d L~ blue to whlte ~eens to bear a str ong rese1nblance t.o the night lights of either an ? - 30 or an F-<16 Hhich blink from red to green to Hhite. These aircraft .. rere kn<",m t o have been fly i.ng in the area reported on at the time of the sightingo that the li -l t.s None of i It~.: ev.idence collected seems to d iscredit t he possibility abc cr ;eJ tf,'.!l 'e t!:osc of fighter aircr.:tft i n the vicinity. 1) Th! ~r"tl:i(ms reports frcrn tl: e 95th FIS at Andret-Ts AFD, 1-'a_j. ..-' l " . '3 t.:1blished the presence of aircraft in the vici nit:JI The .-r.d i ~ns Officer, 647th AC & \ 1 .~q confirr>.B the presence of n 1 t. r:l aircraft acrl an F -flO in the skies above and to tlw .~it ':.Jld Hest of Baltimore a t the time of the sighting. (3) The ';,,servers did hea r sounds of aircraft in the skies; 1-1hi 1~ .JlP, observ~r n oted airorart :oJounds corn'ing frail beyOnd tut ir V1e sa111e rlirec t i on as the T'FCB. c . The .foJ:I grouni mitht no t huve 1, ~viJence indicates that the liehts obs.!rved i'rom the fran a n T_:nidentified Flying C'bjectco .. . c. of the pilots flyin:; in the vicinity of Baltimore ! 'he of the sir,hting Here a bl e to offer any confirma- of radar confir:nat ion it Hith resp~ct to :tnd ... : lack of on the ArrlreHs the UFOB vru; d f C.\PTAIIJ TiS .A r.' Office~ in Char~c CCY.It>.lENTS of' Aj?proving Officer: oa.used by t~1o bl iltklng ni::;nt lights from o ne or more of th9 jet o.ircruft known to be in t h e vicinity of the s i.t;h-:1~. WPA090 YDA080 TYB072 TMA~86 TTB~35NLA013 RR RJEDEN RJEPNY RJEDWP RJEPHQ RJEPNB RJEPJR----- DE RJEPNL 3E FM COMDR 647TH AC&W SQDN MANASSAS VA TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO RJEPNY/26TH AIR DIVISION ROSLYN AFS NEW YORK RJEDWP/COI1DR AIR TECHN!CI\1. 1NTELLIGENCE CENTER \&/RIGHT PATTERSON AFB -- RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTEL!. l :E.t~CE HQ USAF WASH DC INFO RJEPNB/HQS EADF ST: \~{ AFB NEWBURG NY RJEPNBICOMDR 4602ND AlSi RJEPJR/FLIGHT 3H MCGUI RE AFil TRENTON NJ I U N C LA S/ACCMO 5-10 ' D UFOB REPORT 08 SEPT 55 1. (A) INDEFINITE CB> GRAPEFRUIT HELD AT AKM LENGTH RED, BLUE, WHITE, GREEN CE> NEGATIVE SHOOTING OUT 0? (G) NEGATIVE SECOND IN- p">AGE TWO SKY-SCANNING ELEVATION40DEGREES AZIMUTH OVER HORIZON IN WNW DIRECTION SLOW FLYING WN\ DIRECTION 0252Z UNTIL CA> GROUND VISUAL BINOCULARS <A> ALBERT MERKEL 609 NEWFIELD ROAD GLEN BURNIE, MD TELEPHONE GLEN BURNIE 1420W LINE DRAFTMAN FOR WESTINGIIOUSE <B> HURLVET BONNEY 1ST LT 4760TH GOC SQ PAGE THREE RJEPNL 3E BALTIMORE FILTER CENTER 7. CA> GOOD CLEAR NIGHT CC> UNLIMITED CD> 15 MILES (E> NEGATIVE (F) NEGATIVE 8. BRUNO ITEM 1 AND 2 WERE IN THIS AREA SHOOTING ILS'S AT BALTIMORE AND ALSO RUNNING PRACTICE INTERCEPTS LIGHTS ON THE BRUNO AIRCRAFT ARE ORANGE (FLASHING>, RED, GREEN, AND WHITE BRUNO 1 AND 2 WERE AIRBORNE AT 0155Z AND l.Al,IDED 0307Z 9. NEGATIVE 10. BRUNO IT11 1 AND 2 di/J~R i3ALTIMORE P'Fi1ff'1WF:Z SEP RJEPNL --- AIR INTELLIGi:::NC~WfOP.MATION REPORT i AI', A iif.tORT <:OIIC:RNS At. I II . 