Declassified 1952 Air Force Report Details UFO Sighting Over

Declassified 1952 Air Force Report Details UFO Sighting Over Maryland Highway

A newly released 1952 U.S. Air Force investigation report describes a witness's account of a disc-shaped object that hovered over his car on Ritchie Highway, stalling the engine, before speeding away. The report includes interviews and concludes with doubts about the sighting.

Published

September 7, 2026

Declassified

Date not listed

Source agency

The Black Vault (FOIA archive)

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Air Force Investigates Unidentified Object Near Baltimore

In the spring S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) launched a formal inquiry into a sighting that had occurred on a Maryland highway. The incident, which took place on the evening of March 29, 1952, along Ritchie Highway south of Baltimore, would become the subject of a detailed investigative report—one that survives today in declassified files and offers a rare glimpse into how the military processed such claims at the height of the flying saucer era.

The report, dated around May 1952, was initiated at the request of Headquarters OSI, based on information relayed from Lt. Col. Ray W.

Taylor of the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. That center had received the initial tip from a civilian source, setting in motion a joint investigation by special agents. The document's purpose was straightforward: to determine what, if anything, had been seen by the witnesses and…

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