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Case FileNARA NAID 28996791 · T1206 Roll 45

Project Blue Book Case File

Maplewood, New JerseyApril 1962

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Maplewood, New Jersey in April 1962. 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 45.

Reported location

Maplewood, New Jersey

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
22 Apr 1962

2. LOCATION
Maplewood, New Jersey

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

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: 1930
GMT: 2130 [illegible]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual    [] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual        [] Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE
[] Yes
[] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
~1.0 hour

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
N/W

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Single silver light blinking in NW sky. Witness desired to know if it could have been an a/c with a single flashing light.

11. COMMENTS
Duration not rptd. Motion not rptd. Probably a/c since witness indicated desire to know if it was a/c. Also possible that the obj was a balloon.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996791

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