# No: the course was too far across the wind for free drift

> No evidence yet: The object moved too far across the wind, or too fast, for a free-drifting balloon.

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[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88)[Do the object's reported course, size and motion fit a small balloon drifting on that evening's wind?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/questions/QST0DFY75MM5T34/do-the-objects-reported-course-size-and-motion-fit-a-small)Answer

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

# No: the course was too far across the wind for free drift

The object moved too far across the wind, or too fast, for a free-drifting balloon.

**No evidence yet** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**No evidence yet** No evidence yet.

## What it predicts

- Upper-air winds near 200 m that evening blew toward the north-east or east, not the north.

## What would rule it out

- Upper-air winds near 200 m blew toward the north.

## The questions it answers

[Do the object's reported course, size and motion fit a small balloon drifting on that evening's wind?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/questions/QST0DFY75MM5T34/do-the-objects-reported-course-size-and-motion-fit-a-small)

Part of [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)

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