Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Shrewsberry, New Jersey, 6 August 1958
AI-Generated Summary
A 1958 sighting report from Shrewsberry, New Jersey, involving a stationary white object observed by an electronics engineer. The military investigation concluded there was insufficient data, with a suggestion it may have been a weather balloon.
This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communication regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on August 6, 1958, in Shrewsberry, New Jersey. The witness, identified as an electronics engineer at Fort Monmouth, reported observing a single white, stationary object in the northwest sky at an estimated altitude of 10,000 to 15,000 feet. The observation lasted for approximately five minutes before the object's light went out. The report indicates that the object was not moving during the duration of the sighting. The weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with some haze and 6/10 cirrus cloud cover. The official evaluation of the incident concluded that there was insufficient data to determine the nature of the object, although an intelligence officer noted the possibility that it was a weather balloon. The documentation includes standard military teletype headers routing the report to various commands, including the Air Defense Command (ADC) and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC).
White obj, stationary, just went out.
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Official Assessment
Possible weather balloon
The sighting was classified as having insufficient data for evaluation, though an intelligence officer suggested it may have been a weather balloon.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Elecronics Eng Ft Monmouth