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Project 10073 Record Card — Belmar, New Jersey, 3 November 1957

📅 3 November 1957 📍 Belmar, New Jersey 🏛 ATIC 📄 Record Card and Teletype Report
BelmarNew JerseyProject 10073Meteorological Testing BranchATICUFO

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TL;DR

A meteorological professional reported an oval object in Belmar, NJ, but provided no descriptive details. ATIC concluded there was insufficient information for evaluation.

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype correspondence regarding a UFO sighting on November 3, 1957, in Belmar, New Jersey. The witness, identified as a GS-9 employee of the Meteorological Testing Branch at Evans Signal Lab, Fort Monmouth, reported observing an oval object traveling from north to south between 2000Z and 2030Z. Despite the witness's professional background in meteorology, the report is notably sparse in detail. The witness failed to provide information regarding the object's size, color, elevation, azimuth, duration of the sighting, or the manner in which the object disappeared. The report notes that the witness observed the object twice. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that there was insufficient information for a formal evaluation. An ATIC investigator added a handwritten comment expressing surprise that a meteorological expert could provide so little descriptive data regarding the sighting.

This is surprising that a man in the meteorological Branch cannot give size, color, elevation, azimuth, how object disappeared, length of time in sight.

Official Assessment

Insufficient information for evaluation.

The observer, a meteorological professional, reported an oval object traveling north to south but could not provide details on size, color, elevation, azimuth, duration, or disappearance. ATIC investigators expressed surprise at the lack of detail provided by a meteorological expert.

Witnesses

  • [illegible]GS 9Meteorological Testing Branch, Evans Signal Lab, Fort Monmouth, NJ

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