Fort Monmouth, N. J., November 1957November 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 6, 1957, military personnel at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey reported a white light oscillating and moving slowly at 7:02 a.m. The observation lasted 10 minutes and was made by military sources. An astro check with records and observatories indicated an Aurora Borealis display was occurring in that area at that time. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably Aurora Borealis. On the same date, a civilian in the Bronx, New York reported a clear shaped white object with a red tail observed for 4 minutes. The official evaluation for this sighting was marked as Probably Astronomical.

Reported location

Fort Monmouth, N. J., November 1957

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
6 November 1957

2. LOCATION
Fort Monmouth, N.J.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 0700245 Z

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

5. PHOTOS?
Yes [ ]
No [X]

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS & COURSE
2

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon [ ]
Probably Balloon [ ]
Possibly Balloon [ ]
Was Aircraft [ ]
Probably Aircraft [ ]
Possibly Aircraft [ ]
Was Astronomical [ ]
Probably Astronomical [X]
Possibly Astronomical [ ]
Other: Aurora Borealis [ ]
Insufficient Data for Evaluation [ ]
Unknown [ ]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
White light oscillating slow moving.

11. COMMENTS:
Astro check with record and observatories indicate there was Aurora display in that area at that time. In all probability this was the object sighted.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973323