PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6978776

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1953

REPORTED LOCATIONAtlantic City New Jersey

FRAMES4

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1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
22 July 53 23/00452 Atlantie City, Mew Jerssy
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilians AMCRIFT -
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Tn Characteristies of afroraft proamted.
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Hat dagarted bundres of people on the bocrdvold sawr th sa bliet r-lin
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ohjuet coning out of ts oloudy i plag ita traend
Grourd-Visund
7. COURSE
Horth Horth
B. PHOTOS B. PHOTOS
9. PHYSICAL PHYSICA EVIDENCE IDENCE
Yes
SXNe
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) ueed,

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YANA
Mutti
DETACHMENT NO. 3
1670TH GRCUND OBSERVER SQUADRON
Room 213, Post Office Building
Trenton, New Jersey
3 Septamber 1953
SUBJECT: Additional ) C1TX,
0452
C
TO: Commander
Air Technieal Intelligence Center 3 ATLONT
Wright Patterson APB
Ohio
l. After inquiry, the operations l. After inquiry, the operations report
from Naval from Naval and Air Force Bases and Air vorce Bases on on the possib area
covered by the r covered by 23 July 1953.
2 The 2. The ximataly
11 minutes. mimutes.
d
WILLIAM J. RAYMOND WILLIAM J. RAYMOND
2nd Lt. USAP
Operations ficer

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Ref your A7 Forn ll2 dtd 29 July 53 Subj: Flying Saucer Report seen over Atlantie City.
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the objeets m ng, and how 8 .
unidentified aerial objests : rollow APL 200-5
In reply eite Projest Blue Book.
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
COORDIIATION: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
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ATTAB DAT 21Cug.53 OFFICIAL FILE COPY
Johnston
ATIA ELECTRONICS BRANCH
Q.2 Office of Record
Proj 10073
PAGE I OF PASES
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A/LC MAX G. FUTCH/RWC/V
TELEPHONE OPFICIAL TITLE ROBERT C. BROWN
ATLAB-5 65365 ADJUTANT
DDT 173 REPLACES NME FORM 17%. 1 MAY 4R 10-3891i-8 1.3. TING OPFICE
WHICH MAY BE USED.

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torrirde apood dur ing otwen 6,00 to 0,000 C. After ocservin;
three paire or Wsn oejeetd, evaryone conoladad that they vars Flying
Jalcars. .hesd LA Jaucars CAnG oit or the clouds to ae a tine and
thire 10 per a tablished a track out of the ropart, and passed
this infsrmation rord for word to Caliop. Uhse on Waw
roceived by roceived by i/le homas homaa a. Catim, 43 2477
thege ob,jees a13o 13o reported to the Fenona reported to the Fenona Maval Air tation Maval Air station
a006l5 ab00s45 Peparter Fooarter for the ithautie for the .itlantio Giby proos. Ciby proos. aVS
the sane the sene inforavti and add I receired 3
ecaired caired this an1s los C. B3.
Colligs
The last 70 or' these aading
northe 3 track v 209, liary, Uninown, High. Calieo had Interosptors
in this sres anad raotored thuam to this location but the pilots roparted
at Ole07 2 that tha had not sean anything unual in the areas ue received
nothing else on thid track.
Neather, Visibility umiiited
Coiling g ulinited
Celd cvarage 1
DOWNGRADED AT : YEAR INTERY wind at 19,00d 1t. 35 knotd frat 270  0
DECLASSIFVED AFTER 12 YEA
DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIED
Chdat Arle, this
4670th 00S, AMTH