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Case FileNARA NAID 29000853 · T1206 Roll 47

Project Blue Book Case File

Pequannock, New JerseyMay 1963

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Pequannock, New Jersey in May 1963. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 47.

Reported location

Pequannock, New Jersey

Date of incident

May 1963

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
1062 0 Was Balloon
DE: Ate aR“ SF Nas Posh Tre
: 2 Maw 0623 Peouannock New Jorge 0D Probably Balloon
oS Se) Bh > Thad of 2020 OA SL :. Ce 1 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
204," 5 RY a 0 Was Aircraft
{Socal eri RRS Fal AR XX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar EE Probably Asrciat
; GMT 23/02457 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
No ; Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
PE rr A A ETE ee eed A LIS SEN Cre RIOR tet = 2 Een Ltn
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O° 0ther UNIDENTIFIED i
: ao | fficiont Data for Evaluati
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1%. COMMENTS [INIDENTIFIED. Objoote
"ink wheels observed by one witness probably reflections from some
moving very fast from E to W. At least internal source. Indications ar
four evenly spaced about 1/2 winute that objcets as viewed were not
aparts All alike in all respects, EacH solid obix & hat hey were not
» obiccl in view only about one second, | exterior, Na pascihi lity of
Civeular and huge, No trail, tail, establishins light source &
sound, Objects appeared to be spinning insufficient Inta to confirm this
or rolling, Spacing was even, Observed ano lveaie- ihorafore carvial
f vpn window, Wa tehed about 25 minutog as UNIDENTI1] 5] No info in th \
‘fer the Iast one appeared and no oe hs he tes threat fo llo8.
- {7p eared, torr 3 nication of sciontsy :
| | fie polential in the data presentled,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) :
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