Cape May, New Jersey, September 1954May 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 12, 1954, at Cape May, New Jersey, a civilian witness reported two bright white lights moving side by side in a northward direction at a speed covering 15 to 20 degrees of arc in one minute. The observation lasted three minutes. When the objects passed overhead, one turned east while the other continued south. One object was bright enough to see against the full moon. The witness watched the objects with naked eyes from the ground near Wildwood Airport. Weather conditions were clear with good visibility. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

Cape May, New Jersey, September 1954

Date of incident

May 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

View transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
12 September 1954

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 13/0255Z

6. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
3 minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two objects moving side by side, 1st magnitude, 15-20 deg arc in one minute when overhead objects split. One turned and one continued [illegible] on same course.

2. LOCATION
Cape May, New Jersey

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

5. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
2

9. COURSE
N-S Maneuvered

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

11. COMMENTS
No information conflicting with a/c analysis

/ 3

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959525