Ocean Beach, N. J., August 1959August 1959

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Summary

On August 12, 1959, at night, an observer near Ocean Beach reported an object in the sky. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The witness described an object that looked like a saucer from the side, about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. It was red in color and turned golden at times, with a slight trail at the end. The object appeared to move back and forth.

The record card noted there was a high thin layer of cirrus clouds and a haze layer present. It concluded a combination of the two probably reflected the light.

Reported location

Ocean Beach, N. J., August 1959

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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‘ : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD BIER

: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

P 0 Was Balloon

od 12 Aug 59 Ocean B ach, Ditsurels a Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Er a A)

i ; ¢ O Was Aircraft :

b Local Fe re Q. Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
£ oMT_13/02307 - 0k157 0 AirVisuadl O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
| 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

: O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical

E O-No (itkddisiss O Possibly Astronomical

E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE GX Other_Raflection
El 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
E aia) reel padt 0 Unknown !

F 1.3/4 hye di varied

E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 1
| . CbJ which looked like a saucer fm the sidg, There was a high thin layer of

; «f About the size of a nickel, red in color, irrus clouds present, as was a haze
turned golden at times, ahd slight trail at layer. A combination of the two

RL RT Ohs Arhl+-a3d 2. rary Wim lr 2. Pretty Array HWA RET BY, ~ ' y. iret oa .
i Last, UbJ or Gere to WER VCS 9 forth over yhgprobably refgected lights fm a city j
i same area, then faded out tc the NIE. north of obsergver,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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