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Bethesda, Maryland, February 1955

Date of account
1955-02
Location
Bethesda, Maryland
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Yas Balioon 10 February 1955 Bethesda,Maryland 口 ProbablyBalloon 3.DATE-TIMEGROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local 2203_hrs Ground.Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft 11/0303Z DAir-Visuol [Air-lntercept Radar 口 GMT. Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical QYes ProbabiyAstrononical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomicol XKNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientDataforEvoluation OKUnknown 1 to 2 minutes one stationary 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Saucer shaped illuminous object. Alti- UNIDENTIFIED tude of l5o! Seen while driving auto. Color of moon,"a yellowish, radiant cp color," and had a flat top, with a Spherical bottom. Remained stationary for 3o seconds,then the bottom por- tion appeared to assume a funnel type shape, obi. seemed to dmini

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