Matawan, New JerseyDecember 1958

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Summary

On December 1, 1958, at about 4:37 p.m., three civilian engineers near Matawan, New Jersey, reported an object. The men worked for an industrial machine company. The object was under observation for about two minutes.

The object first looked like a white jet trail, inclined about 60 degrees to the horizon. It then changed to a level position. A few moments later it seemed to turn end for end, still level, until it became a small white brilliant dot. Then, without other motion, it vanished. It was at about 3 degrees elevation on a bearing of about 230 degrees true, and the witnesses estimated it was about five miles away. A sketch was included.

The Air Force found the report had insufficient evidence for a firm analysis. It asked each witness to fill out technical information sheets. The record lists the case as probably an aircraft contrail. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Matawan, New Jersey

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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; Shi ki? PROJECT 10072 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Biel ; 0D Was Balloon
1 December 1958 Matawan, New Jersey 0 Probobly Balloon
C1 December IY9O. Lotte ATION D Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP a. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local aie BRR RH PER EAR XKGround- Visual O Ground-Radar a den SIR aia
GMT 01/2 13 77 0 Air Visual D Air-Intercep? Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomicol
TNo Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE X OtherCoOntrail _. _ ——
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unk
9 minutes one Si a
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Object appearing like jet trail, Probably a/c contrail, g
white inclined 60 dgr to horizon
leveling off to horizontal, Became
small white but turned end for end : :
and vanished.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28981213