Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Incident #25 Sighting Report — West Trenton, New Jersey, 4 July 1947
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1947 sighting of a luminous object in West Trenton was officially attributed to a meteor or Fourth of July fireworks. The document also details the Air Weather Service's role in investigating potential balloon sightings for Project SIGN.
This document contains a collection of materials related to Incident #25, a UFO sighting reported on July 4, 1947, in West Trenton, New Jersey. The witness, a female civilian, observed a luminous object flying fast at a high altitude, moving east over West Trenton. The report describes the object as a 'flying saucer' with no tail or halo. The observation occurred at 2345 hours under bright moonlight. The official assessment of the incident, contained within the Project SIGN files, suggests that the object was likely a bright meteor or, given the date, a rocket from a Fourth of July celebration at an amusement park. The document also includes correspondence between the Air Materiel Command and the Air Weather Service regarding the investigation of sightings and the potential for synoptic weather balloons to be mistaken for unidentified objects. A list of incident numbers is provided, which were evaluated for the possibility of being weather balloons. Dr. Hynek's evaluations from the Project GRUDGE report are also referenced, categorizing various incidents by their astronomical or non-astronomical nature.
The object sighted here could easily have been a bright meteor, but in view of the date of the observation, it seems even more likely that the young lady saw part of a late Fourth of July celebration -- a rocket from some amusement park, perhaps.
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Official Assessment
The object sighted here could easily have been a bright meteor, but in view of the date of the observation, it seems even more likely that the young lady saw part of a late Fourth of July celebration -- a rocket from some amusement park, perhaps.
The sighting was likely a meteor or a firework rocket associated with Fourth of July celebrations.
Witnesses
- [illegible]MissWestern Electric, Trenton, New Jersey
Key Persons
- Dr. HynekEvaluator of reports
- W. R. ClingermanCol., USAF
- H. M. McCoyColonel, USAF, Chief, Intelligence Dept