Jersey Shore, PennsylvaniaApril 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 22, 1955, someone in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, saw a white, round object with sharp edges standing still in the sky for about a minute. Then it rose slowly. The sighting lasted roughly four minutes. The Air Force investigated through Flight 3F of the 4602nd AISS (Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron). Their conclusion was straightforward: the object was a Piper Cub airplane.

The case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, consisting of 13 pages.

Reported location

Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania

Date of incident

April 1955

State / country

PA / US

Page count

13 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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EB 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
EB 0 Was Balloon
EE 22 April 1955 | Jersey Shara, Douns lvania |5 hibf bred a
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION chet dil
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£ rae 82 X6round- Visual 0 Ground-Radar i Neshely Aircraft

;  omT_23/0200% FRA Air-Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft

: 5. PHOTOS : 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

3 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

4 HXNo Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical

& ai Rl sll FT TT ee ——— oa es Sh, Sm me nn cn en de aha hl La SEMA EE ESE EE

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0, Other mm

- 0 Insufficient Data for Evoluation

bo i ¢ 0 Unknown

A approx 4 minutes one stationary |

1 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ;

1 one object, round, sharply outlined, Investigated by Flight 3f,

! white, solid, was observed to stand | 4602d AILSS, with the following

1 still for one minute and then rise conclusion: UFOB sighted wasa

A slowly. piper Cub,

1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28961791