28955099.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  24 June 53 24/0845Z | Annapolis, Maryland, WASHINGTON, D.C.  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military & Civilian | BALLOON A piball launch at Annapolis was scheduled at 0900Z. Surface wind was 10-12 mph from the NW. Observers felt that object was a balloon. ATIC COMMENT: It is quite evident that object was a weather balloon.  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  One | White light swaying slightly was observed on the NE horizon climbing slowly into the sky. Its maximum angle above the horizon was 75-80 d…

Wilnes

CSAF ITEM NDR 1 /UNCL/

TO ATIAF-S LT OLSSON FM AFOIN-2ND CAPT MB SMITH

FOLLOWING SIGHTING BY HOTEL, ST NW WASHING, WAS RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE ON 24 JUNE 53, FROM EMERGENCY CONTROL OPERATIONS OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION, WASHDC: QUOTE - "ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING I WOKE UP AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW. I SAW A GREAT BIG WHITE BALL IN THE SKY. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A PLANE BUT AS I WATCHED IT A WHILE IT APPEARED TO BE TOO STATIONARY FOR A PLANE AND MUCH BIGGER THAN THE STARS. I FIRST SAW IT OVER THE TOP OF A TREE OUTSIDE MY WINDOW. AS I WATCHED IT SEEMED TO SW…

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30 June 1953
ATIPE-S

CSAF ITEM 2 (UNCL)
TO: ATIPE -5 LT OLSSON

FROM: AFOIN-240
FOLLOWING FLYOGRAPH RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE FROM THE OBSERVER, 17 COL W G ELDENSTEIN, FLYING SECTION, OPERATIONAL COMMITMENTS DIVISION, BUS/O, HQS USAF. TIME OF SIGHTING: ABOUT 1445 EDT, 26 JUNE 53. LOCATION OF OBSERVER: ON A COAST GUARD COMMUNICATIONS TRUCK AT THE ANNAPOLES YACHT CLUB, ANNAPOLIS, MD. TWO OTHER WITNESSES PRESENT, ONE A CIVILIAN AND ONE AN ENLISTED MAN IN THE COAST GUARD. THE OBJECT WAS A WHITE LIGHT, SWATING SLIGHTLY WHICH FIRST APPEARED ON THE HORIZON IN A NE DIRECTION AND THEN CL…