Boonton, New JerseyJanuary 1956

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# Summary

On the evening of January 31, 1956, two young witnesses in Boonton, New Jersey saw two round, white objects moving across the sky. The objects appeared small, about the size of a dime held at arm's length, and seemed to move like white clouds at an estimated speed of 500 mph. One object was positioned ahead of the other. The sighting lasted about two minutes before the objects moved out of sight heading south.

The Air Force investigated the report and concluded the sighting was probably an aircraft. The file notes that the witnesses were 12 and 13 years old and that nothing in the available information conflicted with an aircraft explanation. However, the Eastern Air Defense Force mentioned in their comments that the report had been delayed because the initial sighting was submitted by mail, which may have affected the quality of the investigation.

The full case file, consisting of 9 pages, is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Boonton, New Jersey

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

9 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
E O Wos Balloon |
A 31 January 1956 Boonton, New Jersey O Probably Balloon
i O Possibly Balloon |
4 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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1 EC EEE I I Se Sar RXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Rador DO Probably Aireroft
3 GMT 01/ 0030Z Feb 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
i 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
E O Yes ed O Probably Astronomical
E HXNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TR {RE NI he Al
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3 two minutes two south ii |
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
E Round objects smaller than a dime Probable a/c sighting. Time ;
El at arms length, Color white. One of day- dusk, Witnesses 12 and |
E ahead of the other, Objects appeared | 13 years of age. Nothing con- :
2 as moving white clouds - estimated flicting with a/c analysis, i
4 speed 500 mph, | |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964707