PROJ!CT 10073 R!CORD CARD J. LOCATtOM 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wcu Bailee" Preltaltl1 Ball .. ,. 0 PeuiW, 8elleeft 0 We Aircraft PreltoW, Aircraft 0 Creuft4 R Net 0 P ul W, Aircraft ftterc.,t Re4 a Astre~t c.t 7. LI.TM OP O;;lf;II; .. ~Alif~IOiiili"l ----,:-ti." 2030 lllinutM 0' IIOttfiMI groupa with four unites 1a eac::b group. P..Jnr tt.>gether and th,.n ''t11ke ott' r:1pldly. :fad c::onaet-lHte t.at l. 0~.1!+:1 ln rom!!tlon. Llke a pl~tter, ll~h~ com r~d to dar~ sky i:'i~k&rm&..~d. DistMc~ tn~Jvr. LJ t t~ppe3red to be higher than 2 11/c that. ft~w over. Telephone Op!rtttor e +-'.ltl\"}h" ~ r. !'~ ..... t vf'!d cslla resamln~ ohJtu. \IX ln41c:a tbat large stare v11bl~, sr~U\1 1 at.!:tr not dU! o baze. Motion inc lurtecl J' I I .:h . f r,.-JIII hnrizon orizon in a ff!V aeeonda. H, rJf'Junrl. 'Ra.Dd.oa OVf!Ml'l~. 0 Pre~eW, Ast .. neMic.e Peuiltl, AsttefteMic.t OtherBea.rcblt('t Actlv ty Insufficient Date ~ Eveluetlen erratic: un~c ...... Sighting characteristic: ot s rchlight aetiv!ty ~th reflP~tlons fr~ n~1.e A'nC POIIM IB (a8Y It II) elvilian da9na~ ~:;:l\,~ :mom he lmovrs quit9 well, to !.:ay3 Tunding several other plac9s ~hlch appear to have been South of the position of these objects, and 7ho might ha~ been able to furnlsn info~tion as t o what they lookod lik~ from that angle. None of the~e people had any information whatsoever on this incident, and quit9 confident that fir .gny observatioM bad been J"Bde the p~op:J,e con tar.: tad ;ould have kntJwn about it. 'l'he la3t pier.:a of evidenee I would lE~ to brL"'lg in 11'3.ries a pilot "'fho l i .,. ~ Lr Tons ;i.1'7er, '"N~ contacted b:r :\ friend th~t night a"tarage -relii,, L I t.'f .Jrd m above averagft ob.,erver. He 33.W 12 obj s. He observf!<i t!1~m u , :1i:mt~s, during which tim9 h e says they w9re flying in a le!t-ha,!(t i c h t l'or:l&tlon. (He has drl..m lihis on his Form A.) Thei.r color was or3Jt~j), their shape was round or sll:~tly' cval they -:rould s t.:1nd still at til:t~q a w l th~n ~10:1lJ spHd up al..,a:rs keeping in the cir~la. H!! esttmates th~-r .!~.td at bo!tnen 2 and 3 thousani mph, ani their di3t.a.nce at 2i mllu at 2._ .. ).)t or 70 ules at SO -60 thousand f3et. ~en -.e contacted in at I.akehurst ~as, Capt. Hanson asked hill if hs had a:'\1 further inion:ation to add, either aa to .pditionl data gather~ or 1n the Wa:J Jf opinions on tbe subject. replied that he had no further information not stated on the Form A and that it we wanted an::r opinions, that was just cb.serre . This nur~Arizes all in!o~tion gath~red on the trip, and consequently, all info~tion available on t~9 ca.s9. Y \ P(S(INAl ~ NewvJersey HOW TIJ Rf140 TNII .WA~ hel Hthrt..-411'Muart htO.. Su..-a 1 tu I Us ,. ;saoiJj , Citfllsu .. a,,realw re Mill ; ... IF .. , lf .... WI& II a I lilA All t -t" AI#Rt III.t <If O:lttr Als1111" -t" Mlluy Ah111 '' MawJrll'et'-llalhne .(lfJO CI F o-u. . - . UGOteJOOO IQ,QOO !e :s.ooo I I l I "I In t.