PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 1C073 RECORD
1. DATE  TIME GROUP LOCATION
31 March 66 01/0130Z Toms River, New Jersey
3. SOURCE 1. CONCLUSION
Civilian Possible (AIRCRAFT) V
405 2Uen probaie. tof.
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUM AND ANALYSIS
10 - 15 Minutes high flying aircraft she noticed anothe:
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION object which appeared as a bright star that began to move in
SW direction. Object did not drop over the harizon as did SW direction. Object did not drop over the harizon as did
Ground-Visual Ground-Visual the satellite she seen previous. Observer stated, the farther the satellite she seen previous. Observer stated, the farther
7. COURSE away the object moved, the closer to the earth it appeared,
but did not travel in an arc.
SW
8. PHOTOS
Yes Yes
XXNo XXNo
9 9. PHYSICAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE EVIDENCE
Yes
No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prevlome sditlons of thla form may be used.

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
28 June 1966
Tome River, New Jersey
Dear Mrs
Please forgive me for not having written sooner, but my workload has
been so heavy that I have had to concentrate on analysis of sightings,
brierings, meetings, etc., and I.have had to negleet my correspondence.
I do appreciate rour letter and I will try to answer as many of your
questions as I possibly can.
Your observation does not appear to me to be that of a satellite. " First
of all the duration of lo - 15 mimutes is too long for & satelli.te to be
satellite. to bevisible
New Jersey for the night of 3l March l966. This includes all sources,
military, civilian, and law enforcement agencies. Your report is the
only ebeervation reported to the project office for the night of
31 March I966 in the New Jersey area. You ask my opinion regarding your
sighting, however, I hazard to offer one because I have found that --
cpinions are not necessarily scientifie evaluations. At this late date,
threugh no. fault of pour owm, it is almost impossible to cheek the acti-
vity- in your area. Mormal and routine activity seldem excites the radar
operators because it is plotted 'on their radar plot boards and passed on
from one seetor to the ad jacent sector. I would imagine that tbe Air
Defense Command identified the activity in your area and therefore was
not undully concerned otherwise, they would have taken appropriate action. .
Regarding Regarding your your question, of why it takes a week or so to inform an observer question, of why it takes a week or so to inform an observer
that he had observed a weather balloon or a satellite, is a good one. I that he had observed a weather balloon or a satellite, is a good one. I
would Hike to point out that this type would Hike to point out that this type of f activity is so routine that it etivity is so routine that it
excites no one and is therefore treated accordingly. Balloon activity
and satellite activity doesn't really excite the radar operators and the and satellite activity doesn't really excite the radar operators and the
optical tracking optical tracking operators, therefore, we try to operators, therefore, we try to talk to the operator on talk to the operator on
duty at that particular duty at that particular time so that we can get his reaction to the activity. time so that we can get his reaction to the activity.
These stations are These stations are manned 24 hours a day and therefore people have to work
in shifts.. Reaching these people immediately after an observation sometimes
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becomes a problem and of course causes a delay in the identification of
the object. Another delay in identifying balloons is that we have to
get the weather information from Weather Central in Asheville, North.
Carolina. This ean take three or four days to process. Wind data is
extremely important in identifying balloon observations.
Believe me, if a missile was on its way to the good ole' USA, it would
excite a. Lot of people. ineluding the President of the United States. .
This type of activity could. easily be checked through NoRAD and tbeir
slave stations.
I certainly don't consider. the-American people ignorant nor do I treat
them that way. I have never denied the possibility that intelligent life
might exist in some form, on another planet or star in our universe.
Whether this life is as you and nowit1s something else.. No one
has ever proved that intelligent life
planet.We assume that it exists, but this t
I vill be glad to accept the theory of extraterrestrial life, if a
responsible group of scientists can prove it. I certainly wouldn't panic
and I sincerely believe that our government would be prepared to welcome
a visitation just like they welcome other heads of state. I also believe,
before you and I could detect them with the naked eye.  I am very serious
about this, I honestly don't believe that these learned gentlemen of
science would keep such an event to themselves and not reveal it to the
general public. After all, fame and fortune await the discoverer of such
an event. Our big problem or the problem of reverse visitation is of the
vast distances which are involved. How do we get mass/weight to travel
at the tFIf can travel at thi eed, then our time
the or a round trip. However,
we: know that sccording to the laws of physics we cannot travel at. the
speed of light, therefore, time as we know it will be greater than
fascinating world and there is much to think about
and in the world of physicalscience there are many, many questions which
are still unanswered. 1
In conelusion, I would like to state that I haven't seen or reviewed any
evidence vhich would indicate that we have been visited by a so called
extraterrestrial vehicle. We have no tangible evidence what-so-ever to
prove that we have been visited by a so-called advanced civilization.
I really enjoyed your letter and I wish that I had more time to spend in
answering your questions, but unfortunately time passes much too rapidly
and I must tend to other pressing duties.
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direction, and I noticed what an unusually clear and beautiful
night it was. As I looked up, I noticed an airplane
traveling west at a high altitude. As I watched this plane
previously thought to be an extremely bright star in the
constellation begin to move. It appeared to be nany times
higher than the plane. I called
satellite I had seen, but seemed to travel at the same
altitude. The farther away it moved, the closer to the
earth it appeared, but did not travel in an arc. This
puzzled me, so I tried to find out if there were any
the newspapers to no avail. the newspapers to no avail. Finally I called the Asbury Park
Press, and spoke with the weather departnent. I asked if Press, and spoke with the weather department. I asked if
nat. not. The person I spoke with also said that the State Police The person I spoke with also said that the State Police
had received a had received a number of calls concerning the object from number of calls concerning the object from
the Metedeconk area, which is about ll niles from my home. the Metedeconk area, which is about ll niles from my home.
I did not call the police, as I felt a little foolish,
since the sudden rash of "sightings" in the area lately.
I do not know what this object was, and will not make
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around us, they surely must have viewed the object on their
radar, and known beforehand that one was in the area. If
availabe to then today should have enabled then to find out
that an object which was seen, but not identified a week
earlier, and had blown up an entire large city, was finally
identified a week or more later as a missile!
Why does it take so long to inform the people as to -
the origin and identity of an object, when the information
a.ny
questions arose?
If there is any knowledge of the origin of the unexplained
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stars in the Milky Way, several million of them should be
the people know that
capable of believing in our fellow nan and living in peace with
all, no matter who they are - or where they are from. or where they are fron.
Thank you for allowing Thank vou for allowing me to take up me to take up your valuable your yaluable time.
Very tru
Turo.
Mrs.