Mountain Lake, New JerseyDecember 1957

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Summary

On December 5, 1957, a witness near Mountain Lake, New Jersey reported one aircraft with tiny yellow flames flickering along its leading edge. The tail light was brighter than usual and burned steadily rather than blinking. The Air Force recorded the case under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports. The card lists the conclusion as a balloon classification on the form, while the comments state there was nothing unusual about one aircraft flying behind another, as air traffic in the area would show.

Reported location

Mountain Lake, New Jersey

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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EL PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ley
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
X D Wes Balloon
5 December 1957 fountain Lake, New Jersey D Probably Balloon
ii SE MT at SENS
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Dressy. Bellon |
OS /231 3 KX :Was Aircraft
oo ore BE MX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar Q “Probably Aircrafe |
GMT 0&/ 7Z a Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
3. PHOTOS . 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes : 0 Probably Astronomical |
+X No etired Militar O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (2 A | TT SS CC ST |
ao hauificlans Data for Evaluation
[8] nknown
: two E-W "
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS £ :
One aircraft with tiny yellow flames Nothing unusual about one air-
flickering along leading edge, tail craft behind another as any U,S,
light brighter than usual and burned aero chart will show - traffic |
continuously rather than f1 ashing, airways provide for this,
No sound, Another aircraft following 3
severdl miles behind with usual
sound, ;
~ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ;
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