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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 21-22 Mar 58 | 2. LOCATION | Seaside Park, N.J.  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 21-22/0945Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 3-4 mins | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | ENE | 10. COMMENTS | Astro plot & computer indicate the star Vega was practically in position given by observers. At point of initial observation, Venus was exceptionally bright, however location near 60 deg & lower. Investi…

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0 S20331 YDD038 TYD038 TMA124 TTE026JRA052

PP RJEPHQ RJEPNB RJEPNY RJEDDN RJEDSQ

DE RJEPJR 43A

P 241723Z

FM COMDR 539TH FIS

TO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC

RJEPNY/COMDR 26ADIV

RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INT CNTR

RJEPHQ/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTELL HQ USAF

RJEPHQ/OFFICE OF INFO SERV HQ USAF

INFO RJEPNB/CMMDR EADF

ZEN/COMDR NY AIR DEF SECTOR

BT

/UNCLAS/539FIS 0127 INT. ATTN: CIC: SUBJECT UFO.

1. DESCRIPTION:
A. ELLIPTICAL
B. DIAMETER OF LARGE GRAPEFRUIT: LENGTH APPROXIMATELY TWO TIMES AS LONG.
C. WHITE TO LIGHT YELLOW (REFLECTED ON WATER)
D. ONE
E. N/A
F. NONE
G. NONE
H. NONE HEARD. OBSERVER MADE…

3. MANNER OF BOSERVATION
A. GROUND VISUAL
B. NONE
C. N/A

4. TIME & DATE OF SIGHTING
A. 21-22/0945Z MARCH (SIGHTED TWO DIFFERENT DAYS) - SAME TIME
6945-5-0445

AND PLACE.
B. NIGHT

5. BOTH SIGHTINGS MADE FROM SEASIDE PARK, NEW JERSEY

6. IDENTIFYING INFO OF ALL OBSERVERS
A. FIRST SIGHTING
PATROLMAN J. CASTOR - 59
120 "L" STREET, SEASIDE PARK, NEW JERSEY
LOCAL POLICEMAN
SECOND SIGHTING
PATROLMAN ANDERSON - 29
120 5TH AVENUE, SEASIDE PARK, NEW JERSEY
LOCAL POLICEMAN
PATROLMAN LEE - 52
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY
LOCAL POLICEMAN
PATROLMAN S. BREATHWEIGHT - 62
WEBSTER AVENUE, SEASIDE HEIGHTS, …

20,000: LIGHT VAR
220600Z
SURFACE 270DEG 10KT
6,000: 330DEG 30KT
12,000: 340DEG 25KT
16,000: 320DEG 25KT
20,000: 300DEG 10KT
30,000: 3000DEG 55KT
50,000: 270DEG 30KT

Intro plot and computer
the indicate star Vega
was practically in position
given by observers

D. CLEAR
D. EXCELLENT
E. SCATTERED
F. NONE
G. NONE KNOWN
G. NO ACTION TAKEN
G. 646TH AC & W SQUADRON REPORTED NO KNOWN ACTIVITY IN AREA ON
RATES OR TIME OF SIGHTINGS.

1. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 539TH FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON. OBSERVER
CONTACTED (PATROLMAN CASTOR) SEEMED COMPLETELY RELIABLE. PROVISIONAL
ANALYSIS - POSSIBLE NAVY P2V…

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY

SECTION OF UPPER ATMOSPHERE STUDIES
IGY OPTICAL SATELLITE TRACKING PROGRAM
60 GARDEN STREET
CAMBRIDGE 38, MASSACHUSETTS

May 23, 1958

Captain George T. Gregory
Hqtrs, Air Technical Intelligence Center
Box 9307
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Dear Captain:

I now have had a chance to look through all the reports you sent, and the one concerning the "satellite-type sighting" from Denver interests me very much and I am giving it the full treatment. It is clear that this could not have been any of the American satellites, not only because …

(period of morning twilight had already begun). Vega was, as you say, near the point of sighting but it seems to me that it was somewhat higher than 60°. There was of course a very fine spectacular object in the sky at that time but, unfortunately, in the southeastern sky. The planet Venus was at its brightest in the pre-sunrise sky, and I know from past experience how easily it can be mistaken for an unknown object. My only reaction is to question the stated position and to consider the possibility that it was Venus.

The case of the "daylight meteor" is greatly ambiguous. While a daylight fi…