Project 10073 Record — Bridgeton, New Jersey, 27 March 1966

This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Bridgeton, New Jersey, on March 27, 1966. The witness, a 17-year-old male, reported observing a single object for approximately four minutes. According to the report, the object was described as saucer-shaped and changed color from bright orange to red and then to white while moving in a northerly direction before fading away. The witness noted that the object made no sound. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the phenomenon was likely a cloud or contrail, noting that the observer was 'apparently influenced by recent sightings in that area.' The document includes a questionnaire completed by the witness and a newspaper clipping regarding a separate, earlier sighting on March 21, 1966, by a local realtor named Carl F. Bea, who reported seeing a 'dirty-gray' object in the shape of two saucers stacked atop one another near Clark's Pond in Fairton, New Jersey. The realtor's report also mentioned that his car radio cut out during his encounter.