EMCAT Case Directory Category 3, E-M (Electro-Magnetic) Cases Preliminary Rating: 5 |
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Fran Ridge:
March 29, 1952; Glen Burnie, Maryland. (BBU)
10:45 p.m. Witnesses Donald F. Stewart and George
Tyler III, while riding in a car, observed an object
described in detail as a 50 ft flat silver disc with
cupola/dome to one side, a porthole and hatch on the
dome, approaching their car from ahead to the NE at
about 60° elevation,, The edges of the disc were a
pale green luminescense (neon-like) and had a luminous
aftertrail. The object hovered over their car,
"wavered slightly", for approximately 2 minutes, and
the auto engine died. They noticed a whirring sound
like a vacuum cleaner. One witness got out of car with
a Thompson submachine gun considering whether to shoot
the disc, companion urged him not to. Object
suddenly turned up on edge seeming to "roll across the
sky" faster than a jet to the SW disappearing about
3-1/2 miles away towards Annapolis. Witness claimed
car wires "magnetized" and paint cracked. Documents
labeled "SECRET INFORMATION". Secy. AF Finletter
interest, AFOSI investigation. Hoax? 3 mins. (Hynek
UFO Rpt pp. 196-8; Jan Aldrich; FUFOR Index; Loren
Gross Jan-May 52 pg. 25)
Note:
A News-Post Telephone reporter said he heard a dozen similar reports on Saturday evening March 29, 1952, and dismissed them all as hallucinations. Investigations later revealed that George Mason and John Mason on April 19, 1952, between 10 and 11 P.M., observed an airborne disk 50 feet in diameter 200 feet in the air over Stoney Creek Bridge. The disk had luminescent edges and gave off an unsteady green exhaust. The disk took off with the speed of a jet plane toward Annapolis. reports/520329glenburnie_report.htm (21 docs) (Dan Wilson & Bill Schroeder) reports/520329glenburnie_report2.htm (Fran Ridge & Jan Aldrich) |