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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : SAC, NEWARK (100-36998)

DATE: 9/13/61

FROM : SA FRED V. CROWLEY
Night Supervisor

SUBJECT: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT OBSERVED 8 pm, 9/13/61.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DATE 9/13/61 BY subject

From 8:10 pm to 9:00 pm, 9/13/61, the following persons called to report that at approximately 8 pm, they had observed a very bright object about midway elevation above the horizon in the sky, slightly South of East.

The object appeared to have a reddish or tangerine color and increased in size as if some type of explosion. There was no apparent movement or noise connected.

WILLIAM BRANDT
753 Jersey Ave.,
Elizabeth, N.J.

MIKE HARTTEN
Fords, N.J.

GORDON SCHACHER,
Physics Dept.,
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, N.J.

The above calls were reported to Duty Agent PETER MARTIN, Hqrs. 2d Dist., OSI (IG)USAF, 111 East 16th St., New York, N.Y., OR 7-2800. MARTIN requested that OSI, Newark, be advised through liaison, as verification.

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FBI - NEWARK

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