Hawthorne, New JerseyJuly 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Hawthorne, New Jersey in July 1960. The full case file (3 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 38.

Reported location

Hawthorne, New Jersey

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 July 1960

2. LOCATION
Hawthorne, New Jersey

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2015
GMT 09/0116Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No (checked)

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
5-7 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Blob of white light traveling across sky to NW. Size of quarter. Moved through 1/6th of sky in 5-7 seconds.

11. COMMENTS
Speed, duration, and description indicate meteor observation.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon (checked)
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Meteor
Probably Astronomical (checked)
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987687

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People

LAWRENCE J. TACKER

Organizations

Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Installations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

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