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

An unidentified flying object that no ordinary cause explains

The object was not a balloon, bird or aircraft but something that remains unidentified, as the 1947 report claimed.

Still possibleAnswers 1 question0

Where it stands

Still possibleOne piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Other people along the course from Teterboro to Westwood would have seen and reported an object moving against or across the wind.

What would rule it out

  • Upper-air winds show the object's course and speed match free drift.

Evidence 1 for · 1 against

The questions it answers

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). An unidentified flying object that no ordinary cause explains [Answer ANS0DFY7H3A68ZE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DFY7H3A68ZE
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