Of the many and varied UFO reports that have been declassified into the public domain via the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, some stand out more than others. A few really stand out. And here’s one of them. Located in the UFO archives of the FBI, it tells the fascinating story of the tracking of a massive UFO – in 1951 – by the U.S. military. Indeed, upon reading the report, it’s very difficult to rule out the likelihood that something genuinely weird was at the heart of the affair. And it all begins like this…
An FBI document of September 20, 1951, and captioned “Flying Saucers,” reads as follows: “On September 20, Andrew J. Reid G-2 [Army Intelligence] Ft. Monmouth, NJ, provided following report of unconventional aircraft observed by radar at above Army installation. On Sept 10, fiftyone [sic], an AN/MPG-1 radar set picked up a fast moving low flying target, exact altitude undetermined at approximately 11:10 a.m., southeast of Ft. Monmouth at a range of about twelve thousand yards. The target appeared to approximately follow the coast line, changing its range only slightly but changing its azimuth rapidly. The radar set was set to full aided azimuth tracking which normally is fast enough to track jet aircraft, but in this case was too slow to be resorted to. Target was lost in the N.E. at a range of about fourteen thousand yards.”
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