Paterson, New JerseyOctober 1960

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Summary

On October 1, 1960, in Paterson, New Jersey, two civilians observed an unidentified object described as disc-shaped, about the size of a silver dollar, with orange coloration. The formation was like a V-shape on the right side. The objects were far apart, then came very close together, separated again, and moved upward. The observation lasted 10 to 20 seconds. A report received in February 1961 described a similar sighting about four months earlier. The Air Force concluded the object was probably a meteor.

Reported location

Paterson, New Jersey

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
Oct 60

2. LOCATION
Paterson, New Jersey

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

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1145
GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual
[] Ground-Radar
[] Air-Visual
[] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[] Yes
X No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10-20 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
two

9. COURSE
W-E

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Disc about the size of a silver dollar, orange in color. Formation was like a "V" right side and upside down they were far apart then came very close together then they separated. Report received in Feb 61 of sighting about 4 months old.

11. COMMENTS
It is believed that the object responsible for this sighting was probably a meteor.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989517