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Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, March 1955

Date of account
1955-03
Location
Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS Was Bolloon 9 Mareh 1955 Chesapeake Bay, Maryland 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERYATION Local_1930-2000_EST XGround-Vi sual [Ground-Rudor Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT. Air-Visual Air-interceptRadar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical DYes ProbablyAstronomical XXNo Civilian Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTHOF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口,Othar InsufficientDataforEvaluation C3 Unknown 15-20minutes one Northwest 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round,red object with no sound. Insufficient data for evaluation Sighted twice. Second sighting Duration of each observation not showed a compaction instead of a specified,description vague, homogenoous mass. Flew in Northwest maneuvers not detailed. direction and reappeared fnom the Southeast of original sighting

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