Oak Tree, New JerseyNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 6, 1957, at approximately 11:55 p.m., a witness traveling west in a small town adjacent to South Liandule, Oak Tree, New Jersey, noticed a very bright spot in the upper left-hand corner of the sky. The witness pulled over to the road and watched the bright spot until it disappeared. The object appeared as a bright silver light at first, left no vapor trail, and was seen climbing at a steep angle. The object could be easily turned into different angles. The witness observed the shape clearly, but it turned into a powerful light and disappeared. Insufficient information was provided for evaluation. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

Oak Tree, New Jersey

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

View transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
NOVEMBER 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1955
GMT 0420 1957

6. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 min

2. LOCATION
Oak Tree, New Jersey

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

4. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
W-SW

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
[illegible] about 2355, watched to be a bright [illegible] object with [illegible] sky, he pulled to the side and it at object [illegible] [illegible] turned to be a [illegible] [illegible]

11. COMMENTS
Insufficient information for evaluation.

/ 3

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973665