Lakehurst, New JerseyAugust 1957

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Summary

On August 7, 1957, at 2:20 a.m. EST in Lakehurst, New Jersey, a civilian observer reported two star-like objects. One object was directly behind the other. They moved very fast and very high, heading south. The sighting lasted 10 seconds. The objects had no sound, none visible on radar, and no surface details were observed. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably meteors. A note indicated meteor activity was approaching maximum on August 7.

Reported location

Lakehurst, New Jersey

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 1073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
7 August 1957

2. LOCATION
Lakehurst, New Jersey

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 2220 EST
GMT 08/0300Z

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
two

9. COURSE
South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two star-like objects, one directly behind the other. Very fast, very high, heading south.

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical [illegible]
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other ___
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Probably meteors.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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