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CASE REFERENCE8866415

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONOld Bridge New Jersey

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Belloon
AUC G5 # Rridrze "AY spao 0 Probebly Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
O Wes Aircraft
Lecal : X..Ground- Vi sual 0D Ground-Reder GQ Probebly Aircraft
out__ 26 /C 200Z 0 Air Vi sual © Air-Intereept Roder | 2 Possibly Aircroft
5. ‘PHOTOS OUR (3: Was Astronomical Vacs
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XMo Civi tian Oo Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE pe] gee
© Insufficient Date for Evaluation
O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; 11. COMMENTS

Obj observed near the NE horizon, Had| Planet Mars appeared or t!.e NE
erratic movement, fm side to side tor} horizon at the time of sighting,

Short distances, as well as disappearing Description ot odj is ibet
& reappearing in the same location, Of a planet viewed throuph
Very bright. Occasional circuviar unusual atmospheric conditions
movement, in industrial arcas or wien

inversions are resent,

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August 28, 1958

Technical Inteligence Branch
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Fairview, Ohio

To Whom It May Concern:

Last evening about 9:00 a few friends and I
wereobserving an object in the sky for about 3 hours. We would like
to know what it was.

Our location is Central Jersey, and the object

appeared not very far above the North East horizon. It seemed to

follow the same pattern of movement, going from side to side, covering

a short distance. It would appear in the same place and disappear in

the same place. It was very bright. Once it seemed to move in & complete

circle.

We are all very curious and anything you can tell us
would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

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Old Bridge, N.J.

SE Kee.

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1. There is very little information in Mr. and vrs. qe. letter on
wiich to base a valid conclusion. However, the following is submitted on hick to

COMMENTS (Use reverse, if necessary)

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o At 9:00 Pie, EST, 27 Aucust 1958, the star Alyheretz, which is 2
Second magnitude star, was in the northeast, aprroxiuutely ~¢ degrees above the

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be At 9:CO Pl. Ei, same day, the planet Mars was just beginnin; to

appecr above the nortnreastern horizon.

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the observer's case, tne heavenly bodies enpear to play all sorts of tricks.

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d. It is the opinion of this office that the observers were looking at one

of the bodies mentioned above,
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17 September 1958

Dear Mr. and Mre@Qaaay™

This is to acknowledge your letter of 26 August 1956 concern-
ing an unidentified flying object observed by you at Old Bridge,

Rew Jersey, on 27 August 1958.

“ At 9:00 pem., EST, 27 August 1958, the star Alpherats, which
48 a second magnitude star, was in the northeast, approximately 30

degrees above the horizon.

At 9:00 p.m., EDT, same day, the planet Mars was just beginning
to appear above the northeastern horigon.

In areas such as central New Jersey where industrial haze or
exhaust fumes are present in the atmosphere, heavenly bodies can be
mistaken for unconventional or unidentified flying objects. There-
fore it is quite possible that you observed either the planet Mars

or the star Alpherats on that date.
Sincerely,

LAWRENCE J. TACKER

Major, USAF

Executive Officer

Public Information Division
Office of Information Services

014 Bridge, New Jersey

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