Maryland — November 1957

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Keywords: 109th, november, loolst, paper, diatrict, office, district, appro, hospital, corps, force, dated, command, robclly, rnhably, ronomicd, xfnsufficir, poppi, soltn, c1oucl, soedi, ppear3j, grougd, shrunl, b1eakag
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. DATETIME GJ;!Ct.JP E OF OBSERVATION JC){Ground-Vi suul 0 Gruund-Rodc~r 5. PHOTOS CE 7. LENGTH OF OaSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9 . COU~SE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS CONCLUSION$ 0 Wa s B alloon Probobl)' Balloon 0 t''os-.ibly Balloo n Wo" 1\i rcraft 0 ~.,robcLly Aircraft 0 Pos~ibly Aircrc h 0 Wos A strono mical 0 P rnhably As: ro n o micol 0 Pos::ibly A~t ronomicd O::Xfnsufficir.nt Data Fo r Evaluation .Poppi.ng soLtn d was heard, upon gazing up~vaxd a parachute typo o b ject was s .) :?n :floati.ng to th0 earth. The speci men. 1-'ossibly c1oucl soedi.ng opel.'ation s . No che~k v a s mad~ at os;Jec~ Ol"1l eu aown~nr~. ~or ~p~rox 5 to 1 0 mlnutes and n.ppear3J t o be J l s l n t c ~-r a t in , though no p ieces w '~ r e breu~ing ~way fror11 tl1e body o f t h o object. Upo11 falling to the grouGd, the objec t had shrunl~ to the size o-.f D cigarette paper and e::.tte::tl i1:S t o pick i t up resulte~ in b1eakag e . 1 i lce ly. A TIC PORM ~2? ( R ~V :t. SEP 52) s:::.uKu '.:-rrsas 1 ?.e,ort ot Ir.cident ~s Ottiee,. Von ~ G. U.ade, :sax-;:rl.r4 stated th.\t he and the Chiot ot Police (~ m objec\-. th s}Q appro.:dma.tal.T 4 teet b;r 6 f8-' t.h!l~ ~P \o LYll~t.c.a.M the earth. A.rter t..he obj~t 1~8<1 ~.n .1"8 hos\al ~ ~ :_ .. to d1aizrt.e~'~te and ncttd.ng ll'.~teri.:-~ ~ l~.ft to t~ e;a t:1at. ,.._ . ex.ep a rssi.due ot llhite or ~7a;ri3h oubatanc. SubJect ppt,~ M_ . with z-UU.c inet~nts and tounc!. not, to 0. radio-9-eti..-. ~ ~--".-.~ l.ft.e1-,. ~" into~d that. :5peci=nena had ~en ,r>rooUHd ~u-r 1a, ~.4?-:.!...-U J.... bad' beea ~u:rned in t;o G2 ~eot.i.oo ot Se<:ond United Sut Arl(1, .e.~ .-u:t.!cn .. m takn c.lDi .-AD r.rsonnel retu..-r-t to r..o1v o~UCD. :>JbiJ:::tt ? s:r:aa I 3bi 011711 EIU 'I. Eli! ?tiP f a:n if an f bil B 1' 3.! ~J'ORrDJG WI~ Slat..t.. lwt, S2 Ott1oe, 1\. lldd, ~r tn. o:us. .n..w ,,. et ta. b7 the lC9th ~aj~r :iilrr1 CCIA.1C U)l,O-... Y 57 Dissem. To Hq Air ':"oohnlcal I.n litill i('PcJUC'!t (}:'lnl!'l8r~ 'lr1.sht :?a tter3on Air 7~.-,rce 3a~e ~1.1-ton, Ohio f Attached rl!ld u::>.) B 'l:))rt inicio.tad by t!:-1-::t Int~lli: nc vl"i.'icer, r""~ort ~f'i'or,. G H~da, ~-!aryland .f'or your infornati..>n. :-'~iUet9C rout.i:ll to ) B Section be n at1e for .1h~ t'lv~r notion i s da~u~ ::ectt3c;ary. u: )B P.er)ort Lt rA>lonel l.JJ.i...? Chief, :L.;t!.~t~s ar-d Presentation !Jr~nch .r~chnicsl I nf'orca t i o:l ar.d I':ttelli "a nee Di v UNIDEl\iTIFIED FL~ING OBJECT Reported 8een a.t 13rm.r.lavllle State Hospital Cro:m9ville, Naryln.nd, 13 rrov 57 Cocnnander Air Defen~e Command Ent Air Force Base, Colorado 1. Attached for yot~ inforreation is a r~port dated 15 Noveober 1~57 concerning the above-ca,tio~ed Subject which was f1~nlsh~d this office by Headqusrters, 109th Counter Intelligence Corps Group, Fort George G. fli~ade., Harylo.nd on 20 November l957. 