Fort Monmouth, New JerseyAugust 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 18, 1958, at 7:52 p.m., a bright orange object about the size of a pinhead was observed at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The object had a round shape similar to the head of a pin, was 18 inches away, and was bright orange in color. No exhaust or vapor was visible. The sighting lasted 23 minutes and involved one object. A civilian engineer at NSA Signal Labs witnessed the event. The object's course was unknown, and it moved at a constant 30 degrees per minute. Weather conditions were clear. An intelligence officer noted the possible connection to aircraft exhaust glow. The Air Force evaluation was unknown.

Reported location

Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1003 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
18 August 1958

2. LOCATION
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT 19/01252

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Binoculars
Aircraft-Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
23 mins

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Rnd, bright orange obj, about size of head of pin. No exhaust or vapor.

10. CONCLUSIONS
(a) Probably Balloon
(b) Probably Aircraft
(c) Was Aircraft
(d) Probably Aircraft
(e) Possibly Aircraft
(f) Unknown
(g) Other
(h) Insufficient Data for Evaluation
(i) Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Possibly a/c.

[lower section with routing markings]
C2CSOC252CJTC565
PP BJEDO
DE BJEYHN 25
P 2019082
IM 26 ABIV 38GE DET 1
TO BJEDO/COMDR ADC
BJEDSS/COMDR ATIC
BJEZHO/AC OF S INTL HQ USAF
BJEZHO/OPC OF INFO SEVCS HQ
INFO BJEDMB/COMDR EAST CONAD REGION
BJEDDN/COMDR 1966TH SS
BT

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979518