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1. DATE + ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G. Fosimy Sateen
O Was Aircroft
a O Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar oO Probobl y Aircraft
GMT 29/0220Z 0 Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar |9 Possibly Aircrafts
5. PHOTOS : 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
1 Ne O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE X Orher_Lighe reflection
QO Insufficient Date for Evaluation
5 min one W QO Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Oval orange light, size of grapefruit. At first) Light reflection possible cause from
the object appeared to be stationary, then it | searchlights on broken cloud.
started to move in a westerly heading and grew

smaller then larger in size. The object just

vanished. Searchlights in area. Low ceiling,
broken clouds in area.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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HEADQUARTERS
NEW YORK AIR DEFENSE SECTOR
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

susvect: Unidentified Flying Object Report

vo: Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright Patterson Air Force Base

Ohio

1. Under the provisions of Paragraph 15, AFR 200-2, the following
report of an unidentified flying object sighting is hereby submitted:

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Description of the object:
(1) Oval

(2) Grapefruit

(3) Orange light

(4) One

(5) Not applicable

(6) None

(7) None

(8) None

(9) None

Description of course of object: ' /

(1) The object just appeared and was sighted by the observer who
was travelling in an automobile at the time of the sighting.

(2) 10 degrees from the horizon.

(3) 30 degrees from the horizon.

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(4) At first the object appeared to be stationery, then it
started to move in a westerly heading and grew smaller
then larger in size.

(5) The object just vanished.

(6) The object was visible for approximately five minutes.

Manner of Observation:

(1) Ground visual

(2) None

(3) Not applicable

Time and date of sighting:
(1) 02202 29 May 1960

(2) Dark

Location of Observer:

Penns Park, Pennsylvania—approximately 20 miles Northwest
of Philadelphia, Pa.

Identifying Information on Observer:
(1) Not applicable

(2) beeemes Captain, USN, United States Naval Air
Development Center, Johnsville, Pa., SRmMP of the
Aviation Acceleration Development Laboratory.

Estimated to be completely reliable.
Weather and Winds—Aloft Conditions at Time and Place of Sighting:

(1) Overhead clear—-50% cloud cover 3000 to 7000 feet ceilings
to the South of observer toward the object.

(2) Winds aloft:

Surface: 090/12
6000': 160/15

10009': 170/20

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16000': 170/20
20000': 180/25
30000': 190/25
50000's 230/35
(3) Ceiling: 1500' to 4000' broken
(4) Visibility: 10 miles
(5) Cloud cover: approximately 50%
(6) None
(7) None
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Unknown

William S. Barnett, Captain, USAF, Chief, Intelligence Division,
New York Air Defense Sector, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.

Preliminary analysis of the possible cause of the sighting
indicated two possibilities: A check of the air traffic flying
in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area indicates that the
observer may have seen jet exhaust of an aircraft climbing out
after takeoff and going away from the observer, The ceilings
were approximately 1500 feet in the Philadelphia area and any
jet (commercial or otherwise) entering the cloud cover would
necessarily disappear. The other possibility was brought out
in my conversation with the observer. He noted some advertising
searchlights shining in the Philadelphia area approximately at
the time of the sighting but did not think that this caused the
UFO, However, if the cloud cover over the searchlight area was
lower that over the observer, it is felt that the circling light

could have caused a reflection on the clouds,

Since the cloud

cover was broken the light reflection could have given the
observer the orange light and size and shape of the object. No

further information is available at this time,

1. None

FQR THE COMMANDER:

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ANTHOMY J. FERRANTI

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Nirector of Administrative Ssrvyisass