Greenwood Lake, New JerseyOctober 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 15, 1958, a civilian at Greenwood Lake, New Jersey reported seeing an orange, star-shaped object about the size of a pinpoint traveling south to north in a wavering fashion. The sighting lasted 50 seconds. One object was observed. The witness was fishing and looked up to see the object. The object moved in a wavering pattern from south to north. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a possible aircraft but noted insufficient information for a correct evaluation.

Reported location

Greenwood Lake, New Jersey

Date of incident

October 1958

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
15 OCTOBER 1958

2. LOCATION
Greenwood Lake, New Jersey

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___________
GMT 1957/23357

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
50 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
S to N

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Orange, star, shaped obj, size of a pinpoint, traveling S to N in a wavering fashion.

11. COMMENTS
Possible a/c. Too little info for correct evaluation.

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

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28980622