Updates: Drafted 22 Nov 2000, Update 10
Aug
2006, RADCAT 30 April 2010
Dan Wilson:
September 10, 1951; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
11:10 a.m. .Several unidentified objects were sighted by
radar
at Fort Monmouth, N.J. The objects varied in speed from
0 to 700
mph and were sighted at varying altitudes. The objects
were observed on
an AN/MPG-1 radar set. At 3:15 p.m. an
object was observed on the SCR-584 radar set. The same
day an
unconventional object was sighted by crew of T-33 over
Sandy Hook, N.J.
The object disappeared out to sea near Asbury Park, New
Jersey at an
estimated speed
of 1000 mph.
Fran Ridge:
Our thanks to everyone who did all the research
on this
monumental case. Especially to Mike Hall who provided
all the
original documentation, to both Wendy Connors & Mike
Hall for the
historical
update, and to Robert Swiatek of FUFOR for the Ruppelt
notes not used
in his book. Without our research efforts, which
resulted from
the T-33 pilot reports to the media, all we had was the
GRUDGE
Report
and this final statement by Capt. Ruppelt: "The UFO that
the student
radar operator had assumed to be traveling at a terrific
speed because
he couldn't lock on to it turned out to be a
400-mile-an-hour
conventional airplane. He had just gotten fouled up on
his procedures
for putting the radar set on automatic tracking. The
sighting by the
two officers in the T-33 jet fell apart when Metscher
showed how they'd
seen a balloon." Brad Sparks analysis
proves that the T-33 was
NOT chasing a balloon. (See below).
Detailed
reports and documents
The
Fort
Monmouth/Sandy
Hook,
N.J., UFO Incidents, Sept. 10, 1951 (Francis
Ridge)
The
Fort
Monmouth
Story - Too
Many
Coincidences (Captain Edward J. Ruppelt)
The
Ruppelt
Notes
(c/o
Robert
Swiatek,
FUFOR)
The
Fort
Monmouth
Case: A New
Look (Wendy Connors & Michael Hall)
ATIC
Case
File
Map
Showing
Location of the
Incident (Wendy Connors)
Desk
Pad
for
September
1951
Showing
Notes (Mike Hall)
Evaluation
of
the
Fort
Monmouth
Incident
(James E. McDonald)
Analysis
Proves
T-33 Was Not
Chasing A Balloon (Brad Sparks)
UFO
Updates
Rebuttal
-
Further
Analysis
(Brad Sparks)
Another
Case
Update
(Brad Sparks)
Setting
the
Stage
for
Monmouth (Joel
Carpenter)
UFO
Intelligence
Summary
- July-Dec
1961 (Francis Ridge)
5
March 1952, Letter to CSI on Fort
Monmouth Case
MAXW-PBB8-1269
-
Aug-Sept BB Sighting Printout (Fran Ridge)
NARA-PBB89
1184-1185
-
Memorandum for Mr. Levy - Release of Information
(Dan Wilson)
MAXW-PBB8
1481-1482
- Ft. Monmouth Case / Violation of AFR 205-1 (Dan
Wilson)
MAXW-PBB8
1520-1521
- Fort Monmouth Air Intelligence Information
Report (Dan
Wilson)
MAXW-PBB8
1531-1546
- Transcript of Investigation of Fort Monmouth
Sightings (Dan
Wilson)
MAXW-PBB9
161-162
-
Sept. 10,
1951, Fort Monmouth, Several Objects Sighted (Dan
Wilson)
MAXW-PBB9
164-173
- Fort
Monmouth & Sandy Hook Witnesses (Dan Wilson)
MAXW-PBB9
180
-
General
Information, Weather for Fort Monmouth (Dan
Wilson)
MAXW-PBB9
183-186
-
Statements
From Members of the Radar Training Detachment, Ft.
Monmouth (Dan Wilson)
MAXW-PBB9
189
- EADF
Reply
Concerning Unusual Occurrences at Fort Monmouth
(Dan Wilson)
MAXW-PBB9
198
- ADC Requests Full Evaluation of Observations
Near
Asbury Park (Dan Wilson)
FBI
-
Confidential
Report
on Fort Monmouth Radar Incident - Pages 31-34 (Dan
Wilson)
Sandy Hook Incident
510910sandyhook_dir.htm
NARA-PBB89
434
-
Jet Chases
Weird Object 30 Miles - Washington Daily News (Dan
Wilson)
NARA-PBB85
540-548
- GRUDGE
Special Status Report No. 1 / Fort Monmouth [T-33]
Incident
(Dan Wilson)
NARA-PBB89
1174-1175
-
Balloon
Releases from Fort Monmouth (Dan Wilson)
NARA-PBB89
1177-1182
-
Newspaper Release Concerning UFO - 11 Sep 1951
(Dan Wilson)
NARA-PBB89
1186
-
Memorandum
for Mr. Levy - Release of Information to the Press
(Dan Wilson)
NARA-PBB89
1189
- Maj.
Barron
Released Certain Information to the Press (Dan
Wilson)
NARA-PBB89
1194-1198
-
Report of
Telephone Conversation / Fort Monmouth Incident
(Dan Wilson)
NARA-PBB89
1199-1201
-
Airmen
Overheard In Diner, Unusual Object Sighted (Fran
Ridge)
NARA-PBB89
1207-1208
-
AIIR, Sept
10, 1951, Sandy Hook (Dan Wilson)
NARA-PBB89
1209
-
Statement of
Wilbert S. Rogers - Dan Wilson
MAXW-PBB9
203-205
-
Interrogation of Rogers and Ballard - Dan Wilson
MAXW-PBB8
1466-1471
-
Sept. 10,
1951, Sandy Hook, NJ / Re: Ft. Monmouth - Dan
Wilson
MAXW-PBB8
1501-1502
-
Message
to JEDWP/CG ADC Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
- Dan Wilson
MAXW-PBB8
1503-1504
-
Reporting of Information on Unconventional
Aircraft / Sandy Hook, NJ -
Dan Wilson
MAXW-PBB8
1505-1508
-
Col.
Taylor Making Quick Trip to Washington - Dan
Wilson
MAXW-PBB8
1510
- Pilot
Says He
Saw Odd Object Speed Over Coast at 900 M.P.H. - Dan
Wilson
MAXW-PBB8
1511-1512
- Statements on UFO Sighting Over Sandy Hook - Dan
Wilson
Incoming
Classified
Message - RADNOTE - Report and Analysis of Fort
Monmouth
Incident - Dan Wilson
Other News
Clippings
2
in Jet
Chase
'Flying
Saucer' Going 900 M.P.H. Over New Jersey
Pilots
See
900-MPH
'Saucer'
In Flight Over Coast of New Jersey
Mystery
'disc'
spotted
over
N.J.
Pilot
Says
He
Saw
Odd
Object Speed Over Coast at 900 M.P.H.
900
MPH
'Disc'
Chased Over
N.J.
Here's
That
Flying
Saucer
Again -- 2 AF Jet Pilots Lose It At 900 MPH
450
MPH
Jet
Tails 900 MPH
'Thing' Over N.J.
The
T-33 Jet
Trainer
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