Project 10073 Record Card — Newark, New Jersey, 21 September 1962

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying Duty Officer's report from the Foreign Technology Division, dated 24 September 1962. The records detail a series of UFO sightings reported in Northern New Jersey on 21 September 1962. Multiple witnesses, including a reporter for the New York Herald-Tribune, police officers in Emerson, and police in Hackensack, reported seeing multiple objects with varied colors, specifically described as having a red light on top that illuminated a top-hat shaped body. The objects were reported to be at an altitude of 5000-8000 feet and remained visible for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. The Air Force investigation, coordinated through McGuire Air Force Base, concluded that the sightings were the result of a strong thermal inversion in the area. This inversion caused the reflection of various ground and aircraft lights, which were misinterpreted by the witnesses as unidentified flying objects. The document includes a questionnaire completed by the Herald-Tribune reporter, who noted the objects were 'round, black' and traveling at 300 mph, though the official conclusion remained that the phenomena were atmospheric reflections.