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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 28 May 60 | 2. LOCATION | Penns Park, Pennsylvania  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 29/0220Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Rador ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Rador  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 5 min | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |   | Oval orange light, size of grapefruit. At first the object appeared to be stationary, then it started to move in a westerly heading and grew smaller then larger in size. The…

HEADQUARTERS
NEW YORK AIR DEFENSE SECTOR
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

6 JUN 1960

REPLY TO:
ATTN OF: NYOIN

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Report

TO: Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio

1. Under the provisions of Paragraph 15, AFR 200-2, the following report of an unidentified flying object sighting is hereby submitted:

a. Description of the object:
(1) Oval
(2) Grapefruit
(3) Orange light
(4) One
(5) Not applicable
(6) None
(7) None
(8) None
(9) None

b. Description of course of object:
(1) The object just appeared and …

(4) At first the object appeared to be stationery, then it started to move in a westerly heading and grew smaller then larger in size.

(5) The object just vanished.

(6) The object was visible for approximately five minutes.

c. Manner of Observation:

(1) Ground visual

(2) None

(3) Not applicable

d. Time and date of sighting:

(1) 0220Z 29 May 1960

(2) Dark

e. Location of Observer:

Penns Park, Pennsylvania—approximately 20 miles Northwest of Philadelphia, Pa.

f. Identifying Information on Observer:

(1) Not applicable

(2) Captain, USN, United States Naval Air Development Center, John…

16000': 170/20
20000': 180/25
30000': 190/25
50000': 230/35

(3) Ceiling: 1500' to 4000' broken
(4) Visibility: 10 miles
(5) Cloud cover: approximately 50%
(6) None
(7) None

h. None

i. None

j. Unknown

k. William S. Barnett, Captain, USAF, Chief, Intelligence Division,
New York Air Defense Sector, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.

Preliminary analysis of the possible cause of the sighting
indicated two possibilities: A check of the air traffic flying
in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area indicates that the
observer may have seen jet exhaust of an aircraft climbing out
after takeoff and …

could have caused a reflection on the clouds. Since the cloud cover was broken the light reflection could have given the observer the orange light and size and shape of the object. No further information is available at this time.

1. None

FOR THE COMMANDER:

Anthony J. Ferranti
ANTHONY J. FERRANTI
Major, USAF
Director of Administrative Services

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