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Greenbelt, Maryland, August 1954

Date of account
1954-08
Location
Greenbelt, Maryland
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 13August 1954 Greenbelt,Maryland 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Balloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Wos Aircraft Probably Aircraft GMT_13/2345Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar Possibiy Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Ys 口 Probobly Astronomical DNo Civilian & Military 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficiont Data forEvaluation Not Reported 4-5 Not Reported 口 Unknown 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Silvery white in staggered V formation.Fast Probahle aircraft sighting. rate clinbing out of sight.Sun reflecting from surfacr attracted attention of observers. Observation at sunset. Similar sighting from Bistrict Heights,Maryland (7 mi away) No sound or aero-dymamic features notes. ATIC FORM329(REV 263EP5

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