Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting in New Milford, New Jersey, 19 August 1959

This document contains a collection of correspondence and reports regarding an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sighting that occurred on August 19, 1959, near Upper Greenwood Lake, New Milford, New Jersey. The primary witness, a civilian mailboy, reported observing a bright, round, yellow-white light with a red rim that appeared from behind the moon and moved in a diagonal path from the southeast to the northeast before fading from sight. The witness estimated the object's size to be comparable to a silver dollar held at arm's length and noted that it appeared to ascend to a higher altitude during the five-minute observation. The witness also reported hearing of two other sightings of a similar object in the same area, one occurring two weeks prior and another on Labor Day. The Air Force, specifically the New York Air Defense Sector at McGuire AFB, initiated an investigation into the report. They requested additional details from the witness, including the object's elevation, azimuth, and flight path, and asked for a list of other potential witnesses. The civilian witness complied by providing a written response, a hand-drawn map of the sighting location, and a list of other witnesses. The Air Force conducted a check of local bases and determined that no weather balloons had been released in the immediate area at the time of the sighting. However, they concluded that given the wind conditions (290 to 310 degrees), it was possible that a weather balloon from a base to the west could have been the cause of the sighting. The file includes the original Project 10073 record card, the initial teletype report, subsequent correspondence between the New York Air Defense Sector and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), and the witness's follow-up letter.