Newark Field Office, 1952-1967

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SUBJECT:
JOHN
Infer
ted that while driving home in his
Ol"TIONAL fOltM NO. l0
5010-104
UNITED STATES
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TO
DATE: 2/8/61
SAC, NEWARK (62-0)
FROM
SA WILLIAM E. GAGNON
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ephonically contacted
which time he furnished the
ce.r le.st
Sunde.y, 2
, around 7:00 p •.m., he noticed e.n extremely
bright obje t in the sky. He sta.ted the.t this object,which
is not a s~e.r, appeared to be round in shape a.nd much larger
than a sts:r. He sts.ted that this object, which he could not
further describe, s.ppeared to the Northwest of his residence.
He stated that he saw this same object on Monday
and Tuesday evenings, e.nd that tonight there were three similar
type objects in the sky. He stated that one object e.ppesred
to be Northwest of his residence; one to the West and the
other to the North of his res:tdance. He ste.ted thet these
objects, however, had changed from a round shape to leterel
shape and appeered to be much likes spectrum..
He stated thet his wife told him he had been drink­
ing and imegining things. He stated tb.et he had hi.s daughter
who is a school teecher, his son, his wife end a neighbor out
looking et these objects and they hed ver5.fied his findings.
He stated th1=1t he didn't understand these objects and for this
reason wanted to report this matter to this office. He stated
he had reported this matter to the Westfield, N.Ji!I Pol:lce De­
partment but they were too busy to check on this because they
were shoveling snow. He stated he tried to report the matter
to Civilian Defense but there was no answer.
He stated that since he did not understand these
objects e.nd ha did not know 'Whether they wet•e weather balloons
or foreign objects, he wanted to report this matter to the FBI
for whateYer action deemed appropriate.
No action reoommende .,.,,
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