# A small balloon carried on the evening's light south-westerly wind

> Still possible: The object was a small balloon, such as a child's or party balloon, drifting on the light south-westerly wind and lit by the low evening…

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Answer · Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947

# A small balloon carried on the evening's light south-westerly wind

The object was a small balloon, such as a child's or party balloon, drifting on the light south-westerly wind and lit by the low evening sun.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Upper-air winds near 200 m that evening blew toward the north or north-east.
- A balloon of about 0.3 m at 50-80 m matches the reported angular size and makes the reported angular speed.
- No other observer farther along the course reported a disc.

## What would rule it out

- The wind near 200 m was from the north or east, so a balloon could not have moved north.
- A reliable record shows the object rising against the wind, hovering or turning.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The witnesses first took it for a balloon, and it moved like one](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY8Y68Q3JQ/the-witnesses-first-took-it-for-a-balloon-and-it-moved-like)

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## The questions it answers

[What did the three witnesses see over Hackensack on the evening of 3 August 1947?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/questions/QST0DFY739G80E5/what-did-the-three-witnesses-see-over-hackensack-on-the)

Open3 answers, none ahead

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