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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971237

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONNof Lakehurst New Jersey

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
8 October 1957 N of Lakehusst, New Jersey 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 40 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
.Locol Ground-Visual Ground-Roder Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT 09/0240z XtXirVisuol Air-Intercept Rodar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Qx Was Astronomicel Meteor
aYes 00 Probably Astronomieal
No Military Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
2 seconds ENE Unknown
one
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRI ARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 11. COMMENTS
Round object, size of dimeyellow- Round object, size of dimeyellow- Evidence indicates meteor, Evidence indicates meteor.
orange. Trail orange. Trail twenty times diameter
of object. Largest brightest ever s · s
seen by observers. Long streak of seen by observers. Long streak of
light in sky. Brilliant flash then
died out.
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ATIC fOrM 329 (rEV 26 SEP 52)
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Multi B44
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34x2a
11 0ct 57
JEDWP H105 WPD103 YDB975 TYB085 TMA114JRAD67 ali CnO
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RR RJEPHO RJEPNB RJEPNY RJEDEN RJEDWP
DE RJEPJR 2A 11:57
R 101300Z
FM COMDR 539TH FTR INTCP SQ MCGUIRE AFB TRENTON NJ
SPRINGS COLO
RJEPNY/COMDR 2STH AD ROSLYN AFS ROSLYN NY
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HO USAF WASH D.C.
INFO RJEPNE/CONDR EASTERN CONAD D REGION STEWART AFB NY (
RJEPNE/COMDR DET 3, 46S2ND AISS STEWART AFB NY
(2) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE: A. LONG STREAK OF LIGHT IN SKY - C
DESCRIBED(ARCE. BRILLIANT(FLASH/- DIED OU F. TWO ((2))SECONDS .
(3) MANNER 01 (3) MANNER OF ATIVE C T-33,) ( (
HUMBER 758, 4,900 FE HUMBER 756, 4,900 9, DEGREES, 2OOK INDICATED, MCGUIRE AFB NJ
(4) TIME & DATE OF SIGHTINO A. 9247Z (4) TIME & DATE OF SIGHTINO A. 9924 2 Z OCT 57 OCT 57
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PAGE TWO RJEPJR 2A
(5) 1 NM NORTH OF LAKEHURST NJ.
ROGER A SMITH AO 3058029 AND THOMAS M GOFF AO 3004621,
MCGUIRE AFE NJ, PILOTS. BOTH COMPLETELY RELUABLE. (
(7) WEATHER: A. CLEAR LIGHT WINDS B. NEGATIVE C. CLEAR
(8) OBSERVERS WERE CERTAIN OBJECT (8) OBSERVERS WERE CERTAIN OBJECT I WAS METEOR WAS METEOR (
(9) NEGATIVE
(1) NEGATIVE (10) NEGATIVE Thin Thin
(11) ( (
(
BRILLIANCE. OBSERVERS INDICATED THAT METOR CERTAINLY COULD
HAVE DEEN EASILY SPOTTED BY OTHERS. THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED
TO AID IN SUBSTAINIATING OR REFUTING REPORTS OF LESS POSITIVE C
IDENTIFICATION AND AS POSSIBLY HAVING SOME BEARING ON THW
UTAH SIGHTING. ATIC
(12) NEGATIVE . Cmaun
BT 2.Fnm uf.y0
11/1445Z OCT RJEPJR 11/1445Z OCT RJEPJR
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