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INTERVIEW #1. --- WEDNESDAY --- APRIL 24, 1952 --- PROJECT EYEFUL

NAME: Mr. Donald F. Stewart, ADDRESS: 224 Warren Avenue, Balto. 30, MD.

TELEPHONE NUMBER: Saratoga 1423, AGE: 23

EMPLOYMENT: B. and O. Railroad --- Clerical Work

DATE OF OBSERVATION: March 29, 1952 PLACE: Ritchie Highway-- Harness Track

TIME OF OBSERVATION: 10:45 P.M. WEATHER: Clear --- MOON and STARS OUT

APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: TWO MINUTES

ESTIMATED ALTITUDE: 200 FEET

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:

At approximately 10:45 P.M. on Saturday, March 29, 1952, near the Harness Track on Ritchie Highway, The above in company with a Mr. George Tyler of East Montgomery Street in Baltimore, witnessed the following:

A sound similar to a vacuum cleaner attracted attention.

Upon investigation, while traveling north toward Baltimore, a strange object was proceeding in the sky in an approximate north-south direction. It appeared to be moving very slowly (considerably slower than a commercial airliner).

WITNESS SKETCH ATTACHED ---

This object was estimated to be at least as large as a two motored transport plane. It hovered directly over the highway and over the automobile. After approximately two minutes, it suddenly turned perpendicular with a whirring sound and seemed to roll down the sky with fantastic speed like a rocket.

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