~:~..: dlys whea our d~mocratic: way of life is o n lriaa." " l!n hard-woo libcrues are c~Uenpci. it is ON THIS SIDI Mep of Nwlh"' ond priM.,_! .. lftcf.a , , tolf o"CC ) Ma p af Atla11tlc C tf' ON OTHU 511)1 Pctor"'l ,...,. o rul ~ c~t'ltl Of p I )fie ... M'oou~ Cloort Spnlll t..t"' Cho"1 ' c-1 P~IOl<ITY TO DIR cr I~ITELLIC!t~Ct HO ,_;:;AF ATIC 1P AFB ATTrl ATIAA2C CG ENT .\7B COLO SPRINGS COLO CG FIJST l\F :iiTCHILL l\FB r-J~ INFO D!~ or ~lAVAL INTELLlGZriCE :lASH DC ) . \ .. UNCLASSIFIED ::1..YCS ~?T. REF AF 2J~-5. FCLG INFO REC!Itr:n BY ~tC:!E F!?OM L USN DUTY OFFICJ.:R tJ.~S LAKEHURST r;t1 JE?.SEY. ( 1) L 'l Z?3 NAS L.,:C::HU:tsT DESC:liBtD CBJ'SCTS AS FCltO'lS .. IN THREE GROUP! tiiTH FOU~ UNITS I~l EACH G~OU?t THZY HCULD 'lAS RZPC]TI:D BY THE C!!ItF OF POLICZ OF T0:-1S ~IV~R. LI:~E A LA~C! ?t.AT'tl!-:1 LIG:-IT AS OPPOSED TO DA?.!~ SKY SACKC!lCU~I!). 3 I :i ~lU.13!:!1 t~.?PAR!NTLY !:J S0:1 TYPE OF FCR!'1ATIC~' co:~T-LIKE Tl\lt. Cl~SS~D . A IU:SI!JZ~IT!t\!. 1\:U:A UJ T .!1 a tVE!1 \J~IIL! TA!1CET AP?'::r" ';ZD TO JZ BEACHVCO!) OBSE E~n ~: .? 0 HIS CAR AND DROVE TO SCUT~ TCMS :liVER l'f.iEIE OSu!:CT APJIUa;D r~ nt OVE!I BARNJ:GAT aAY. D!STANCI AND Al.TIIUDE !JNlaiOIN BUT OBJECTS APPEARED TO BE HIGK'2 THAN TtfO AI~PLANES AND JERE BELitVED TO 9t AT 2311 rr. (5) LT Sit or NAS LAKEHURST NEW ~RSEY THl: CHI'Ei or POt ICt RIVEI AND SEVERAL or KIS MErle THE PCLICt CHIEF HAD AIR roRC~ ~XJD!t:IC!e THE TELEPHONE OPE!ATOI AT LAKEHURST REPORTED NUMEROUS IE''PIIONE CALLS CONCERNING THE SICHTINC. (') NO WEATHE! !N,. AYAILAaLE AT PLACE or ~Ic:HTING. HOVEt1 FOLG IS PHILAD!LPHIA !:JJO AT 25311 Ol ONE JAN fnND! AT 11111 n ZJI3i,2JH 1T 2'J1Itl, o~ll n 2111~', 91H n ~1/tJa ':I!:ATHI~ CLEAR VIS ABILITY TI:N MILZS TE:1PERATURE A~D D!tl POINT SP~AD 14 DEG:l!:!S LA:l~E s~1o11s the object:3 3.!1 -:.h~7 disappeared in the South 'West. The objects hovered 1n tho Slu+,h tor about an hour, not covering much area. or the s~. One object wnuld remain stationar,y and the other two would cir- cle aronm itJ then one of the circljng ones would assume the central position and the other two would cir~le (a g~e or 'ring around the sauctJr' no doubt.) At approximately midnizht, the objects stre9.ked ott suddenly' to the south nest, disappsaring bec3.u:Je of fading and dls t ,moe, app.3ren t ly, and beco:nir16 s;omller as they di3:1ppeared. drovg back to th'! police 3tation, whare I next .,nt tA ht.s pr1\nt n f o~s~rvat.ion. Figure C sh0'.13 th3 three object3 a.3 he observed t l' H1' I o rlk ing due south out of tha top win lOW or the police ~ .rt.tsnce Wa.3 the same as Ute Drive. His observations w~re , aa hw wu on desk dut7 that night and had to keep runni.'lg back ani forth l.o ,a ~.ter phone c~lls of mich ~re from people wanting to know r.rut "Utose l!ihts" were. Tbe lone-'~ t_.. an;yone saw the obj.cts lrort T,. RiTer w.u an hov and a halt which is 'WMt the pollee ehiet said wu his total tiM Actually, DO nsw i::Ti.dence wu uneOYered 1D talldng to these people, except that it wu defin1tel.7 brQU6ht out that these things could not h&n been haa h&d a great deal ot ex- perience with searchlights in W'!f2 a/a ,.,.ork. Th~re w.1.s f.'!ners.l a~re~Ment c.Juld have be-3n UNCLASSIFlED :teport to Bluebook on the in;e!t.:.