Fairview, New JerseyOctober 1956

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Summary

On October 12, 1956, a witness in Fairview, New Jersey saw one reddish and orange object with jagged edges. It looked about the size of the head of a pin at arm's length and seemed to grow larger at times. The object drifted, stood still at times, and moved slowly toward the west. The witness watched it both with the eyes and through binoculars for about ten minutes. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by a weather balloon. It said the object's movement and description supported that finding.

Reported location

Fairview, New Jersey

Date of incident

October 1956

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

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¥ PROJECT 10073 i¢eCORD CARD Ag
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
. 0 Wos Balloon |
12 Octoher 1956 Fairview, New Jersey BD Posuit, Betton |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7 Possibly Balloon
0 Wos Aircraft |
CT RG ES YE SLR 3 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aireroft.
BE TART RNR 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yos 0 Probably Astronomical
<%0 Neo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENCTH OF O3SERVYATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE HE NR
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
. " £ 0 Unknown
ten minutes ong westerly
10. BRIEF SUMMARY CF 3IGHTING : 11. COMMENTS fy
One reddish and orange object with Concur w/rpting officer that
Jagged edges, size of head of pin at sighting was probably caused by
arm 's length . Object appeared : to a WX balloon, lovement, descrip-
increase in size at times. Object was | tion of object support this evalua}
seen drifting, standing still at tion,
time, and moving west slowly, Object
was seen visually and through binocu-
lars for ten minutes,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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