PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATI 2. LOCATION Bal t imore, 1vtl. L TYPE Ofl OIS!RVATION 0 GrounciRaclar 7. LENGTH OJI OBSERVATION I. NUMBER OJI OBJECTS 9. COURSE CONCLUSIONS D Preltot.l., Belleon D Poaal W., Boll eon D Woa Aircraft D Preltat.l., Aircraft Po sal W., AIrcraft 0 Was Astrenomical 0 ProlaaW., Astrenomical 0 Possibt., Astronomical ~ Other E-::bo I 0 lnaufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 10. BRIEf SUMMARY OF SIGHTING '\. ::: ATlC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORC~ STAFF MESSAGE BRANCI-' Fjlal UNClASSIFIIO MfSSACf ACTION : CIN-17 I N C 0 M I N ~ Page 1 or 4 INFO : OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3, DIA-8 (32) . VZCHQD979ZCFFA708 DE RUEAFF 161 F~1 10~1ST OPERATIONS GP ANDRE\4S AFB MD TO RJ\~FAl/ ADC ENT AFB COLO RUEASN/26TH ADIV SYRACUSE AFS NY RJEDS~ ATIC \IPAFB OHIO RUEAH~HQ USAF AFCIN WASH DC RUEAHGYSECRETARY OF THE AF SAFIS WASH DC UNCLAS OGar 3-G-10. A. C 1) OVAL. F oar BALL WIH ROUNDED ENDS (2) LARGE GRAPEFRUIT OR VALLEYBALL AT ARMS LENGTH. SIZE DID NOf VARY DURING SIGHI' ING. C3> REDDISH ORANGE. C6> N CNE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCr- STAFF MESSAGE BRANCt-4 UNCLA\SiflfD MfSSAGf PAGE TWO RUEAFF 161 Page 2 ot 4 (9) OBJECT GLOWED WITH VARYING INTENSITY AS THOUGH ROfATING SLO#ILY WITH LIGHT SOt.RCE ON ONE SIDE. B. C 1) FIRST SEEN BY YOtltG SON OF C2) 45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AT 270 DEGREES. C3) 45 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AT ~70 DEGREES. (4) STRAIGHI' ACROSS SKY. C 5> LIGHT DISAPPEARED CClt1PLETEL Y \~HILE OBJECT STILL IN SIGHT RANGE. (6) FOUR TO FIVE M INttrES. C. Cl> GROUND VISUAL. R C2> N CNE. E. BOfH AT 39 DEGREES 13'50"N, 76 DEGREES 36'10"W, BROOKLYN SECTION OF BALTIMORE, MD. BALT IM ~E, t1D., HOUSEWIFE, FAIR. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCJ: STAFF MESSAGE BRANCJ-1 UNCLASSiflfD MUSACf Page 3 of 4 PAGE THREE RUEAFF 161 BALTIM~E, MD,, HOUSEWIFE, FAIR. G. C 1 > 25 (ZJ(ZJ SCATTERED, HIGH THIN BROKEN, VIS. B, TEMP 79, C2> CA> SURFACE (5) OVERCAST. 360/10 ESTIMATED. (7) VERTICAL 2 DECREES C/1000'. K. \~ILLIAr1 D. LEMASTER, CAPI'AIN, USAF. \/ITNESSES LIVE DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR fORCe 62) STAFF MESSAGE BRANCt-f UNClASSIND MISSACf PAGE FOUR RUEAFF 161 NEAR FR INDSHI p AIRPmT AND POSITIVELY DISCOUNT THIS OBJECT BEING AN AIRCRAFT. BT NOTE: Advnace copy delivered to DIA Blue Globe Over Baltimore- / . ~ At 9 p. m. on 2 July 1962, Mrs. Blanch Rattagin telephoned WFBM, Baltimore ~eport watching a red flickering flame which seemed appended to a blue-color- ed balloon-shaped object. The blue ob- ject was. moving in a northeastern direc- tion against' the wind, and below the clouds. \VFBM received several calls about it, as did newspapers and Friend- ship airport, in the area. The object went into a cloud as an aircraft approached from the east and waa not seen again.