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Bethesda, Maryland, June 1955

Date of account
1955-06
Location
Bethesda, Maryland
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 22 June 1955 口 Was Balloon Bethesda,Maryland 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibiy Balloon Local-. 2030 EST DGround-Visual D Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft 23/0330z 口 Probably Aircraft GMT. AirVisual D Air-lntorcept Radar dX Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomicol XNo civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficisnt Data for Evaluation 20 sec 4 口 Unknown NEtoW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Elliptical shape.No sound.Alt of Acft reported in area at tine and due to approximately40,000. limited info in report, it is possible that objects were a flt of usAF a/c. Aaditional info rec'd by 4602d points to obj's being jet afterburners. ATIC FORM 329(RZY 26SEP 52)

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