Blackwood, New JerseyAugust 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 29, 1960, a civilian in Blackwood, New Jersey reported seeing an unidentified flying object. The object was brighter and dimmer than a star and was observed in flight from west to east. The observation was ground-visual. One object was reported. The course was listed as east. The Air Force noted insufficient data for analysis. On September 2, 1960, Lt. Colonel Lawrence J. Tacker of the Air Force Public Information Division requested that the witness complete a detailed questionnaire and submit it to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center for evaluation and analysis.

Reported location

Blackwood, New Jersey

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
29 August 1960

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Lasel 0115
10/09052

6. PHOTOS
Yes
Undo

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not reported

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Object brighter, than dimmer than star observed in flight from West to East.

2. LOCATION
Blackwood, New Jersey

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
east

12. CONCLUSIONS
Possibly Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient data for analysis.

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