Ramsey, N. J., February 1953February 1953

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On February 3, 1953, a city woman in Ramsey, New Jersey, reported an unusual aerial object. She observed an oval object almost half the size of the moon, positioned near tree tops to the south. The object appeared to have mass, was much brighter than the moon, and had a brilliant radiance around its edge. A fiery sparkling tail streamed behind it and was longer than the object itself. The object traveled very fast, at least as fast as a jet plane. The sighting lasted 4 to 5 seconds and was observed visually through an open window facing east from the second floor. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unknown.

Reported location

Ramsey, N. J., February 1953

Date of incident

February 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
2 FEB 53 1/0430Z

2. LOCATION
Ramsey, N.J.

3. SOURCE
City Woman

10. CONCLUSION
Unknown (UNIOR)

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
4 - 5 Sec.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Cir1 sized obj, brilliant colored object with a fiery sparkling tail shortly behind it was approx 1/2 as big as moon. Possible a meteor - seen 4 to 5 sec., and had been moving thru sky very fast.

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual

7. COURSE
[illegible]

8. PHOTOS
yes
No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
No

FORM
FTD SEP 53 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28953153