March 15, 1952 — Glen Burnie, MD
10:45 p.m. Donald F. Stewart and George Tyler III are driving northbound on the Governor Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie, Maryland. A 50-foot silvery domed disc with two portholes and an apparent hatch appears from the northeast and hovers above their car, causing the engine to fail, magnetizing the wiring, and cracking the paint. Stewart takes a sub-machine gun from the back of the car and debates whether to fire it at the object, which remains in view for 3 minutes before turning on its edge and speeding away to the southwest. Tyler changes his story later, denying he was involved. [Eberhart]
Report from Rothstein to Ruppelt: [transcription of Amoss letter]
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Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 526, p. 124;
“Missing ‘Flying Saucer’ Reported Sighted Here,” Baltimore (Md.) American, March 16, 1952;
J Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, pp. 196–198;
Loren E. Gross, UFOs, a History: 1952, January–May, The Author, 1993, p. 75;
Kevin Randle, Levelland, 2021, pp. 61–64, 229;
Robert Powell, UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know), 2024, pp. 86–87;
NICAP, “E-M Effects on Car from Domed Disc”;
Kevin D. Randle, “Car Stalling and a Bungled Project Blue Book Investigation,” A Different Perspective, May 27, 2024;