Project 10073 Record - Princeton, Somerville, New Jersey

This document is a Project Blue Book record concerning a series of aerial phenomena observed in the vicinity of Princeton and Somerville, New Jersey, between March 1 and March 9, 1967. The primary witness, a 32-year-old professional newsman and radio station employee, reported observing brightly lit objects at high altitudes. He initially mistook the object for a planet, but noted it moved in a non-linear fashion, moving up, down, and side to side. A transmitter engineer at Mount Rose in Hopewell Township also observed the object through German prismatic binoculars, describing it as a disc-shaped craft with a complex series of lights and a powerful beacon on its underside. The witness reported that on one occasion, when he turned on a powerful light in his backyard, the object's bright beam immediately switched off, leaving only a small, non-blinking light visible. The witness also reported a separate sighting of a powerful orange light near Princeton University. Another radio station employee claimed to have seen the object at a very low altitude over Trenton, accompanied by local police and rescue squad members, and alleged that two F-100 aircraft from McGuire Air Force Base appeared to pursue the object. The witness contacted McGuire AFB, where officials denied that experimental VTOL craft were operating in the area. The official conclusion of the report is that the object was a possible aircraft, noting that no data was presented to prove it could not have been one.