1 OF OI!IGIN IJATI: OF r.ti'ORT : 13 S eptenlber 55 I tJAr[ OF II.,OR~',\1.'1 o Sf.\UACE OF I!IFOllMA 1'101; 1/J..t H~l};)ut_E_,_ Bonnie_ anP. ...others_ ,. 9 ~ept~ 55. ! I'Ktl'ARI" O OF'FoCR ~ E\'AI.l:.:. TION ~. I' F00CON betlfeen Capt Ho.nson~rrl Capt '11-onste~, c mrrF.NTS: PAm' C'NF.: Oe;~erl rot, i'l1ln of sie;ht i r.e lJ1f 1/T-t Hurlbut E .. Ronnie, !110oth nrtn tnd nbs Sq., ~::>ltimc!'e ~iltcr Center,; Oaltilll()N1t~, tifary land, ( Gt"oRef GJ?K 2h2C'l) : P.mT THO: Doser i Itl < 1 nf 3 il!~ti~ by t-:r . Alh~rt rkel, 60V raen Ih;.rnie, '~:trvland ( Geo!\efG,TP.J Supplem~i;ltary Investigative Efforts PAHT THREE: or:t1u~nt.n ~f Preparing Cf;~icer PART FClffi : II. S!JMl'!AfiY: An unid~nt:.i . .l'~ed fl:r.ing object was repart.ed t o the B~tinore Filter Center by a civiliHlt IHJ volunte~.r l ocated in Gl~n. Burnie, Hatyland, at 09/0232Z S ept 55. The olj,J.ct liad f i r s t been seen by another o~)S"!rver< at the sane post. at 09,ib()lt3Z, apparenthy having caused no almH. The UFOB -;ras las t se~ by GCC observers at 09/03l~Z f'ept 55. The inf0rmation contained~in t his :-eport is t n e result of i .:nt.erviews with persons having visually ob~erted t h e tJ~CB in addition to the assi.s~e of various abencies a nd installati~ll3 l-lithin the Baltbtore-Washington area tii1ose records enabled t he investi gat<r t~o estab- lish the probable cause of the pbenanenon observed. 1 TNVRSTIGATOR: 2/Lt Charl~ J . Berrier, AO 3 019Alh indivi.d.ua.l D/I,. USAF; Comdr, ATIC; D/I, CHESTFR B. HU~0N CAPTAIN USAF Officer in Char ~e 26AD1Tj C dr,. 4602d AISS; OIC, Flt 3-H, 4602d ALSS WARHIHG: Tllis documtont eonlaint/nformJJ!ion aRectin;f~n nation,./ t!f'lr r .... " ! the United Stat within tha menni:a;: <>f.lha E4pio- n~" C...ws, Titlto /8, U.S. C., S.Otlon 793 artd 791. Its tran~miuion o r t h e rtJY.,Iacion of i n c-ontnt:t i n an,y nMnn .. r ~ > .~n un<t,ulho~inorl P'fUIOn ; ., prohjbittod by I 11 my n o t be reproduead in whole o r i n port, by oth .. r t'liln Uru':od S tat Air }''oro: A,1 .. tK"iN! .. c .. pt by AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVED t JUNE 1948 UNClt,AS~JF IED (CLA$S ICA TION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (...tUciiC'II) JOHN M 'i'tTIITE JR Colonel, USAF Couanander AF FORM 112-PART II {CLASSIFICATION) ll l' ?ROVEO I J Ui,E 19.:8 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 'lc -QRT NO. 3H-UFOB-8 Part One Flight 3-H, u602d AISS I. SOURCE: Hurlb1.1 t, f. . Bonnie Adrires s : 127 Dorchester Road, Glen Burnie, Haryland Occupation: 1st T~t, USAF, u760th GOS, Baltimore, Varyland Educa ~. l.nn: College f:l.Ul' k