AISS-UFOB-061-56 / 0830 23-C-31 — 1956-03-20 — Near Andrews AFB, Maryland (vicinity of Bowie, Maryland; 7 m

On 20 March 1956 at 2045 local (0145Z, night), a 1st Lt of the 972d Support Squadron flying from Andrews AFB observed a walled fluorescent-light-like object that appeared in his field of vision instantaneously while he was in a climbing right turn. The object was at 35 degrees down, 33 degrees from aircraft heading initially, then 25 degrees up, 100 degrees from heading. Its path showed a rapid climbing right turn then hovering. The light faded and increased in intensity at regular intervals. Air visual observation lasted approximately 33 seconds before the object was obscured by the aircraft. Major Taylor opined a 30-second observation through plexiglass on a clear night with many stars in congested airspace hardly warranted continued investigation.

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