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Project 10073 Record Card - 18 August 1958

📅 18 August 1958 📍 Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 🏛 ATIC 📄 sighting_report
UFOFort MonmouthProject 100731958aircraft exhaust

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TL;DR

A 1958 sighting of a bright orange, round object at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, was officially concluded to be a possible aircraft exhaust glow. The report was processed under Project 10073.

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on August 18, 1958, at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The report documents an observation made by two individuals, one identified as a civilian engineer and the other as Sseynons Kolter of the NSA Signal Labs. The witnesses observed a single, round, bright orange object, which they estimated to be the size of a pinhead. The observation lasted for two and a half minutes. The witnesses reported that the object produced no exhaust or vapor. The sighting was evaluated by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). The official conclusion recorded on the card is 'Possibly a/c' (aircraft). An intelligence officer further commented that the phenomenon was a 'possible aircraft exhaust glow,' a conclusion that was concurred with by others. The document includes technical details regarding the weather conditions at the time, which were clear, and notes that the location is a heavily traveled air lane between Red Bank and Cogle. The report was transmitted via teletype to various military commands, including the Air Defense Command (ADC) and the Air Force Intelligence headquarters.

Rnd, bright orange obj, about size of head of pin. No exhaust or vapor.

Official Assessment

Possibly a/c.

The object was observed by two individuals at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. It was described as a round, bright orange sphere, approximately the size of a pinhead, with no visible exhaust or vapor. The intelligence officer noted it was a possible aircraft exhaust glow.

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