Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence Regarding Hawthorne, New Jersey Sightings

This document file contains a Project 10073 record card and related correspondence concerning a series of unidentified aerial phenomena sightings in Hawthorne and Clifton, New Jersey, between September 18 and September 24, 1962. The record card summarizes reports received from a NICAP member, noting that the information was second-hand and insufficient for analysis. A letter dated October 11, 1962, from John Laval to Major Carl R. Hart of the Air Force details multiple sightings. Laval reports that on September 20, 21, and 24, a UFO was observed over the Samuel Braen, Inc. stone quarry in Hawthorne by a night watchman and local police. Witnesses described the object as hovering for twenty minutes, oscillating, changing colors, and moving silently before departing at high speed. Additionally, on September 23, a Mrs. Lee and her son observed a silver, cigar-shaped object in Hawthorne that performed a right-angle turn at high speed. Another report included in the file describes an incident on September 18 involving Officer James Dugan of Neptune City, who observed two 'gigantic' lights that hovered over the borough before traveling out over the ocean. A separate report from William Stock, a watchman at the stone quarry, describes a round, disc-shaped object that illuminated the area and appeared to have headlights. In a final response dated November 29, 1962, Lt. Colonel William J. Lookadoo informed Mr. Laval that the sightings had not been officially reported to the Air Force and therefore could not be evaluated.