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Mountain Lake, New Jersey, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Mountain Lake, New Jersey
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 5 December 1957 Mountain Lake,New Jersey 口 Was Balloon Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possi bly Balloon Loc5/2357 kGround-Visual 口Ground-Radar dkWos Aireraft 06/8457Z 口 Probably Aircraft GMT Ai~Visuol Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE OYos 口 Was Astronomical 口 Probably Astronomical XOkNo Retired Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6.NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation two E-W 口 Unknowm 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS One aircraft with tiny yellow flames Nothing unusual about one air- flickering along leading edge, tail craft behind another as any U.S. light brighter than usual and burned aero chart will show - traffic continuously rather than flashing. airways provide for this. No sound. Another aircraft following sev

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