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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. CONTCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  8 July 1960 | Hawthorne, New Jersey | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2016 GMT 09/0116Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5-7 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE NW  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING…

A.F.

Hawthorne, New Jersey
July 8, 1960

Department of Defense
Pentagon Building
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:

On the night of Friday, July 8th, 1960
and myself were playing ball outside
of the Hawthorne Memorial Pool in Hawthorne, New Jersey
when I looked up and saw a blob of white light about the
size of a quarter traveling across the sky to the approximate
northwest. This we took to be a flying saucer as it
traveled across approximately one sixth of the sky before
it disappeared approximately 5-7 seconds after we first
sighted it. We estimated the altitude at which it was flying
at approxima…

SAFCI-3d/Lt Col Tacker/mhb/72291
26 July 1960

Dear [redacted]:

This is to acknowledge your letter of 8 July regarding the sighting of an unidentified flying object by you and your friends.

Your letter contains insufficient information for a valid conclusion. Therefore, request you and your friends complete the attached Air Force Questionnaires in regard to the sighting and forward the completed paper to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Sincerely,

LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Lt. Colonel, USAF
Public Information Division
Office of Information

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