Fort Monmouth Radar Case
On September 10 and 11, 1951, Army Signal Corps radar operators and T-33 pilots reported fast radar and visual targets near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
On September 10 and 11, 1951, Army Signal Corps radar operators and T-33 pilots reported fast radar and visual targets near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
Brief
On September 10 and 11, 1951, Army Signal Corps radar operators and T-33 pilots reported fast radar and visual targets near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. A 2019 U.S. Army history article says the case helped re-invigorate Air Force UFO investigations. The same article states that Project Grudge attributed the radar anomaly to operator error and the visual reports to Evans Signal Laboratory balloon releases. The card records the official case history, not proof of an exotic object.
Metadata
- Date
- 1951-09-10
- Year
- 1951
- Location
- Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
- Region
- United States
- Status
- confirmed
- Tag
- foreign government record
- Primary
- History Mystery from the Archives
- Source type
- article
- Sources
- 2
Key Points
- On September 10 and 11, 1951, Army Signal Corps radar operators and T-33 pilots reported fast radar and visual targets near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
- A 2019 U.S. Army history article says the case helped re-invigorate Air Force UFO investigations.
- The same article states that Project Grudge attributed the radar anomaly to operator error and the visual reports to Evans Signal Laboratory balloon releases.
- The card records the official case history, not proof of an exotic object.
Most Interesting
- A 2019 U.S. Army history article says the case helped re-invigorate Air Force UFO investigations.
- On September 10 and 11, 1951, Army Signal Corps radar operators and T-33 pilots reported fast radar and visual targets near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
- The same article states that Project Grudge attributed the radar anomaly to operator error and the visual reports to Evans Signal Laboratory balloon releases.
Timeline
- 1951-09-10 · Encounter
On September 10 and 11, 1951, Army Signal Corps radar operators and T-33 pilots reported fast radar and visual targets near Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
- 2019 · Source record
History Mystery from the Archives is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- History Mystery from the ArchivesU.S. Army, 2019
- Project Blue Book complete status reports, Fort Monmouth pageWikisource scan of Project Blue Book status reports, 1951
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