PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7340640

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONBongrock New Jersey

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
29 February 1956 Bongrock, New Jersey 00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local XXGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 01/0130Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes xProbably Astronomical
XDNo Civilian (father and son) 0 Possibly Astroromical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE ,Other.
D Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
— 0 Unknown
fifty minutes one moving in Sw quadrant of sky. moving in Sw quadrant of sky
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One round object similar to a basket- object similar to a basket- The duration of the sighting, the
ball, yellow in color, and ball, yellow in color, and appeared as description of the object, and description of the object, and
would a bright light. bright light. The object The object moved the fact that both Sirius and
up and up and back and forth in the and back and forth in the Venus are Venus are located in the SW
SW quadrant of the sky. SW quadrant of the sky. quadrant of the sky and both
are very are very bright, lead this hq
to the conclusion indicated
above. The fact that no radar
contact was made with the object contact was made with the obiec
although t - Ighting.
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00 RJEDEN RJEPNY RJEDWP RJEPNB RJEPHQ
( DE RJEPJR 3C 2
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FN COMDR S4S TH ACW SQ HIGHLANDS NJ
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
RJEPNY/CONDR 2STH AIR DIV ROSLYN AFB NY
RJEDUP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFD OHIC

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S.A. 40 YES
FACTCRY WORKER AND SON
7. A. CLEAR
B.SURFACE--NW 7
5200 . 320 30K
10220 313 42
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PAGE THRE RJREPJR 3C PAGE THRE RJREPJR 3C
20020 20000 310 310 40
30000 322 42 40
C. CLEAR
D. 15 MILES
E. NEGATIVE
F NEGATIVE
O NEGATIVE
5 NEGATIVE
+ D• CNE AIRCRAFT ON RADAR 4D MILES SW OF SIGHTING
1. RICHARD W. LCCK 1/LT, SENIOR DIRECTOR CALL INFO RECEIVED FROM
) T/SGT J. W. CORMAN CF WHITE PLAINS GOC)
COC PAGE TWO L LINE is THIRD GAF SHOULD READ BONGROCK RPT BUNGROCK
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4.
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--UFCE
- A. RCUND
SIMILAR TC BASKETBALL
C. YELLOW
D. NETATIVE
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FAGE TWO RJEPJR 3C
2 A. SIGHTED BRIGHT LIGHT
UNKNOWN
C. STRAIGHTUP
D. MOVED UP AND DCWN INTERMITTANTLY FROM WEST TO SOUTH
E• FADED FROM SIGHT
.20 MINUTES
3A. CROUND-VISUAL
NEGATIVE
C.N.A.
R.A. MAR 1, '56, 2 130Z
T. NIGHT