a t:.ions: An Air Force Cfficer, alert, l.ntclli and possessin; 20/20 vision. n . RELIABILITY: I~ t il' II~ ,n.m . SC'URCE vTaS crontac ted by telephone. III. SOURCE' s DF.S' ""'Cl: 0 2 SIGHTING: S('URCS was at h -ts residence in Glen Burnie, Maryland, at 09/0':>1 pt. .5.5 v1hen he noticed stranf e lights in the sky ,rhich seemed to be moving in a n. r - n(lrlhHestt?.rly direction at a moderCJ.te speed and an unknown altitude. He estimat~d object (s) a t an anelc of uOO with the horizon. Later, SOURCE estimated the di.s tance betvreen himself and the object to be a)lprmd.- mately 5 miles, placing th~ ~h ct in the neighborhood of 20,000 feet. The object seemed neither t o gain or 1 ~ 1lti tude. SCURCE recall ... .. -c no form or definite body s~ape Has v:i.s:!.bl~ at aey time during the sighting of .... A. .il~OB. There seemf'd to be only a configuration o.r linking lights, though srl~r-c-naturally assumed tr.at the lirht s vrere associated Hi th a flying object. The lights o~s..-r'.'e-1 by SOTJRC'S am his wife, >rho saw essentially the sane phenomenon as her husbarrl, ~: 1o~ked on successively in the se(1uence, red to blue to 'Vhite, at intervals of approximately 5 secorrls. The colored l:i.~hts uere never 8een to appear simultaneQusly. At timP.s the lights appear8d to shoot nut the sides of the undiscernaule object. S0URCF. mentioned that there lTere sane aircraft in the sky throughout l)erlod of the si~hting and at times soun-: .s could he hear d in !""t"?neral -:li.r~ct.ion 0': 'clinldr1g lights, but in hi~ o pinion, t r.ey vtere c a tting frcm ahc raft. c0nsir.icrahly beyond the UFOB. . The Baltimore :ci.lter Center recciverl a call from Sf'T!RCE at 09/0252Z ir>...forming them of the pheno:1enon. SOURCE t hen returncrl o h).s obRerv~t ion roint cutside his l':ouse and continued obserYing the llF0 R, report"lng a r:3.in to t!:e Filter Center a s it. altered its c oursa slightly a nd a t hi!'d +.~ 'Tl " nt ''?/031R7. s~rt ~c:: to :; -,at e t h a t t~ objcc t h:.d t-cne out (Jf sj_& ... ,L Accor ding to sq C8, no photographs ~-1ere t aJcen of the UFOS. (CLASSIFICATION) AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVED I JU:;E 19~8 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I. SOURCE: !1r. Albert :-ter.<el Address; 609 1Tewfield Road, Glen Burnie, Maryland Occupation: Line Draftsman for '..Jestinghouse Education: Six years schooling at the Maryland Institute of Electrical Drafting. Qualifications: Presently worldng on Guided Missle Control Has had 25 years experience in electronics II. RET.IADTLirY: trnl.:ncl\m. SCURCE lTas contacted by telephone. III. S OU!lCE' s DF...SCRI l'i'Tc-t' CP SIGHTIEG: At 09/02307. Sept 55, just after having b een posted on the U r: lookout station in Glen Burnie, SOUTlGF. noticed a blti'lld.ng, fla:rhlng p