PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785472

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONPassaic New Jersey

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Aero Diree
1. DATE |2. LOCATION F.T Archiyes RONCLUSIONS
pace Was Bollod
April 1956 Passaic, New Jersey Probably Ba lon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Baloon
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Local_ round-Visual Ground-Rador Was Aircro
Probably Aiscreft
GMT. ?/0155Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Posibly Augergi1
PHOTOS -
5. 6. SOURCE Ina D? Was Astronomi al
Y.s 00 Probably Astrohomical
XIXNo Civilian Possibly Astroromical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . NUMBER iCTS 9 COURSE 0 Other.
CX' InsyfficiantDa
1 min, 3 0 Unknown
seconds one not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Very bright object, size of a Edges were sharply outlined, yet
pea at ength, edges sharply witness d
outlined, disappeared below the Direction when dirst & last seen
horizon. Estimated speed . 850 mph or flight pat not given.
at 10,000 ft. Too little information to allow
any kind of valid conclusion.
Sighting probably
Director Director
Aerospace
Maxweli AFB, . Maxweli AFB,. ATTN: Archives 1
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Stud TURI
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Dear Sirs;
One year ago I wrote to the Office of Public Information,
Department the Air Force, Washington 25, District of Clom-
bia; requesting an Air Force Questioneer on an Unidentified
Flying Object sighting. Their reoly was a report of the Air
Forcet Forcet PROGRESS in search for the an swer answer to to the enigma enigma
of the U.F.O.. For For the the past past have been looking for
Alab Alabo ies ! TO
someone who might have the Bropch Bronch Inst Inst I was revard- Orerard-
ed in my my search. search. The The friend of a friend had friend had the Question- Question-
eer, but four of the questions were missing, and I was
.
not allowed to write on it. I solved this writing the
answers to the Questioneer on c separate piece of paper.
And this,I decided, should be sent to you at the A.T.I.C.
in Dayton, Ohio.
Yours very sincerely 1003440

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SHEET
I. ? APRIL 1956 2. 8 hr. 55 min. P.M.
3. EASTERN STANDARD 4. I6 JOHN STREET
PASSAIC
5. Imin. 3 sec. NEW JERSEY
5.I Fairly certain
6. No trace of daylight
THAT IS
7.
8.I A few (sTArs) 8.2 No moonlight
9. Yes (BrighTer ThAH SKy) s --- NO
Ⅲ. NO I2. NO
IB. Solid I4. All answers -No
I5.A NO SOUND I6. 16.
I5.B VERY BRIGHT WHITE
17. Sharply outlined I8.
19. 20. I,000 feet
21. Pea Pea 21.1 VERY VERY certain certain 22. Below the horizen
23. Outdoors 24. I In the residental section of the city sec tion of the city
25: I was looking at two planes 26.
That Iheard and lookin ng at the
above them.
27. 28.I Clear sky 28.2 No wind
28.3 Dry 28.4 Cool
29. 30. NO
3. Yes 32. H I dont know, it might be a "saucer"
33. Yes 850 m.p.h. 34. Yes 10,000 feet
35. 36.
37.
CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY 38. I0., July, 1959
GRECORY 3-2245
STUDENT
I5 MALE
∞ Years grade school