New Jersey radar-visual incident with T-33 chase
T-33 pilots chased a large disc-shaped object near Sandy Hook and Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, followed by multiple radar stations picking up signals tracking at speeds up to 3,500 miles per hour.
“We had a real interesting one from, uh, New Jersey, uh, around Sandy Hook and Fort Monmouth here not too long ago. These pilots in a T-33 chased something, and about 10 minutes later, all our radar stations in that area begin to pick these objects up going back and forth all over the skies.”
Verbatim from DOW-UAP-D154.pdf · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date exactness
- Not exact
- Location
- Sandy Hook and Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
- Country
- United States
- Region
- New Jersey
- Branch
- USAF
- Sensors
- eyewitness, radar
- Shape
- great big disc-shaped thing
Resolution
Pilots saw a large balloon launched at Fort Monmouth; radar stations picked up balloons with radar reflectors and possibly ordinary aircraft; operator excitement and procedural error caused false high-speed readings
Source document
Quote checked against the original file.
This sighting
Sandy Hook and Fort Monmouth, New Jersey / undated
- DOW-UAP-D154.pdf — Written report of this sighting