Fort George G. Meade, Maryland: Soldiers see star-like object with artillery shell noise
At 9:30 p.m. on December 7, 1953, Pfc Alfred V. De Bonise and Sgt1C James Conley of the 89th Anti-Aircraft Battalion at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, spotted a white object 'shining like a star' that made a noise like an artillery shell in flight, moved erratically and eventually fell out of sight.
Background
At 9:30 p.m. on December 7, 1953, Pfc Alfred V. De Bonise and Sgt1C James Conley of the 89th Anti-Aircraft Battalion at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, spotted a white object 'shining like a star'. It made a noise like an artillery shell in flight. The object moved erratically and eventually fell out of sight. The entry cites Timothy Good (p. 280) and Loren E. Gross's history of 1953, August to December (p. 60). The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.