Hyattsville, Maryland: Bluish-green object circles for 45 minutes, F-86Ds scrambled
At 11:30 p.m. on June 12, 1954, Walter L. Tatspaugh of Hyattsville, Maryland, watched a large bluish-green object circle and hover for at least 45 minutes; the Baltimore GOC Filter Center reportedly tracked an object over Wilmington, Delaware, and two F-86D fighters were scrambled without reaching it.
Background
At 11:30 p.m. Walter L. Tatspaugh of Hyattsville, Maryland, observed a large bluish-green oval or round object circling and hovering in the sky for at least 45 minutes. The Baltimore Ground Observer Corps Filter Center allegedly tracked an object on radar over Wilmington, Delaware, for an hour. Two F-86D fighters were scrambled but could not reach it. Eberhart cites NICAP, Keyhoe's The Flying Saucer Conspiracy and Gross. 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.