UFO Index Card and Incident Report — Milville, N.J., November 1954

This document consists of a UFO Index Card and a corresponding military teletype report regarding a sighting in Milville, New Jersey, on November 26, 1954. The witness, identified as a local resident, reported observing four round, yellowish-red lights that hovered before moving rapidly to the northeast toward Hammonton, New Jersey. The witness estimated the objects were at a low altitude of approximately 1,500 feet and described their size as larger than a blimp when compared to a basketball held at arm's length. The duration of the observation was reported as two to three minutes. The military investigation, conducted by Captain Maino K. Thompson of the Olmsted Flight Service Center, involved contacting the witness, who was unable to provide more than a vague description of the phenomenon. The official conclusion reached by the investigating officer was that the sighting was an optical illusion caused by searchlights operating in the area under cloudy conditions. The report notes that searchlights were indeed active in the vicinity at the time of the sighting. The investigator further reasoned that if an object of the size and altitude described had actually been present, it would have been observed by other residents of Milville. Consequently, the case was dismissed as an optical illusion, and the report indicates that no other similar sightings were received.