Ft Monmouth, New JerseyJanuary 1953

Unidentified

Summary

On January 6, 1953, a civilian meteorologist saw an object in the sky near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The time was about 11:55 a.m. The witness worked at a signal laboratory and was interviewed by an Army agent.

The object was silver colored and shaped like a football. It appeared to stay still for about three minutes. It then moved to the northwest at a slow speed before disappearing into haze at about noon. The witness watched it for about three to six minutes.

Because of his work, the witness estimated the object was over Avon, New Jersey, at an altitude of at least 30,000 feet. He said it could not have been a weather balloon because it traveled against the wind, which was coming from the northwest. He reported the weather was clear with excellent visibility.

The record notes the object disappearing into haze under clear skies sounds like a balloon observation. The card lists the conclusion as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Ft Monmouth, New Jersey

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. 1” “ATION
6 Jan 53 06/1655% Mt llonwoulth, Mew Jersey
1 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION A
civilian JUSUPFICIIKT DATA FOR EVALUALT ON
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3 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Observer stated WX clear znl visibility cellent yet ob] dis
anpeayraed into wze, Sounds like a balloon cbservablon however
; One By . 16 119 nye Wr . tye [I Ary LP MA tres oo £ sv { [9] wy nt ai
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; 5. LENGTH OF O35ERVATION 1. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: Co nol, incinded), Insufficient dol
: for evaluation,
1 3 = 6 ning,
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
3 Ground-Visunl Stationary obj for three mins, at which tiie obj moved to NU
FE 7. COURSE acainst the wind for tue mins ab a slow spzed wiih object dis-
| 3 appearing in haze, Obj silver colored aml shaped like a [oob~
I | ball. Observer stated that the wzather was clear with excellant
8. PHOTOS visitd lity,
1 0 Yes
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] 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
i 0 Yes
: be No
4 FORM
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28952548