Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Fort Monmouth, N. J., 6 November 1957
AI-Generated Summary
A Project 10073 record card documenting a 10-minute sighting of a white, oscillating light at Fort Monmouth, NJ, on 6 November 1957. The event was officially attributed to an Aurora Borealis display.
This document is a Project 10073 Record Card detailing a sighting that occurred on 6 November 1957 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The observation took place at 0245 Z and lasted for approximately 10 minutes. The witness reported seeing a single white light that was described as oscillating and slow-moving, traveling in a northeasterly direction. The observation was classified as a ground-visual sighting. No photographs were taken, and there was no radar contact associated with the event. The official conclusion reached by the investigators was that the sighting was likely an Aurora Borealis display, based on checks with records and observatories that indicated such a display occurred in the area at that time.
Astro check with record and observatories indicate there was Aurora display in that area at that time. In all probability this was the object sighted.
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Official Assessment
Astro check with record and observatories indicate there was Aurora display in that area at that time. In all probability this was the object sighted.
The object observed was likely an Aurora Borealis display.