SECURITY INFORMATION -- CONFIDENTIAL
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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
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FILE NO.
DATE
24-411
MAY 12 1952
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REPORT MADE BY
BOYCE ROYAL, S/A hr
REPORT MADE AT
DO #4, Bolling AFB
PERIOD
10, 11, 12 May 1952
OFFICE OF ORIGIN
Hq. OSI
STATUS
RUC
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TITLE
UNKNOWN SUBJECT:
Sighting of Unidentified Aerial Object, Ritchie Highway, SO.
Baltimore, Maryland, 29 March 1952
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CHARACTER
SPECIAL INQUIRY
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REFERENCE
Telephone message CI Division Hq. OSI, 9 May 1952
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SYNOPSIS
Investigation requested by Hq. OSI predicated on information received from Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright Patterson AFB that DONALD STEWART and (FNU) TYLER had observed unconventional type aircraft on 29 March 1952 in the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. Information relayed to Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright Patterson AFB by ULIUS LOUIS AMOSS who received it from LOU CORBIN, a news commentator, employed by station WFBR, Baltimore, Md. CORBIN interviewed, furnished information that DONALD STEWART, 224 Warren Avenue and GEORGE TYLER III, 112 East Montgomery St., Baltimore, Md., had been interviewed by him on 24 and 27 April 1952 and had reported sighting a disc-like aircraft at approximately 2045 hours, 29 March 1952 on Ritchie Highway near the intersection of US Route 301; that automobile engine stopped and paint cracked as aircraft hovered 200 feet above car. STEWART interviewed and related substantially the same story which he had given CORBIN previously. RAY FOX, Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Baltimore, Md, interviewed, advised he had made complete examination of STEWART's vehicle at request of CORBIN; including examination with geiger counter and determined no unusual defects. AMOSS interviewed, stated had no direct knowledge of incident and had merely relayed information furnished him by CORBIN; advised that several residents, Gibson Island, Maryland had heard unusual noises but none had observed any such aircraft. TYLER interviewed and confirmed statement given by STEWART however, upon reinterview, admitted that he had not been with STEWART at the time of the alleged sighting, and had not seen any such aircraft; advised that STEWART had asked him to tell that story and that he had done so. Interviews conducted along Ritchie Highway in vicinity of location where aircraft
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DISTRIBUTION
Hq. OSI (action) 4
File 2
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ACTION COPY FORWARDED TO
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FILE STAMP
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APPROVED
Donald B. White
DONALD B. WHITE
Colonel, USAF
District Commander.
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AFHQ FORM
15 JAN 49
O-208
Replaces AFCOSI Form 4, 23 Jul 48, which may be used.
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SECURITY INFORMATION -- CONFIDENTIAL
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16-57744-1 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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