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Case FileNARA NAID 28959406 · T1206 Roll 21

Project Blue Book Case File

Point Pleasant, New JerseyAugust 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Point Pleasant, New Jersey in August 1954. The full case file (3 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 21.

Reported location

Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Date of incident

August 1954

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3
Transcribed text
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
27 August 1954

2. LOCATION
Point Pleasant, New Jersey

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT: 27/12282

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
8 to 10 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
South

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Silver object 150 ft long like straight edge. Traveling N to S, straight, faster than jet. Flight through 25 Deg arc. Jet sect below and ahead of object.

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

11. COMMENTS
METEOR SIGHTING.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959406

Connected across the archive

Organizations

LAKEHURSTSTEWART AFBUSAFWRIGHT PATTERSON AFB

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

New JerseyPoint PleasantPoint Pleasant, New JerseyPoint Pleasant, NJ

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19541954-08-0127/1228227 August 1954

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