2. For your further information, the Command..!r, 109th Count.!r Intelligence Corps Group ad~!sed that no further investig.9.tlon oi' this incident waa b~in3 cond,lcted by hls Headq,larters Ltr Fr Hq Ft G.G. Nead~, Md. dtd 15 Nov 57 (w/5 !nels n/c) cc: Dir OSI (USAF) JOffii Mo lJISWAriDER Lt Colonel, USAF District Cmmnander Comdr, lOOlst AB Gp, H.i~:OOOH, AAF13 l::;t Ind ll dquarters, Air Defena~ Cowr~d, Ent Air Force Ba2e TO: Ccn.T.ander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, A':r.r~r: AFCTIT 4E4 ight Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio / s/ Fr~d Jeep FILE CLASS: l OFFJCJAL FILE copyl OFftCe Of RECOR 2d !:Xl 4E4/capt G.T. Gregory/w.m/69216 T!~SIICAt. llft1C'IJJG&.'I:I C&Vl'D I tJlei.;bt Fatter30D Air 7 Diatrict C c1er I 4tll Diatrict, OSII !3olli!lg .\J r ~'oree Base . --7-------~ l. BeqUHt reault. Dr U.s. At :q AI ABB-OP aa tiaa ~ subj t spec subtai t 3, Incloeuz-e l. 2. rto ~.Jrtha-actioD can be taken by thia Cent--er to identity ~ vitbin tbe BC:ope of par 4c, A7R 200-2, :trOt& the attached tem.nta or vitneae ulor..e, other than 'to 9%"esuma that the obJect an acc1dentall7 releaaed ~rachute flare. .!'!--"--------~ 3. In rep~ refer to AFCill- :;'1le, Crownavill e, AFC:IN-4,..\ ~.FC:IN-.jC w.~-L~E w. ELWeoo ROUTtNG MID COOROINATIOH SH&!I!T , ;,FCIN-dD i AfC! -1E I 1. SubJect 2. Ho :rur+az. ~bject without I f.)THi :c. FILE CLASS: I OF,::fCI ,~L FlL ~ ropy JU received W1 th 3Il empt;y llopbane anvelo5)e. ROUTING ANO C OORDINATION SHEET DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE H~ADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL USAF 4th DISTRICT OFFICE OP SPECIAL INV2STIOAT:OMS BOLLING AJR FORCE BASlt 25, D. C. (U) UtO:DENTIFIED l''LYING OBJ"'~T Reported Seen at Crownaville 5t,ate Hospital C~ownsvlllo, ~mryland, 13 November 1957 TO: Co!:.'llnauder Air Technical Intalligenca Center Wright Patterson Air Forcs Base, Ohio 1. Reference is made to latter, this office, file and .:iubject as above, dated 12 December 1957, to Co der, Air Dofe~sa Command, Ent Air Forca Base, Colorl.do, and to Sdcond Indorsement, your fi~adq,uartars, dated 31 January 1958, to a;ore~nentioned l atter, file AYGn~-4E4, UFO Case Fila, Cro-wnsville, Marylmd, 13 November 1957. 2. For your information, on 13 November 1957, thla office re-. ceived the specimen in question from the 109th CotL~ter Int~lligenc~ C'lrp3 Oroup, Fort Georga G. Heada, Haryland, 8.nd on the following day-, it 'W'a3 turnad over to the Technical Information and Intelliganc., Division, Directorate of Operations, Headquarters, Air Re3earch and Devalop:nent Com..T:lJI.nd, then at Baltimore, 1-Iaryland. On 24 Harch 1958, Lt Colonel BORIS I. NORSKY, Headquarters, ARDC, Andrews Air Force Bs.se, advised that on 13 November 1957 his office forw3.rded the speclmen in question to \.;right Patterson Air Force Ba~ ATTN: .A.t""'CDI- 4-U. ~ovsvar according to Col~n~l NORS1:Cl, this spaQ1men di_sa:,epearad . 'Wllila enroute. 3. No further action is contemplated by this office in this D!r OS! (USAF) Comdr, lOOlst ABGp, IDnCOM, Colonel, USAF District Co~ndar ~v~d~nco ai' ex lon~ve~ nnct n l l ''t~l it~ :rr 5. er~pt. .3arrir. :tn~ .r 3 l l SJ , Ln tnrn concerned witf!. t :1.a 1l1cL<.lc~1t. on() and the ~:.:na) !3. Pc::dLn,_; ar:r-lys.!.s oL t.he 2nd US Arn'Y, n o eval,.ut i or. c :1 ~)...: the .tncident other t:~an F-6 St;:. t.c11ent St.:1.t c:-:tent Stn ~.o-,imt Jt."'l te~en t (;ffice Ji' '!/S-!;t Slate .1 og ~cvcr.s:>n 111t aa w lilAnolAnct, a U/Jt J. J. s~n4ft.t6ft, 82 at\ia, .._.. t]. , a ?J)J:C and C:?Jl toea ~ det.l"!!dne if t'he ana ma 'lMe id.ioll waa ao~])li~M ).glQ lmuz-a, t.hia da~e, a~.>,?io~\l.T JOHlt B. 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