This UFO sighting report documents an observation made in Matawan, New Jersey on December 1, 1958. The witness described an object resembling a jet trail, white and inclined at 60 degrees to the horizon, that leveled off before vanishing. Recorded at 1:37 EST by a civilian observer, the two-minute sighting was classified as possibly an aircraft contrail. The report reflects the widespread UFO documentation efforts of the 1950s, when amateur and official observers systematically recorded aerial phenomena across America during the height of Cold War-era UFO interest.
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About this artifact
- Date
- December 1, 1958
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
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