Passaic, New JerseyApril 1956

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Summary

On April 7, 1956, a civilian at Passaic, New Jersey, reported one object at 8:55 p.m. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The witness wrote in by letter and filled out an information sheet.

The object was very bright white and about the size of a pea at arm's length. Its edges were sharply outlined. It disappeared below the horizon. The witness estimated the speed at 850 mph and the altitude at about 10,000 feet. The sky was clear with no wind. The sighting lasted about one minute and three seconds.

The Air Force said there was too little information for a valid conclusion. The record noted that the edges were sharply outlined yet the witness did not give the shape, and the direction and flight path were not given.

Reported location

Passaic, New Jersey

Date of incident

April 1956

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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l min, 3 seconds one not given
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Very bright white object, size of a Edges were sharply outlined, yet
: pea at arm's length, edges sharply witness did not give the shape,
outlined, disappeared below the Direction when dirst & last seen
horizon, Estimated speed - 850 mph or flight path was not given,
at 10,000 ft, Too little information to allow
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