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Toms River, New Jersey, January 1954

Date of account
1954-01
Location
Toms River, New Jersey
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon Jan54 Toms River, New Jersey 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft Locel Ground-Visual Cround-Radar 口 Probably Aircroft GMTO/2245Z AirVisual O Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibiy Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYo 口 Probably Astronomical XPNo 口 Possibly Astronomicol Military and Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF O3JECTS 9. COURSE XX OthoSearchlight Actiylty 口 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 20-30 minutes 3gromp,-4 ea group erratic 口 Unknown BRIEP SUMMARY CF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Sighting characteristic of searchlight Hover together and then"take off'rapidly. activity vith reflections from haze Had coaet-like tail.Objects in formation. layer. Like a platter,light compared to dark sky background. Distance unknown,but eppeared to be higher than

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