Shrewsberry, New JerseyAugust 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On August 6, 1958, a civilian in Shrewsbury, New Jersey reported seeing a white object that was stationary in the sky. The object was observed for five minutes at dusk and then went out. One object was reported with no movement. The observer used ground-visual observation. Weather conditions were clear with haze and cirrus clouds. An intelligence officer noted the report as a possible weather balloon.

Reported location

Shrewsberry, New Jersey

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

NJ / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 6 August 1958
5. LOCATION: Shrewsbury, New Jersey
13. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local
GMT: 06/2300Z

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

6. SOURCE: Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 min s

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: Stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: White obj, stationary, just went out.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data.

[Handwritten signatures and notations]

ATIC FORM 330 (REV 26 SEP 52)

08/23002
WDWM
Forced /[illegible]

ZOZCSQP:25ZCZCS:CD912ZCJYA:S2
PP RJEDSQ
ZFD RJEZSU
CZCSUB132ZCTJD866

PP RJEDDN RJEDSQ
DE RJEPNH 30
P 681332
FM HQ 26TH AIR DIV DEF

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