Newark, New JerseyJanuary 1961

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Summary

On January 28, 1961, at 1830 (6:30 p.m.), a witness in Newark, New Jersey reported seeing an unidentified object in the night sky. The witness described it as dark gray, about the size of a jet aircraft, and moving from east to west. The object disappeared behind a house after roughly one minute of observation.

The witness stated that he heard a sound like a jet engine. The object had no visible wings. According to the Air Force's initial assessment, the description closely matched how an aircraft appears when seen at night.

The Air Force's official conclusion was that the object was probably a jet aircraft flying in the area, and the witness happened to observe it passing overhead. The file contains no additional radar data, corroborating witnesses, or follow-up investigation beyond this initial evaluation.

The full case file, as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below and contains 12 pages.

Reported location

Newark, New Jersey

Date of incident

January 1961

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

12 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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1. DATE ; be 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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28 Jan 61 Newark, New Jersey O Probably Ballson | |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Bellcon
Local 1830 KKGround-Vi sual O Ground-Radar 0 ody River oi |
CMF 23302 QO Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aireraft |
5. ‘PHOTO . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol |
O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
XXNe Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TRL TVR ————
: 1 medi Date for Evaluation
1 min. 1 E-W 4 |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Dark gray object, moved |. COMMENTSWitness stated that he heard a
from East to West. About the size of a Jet sound like a jet plane. The description
with no wings. Disappeared behind a house. of the object is very similar to that o
an a/c when it is observed at night. The
object was probably a jet a/c flying in
the area, and it just so happened that
the witness saw it fly over. Rowvesiebs=ciie
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991242