~3.tion of Unidentified Aerial Object3 in the ~;C!lf Jersey area, niGht or 1 Jan 54 -J. R. Gluck Project Henq, PPS-161 18 Februar.y 1954 I made a phone call from New York to the Int.ellig"!nce Off leer of the 568th Air Defense Group t:cGuire AFi3 troa whom !TIC had received the Fo'!"lll As on this case. A Capt. P~ter:3')!'l was contact.lhl, advised of r:ry st!tus on 1h~3 Dro.i:~".t . .:l.-"10. of th" i n;i.dailt in qu.,..->t,i.on . H!! was .far:dliar with th9 situat,lon, pro:Used full 19 FehnJ.,I".i' J'!ri. ved via train a.'ld bus from New York, f o,m Capt. P~t.,rson, who t.,:.cwJd 111.., over to a Sgt. Alkire of the 46u2 AI5S. A sta!t oar aA1 l i. rf'r rw ne obtained and we drove to Toms Riv~r, N. J. Upon arr 1 v a.1. at. r River we went first to the police station. Alkire had estahlls h8d contact with these p9ople befor9, ;h~n the initial investi&ation an,t h..aen condlct4d. The eli~! of police and one otticer had been a110111 the o..:s .Jrv3ra. Then n proceeded to th h011e of Mr. & Mn. the officer who had bo an obeezsver CL._ to meet u.s. T"nree seta of obaerYers are whoa I won] d call a better tnan averqe obsrYer took ua a.croaa tbe st.reet to t:be backyard of sidence, froa where she had made her obee"ationa. pinpoints them very r-lv~e to Tuckertob. In !/ar 1 ton we vis 1 ted ~r. & Urs t.aknn ot their p oint,s of observ3tion are Sh Jlln in Figures ~ and F ' ':r driving home from Camden ~en he noticed streaks or light gotng past his \Tind.'Jhield. His teen-age son was ~ith ' hil!l and they both nllt.teed the objects at about the sa..,e tL"tle. Th-!y kept on driving , and aftar aht)ut S miles, wh~n t he:r re~ched their home, they could still see t he things c-:n tbAy ~ot ont or the c ar a.nd 1n.tr'hed them from in front of the house. Er!. w-u i J.l, lJ'Jt fin~lly the7 pursueded he r t o c one out ~mi ooe the li,ghts, h i c h 3ht3 db., f'o. :l. fi?W rninuteo. Th~ did n~t obsel''le thre~ obj ect3. TI1ey ~a siX Q!' t h r.t, ln t1r0 ~roups of three. E:1c h 3et would ~ doin~ differ- e n t antics at. tt. r r ~r '!nt times, but the main maneuv.,r ~as a.s d Jscrib9rl at t-' ~ t. m-! of the three would remain statio:lar)" and the other two would circle <lr.Hmd it. Mrs. said the circling motion wu alway s to one dlrectioT' , h" t she c ouldn't r!::e::tb~r .vhe t her it rrt:~s clockwise or c'Junter~ cloclcwiae. 'rhr: ._ ,;l.~ec ts 'IK>uld change positions and one of the c treling ones -,.,ould t1ka a tu.;.~ c1t. hov~r1.ng. There wu no definite rr(l!quency to thi3 cir- DO unifnr:li.t7 of aotion or rh7thmic pattern. The obserY~ra .~greed t nat t.he t~ ire 11 "I obj !tCta moed around "prett7 taat" and probab~ c ire led in not more tban 2 to ) secoDda. b ng.Jre P shows, after maneueriD& in the l1=,1ted ~ dottecl in by the objects sped ott directly south, covering th 60 degrees in a in&tter or one to t-...o s econds .a."\d gtatting smaller and f1!.n'te~ UNCLASSiFiED fuzzy edges alth.:iu..~h vh~ roWld shape was distinct, and they were a little bit smaller than the mu'.J'~ That u, they subtended about half a degree of are. There was not t.oo ;;-.>od agreement on this point,. A lot of people said you would ha