# No one else reported it, and a neighbour on a porch saw nothing

> The Hackensack police had no other reports, no nearby police department reported anything to the FBI, and the neighbour across the street, said by…

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[Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88)Evidence

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

# No one else reported it, and a neighbour on a porch saw nothing

The Hackensack police had no other reports, no nearby police department reported anything to the FBI, and the neighbour across the street, said by Casella to have pointed at it, saw nothing.

Suggestive0

## What it means

Key question[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)

3 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[An unidentified flying object that no ordinary cause explains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/answers/ANS0DFY7H3A68ZE/an-unidentified-flying-object-that-no-ordinary-cause)

Counts against1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

What it implies
1.

The object was small or brief enough to pass unnoticed by others nearby, which fits a toy balloon better than a craft.For the key question: What did the three witnesses see over Hackensack on the evening of 3 August 1947?

## Next steps 2

1

Read The Bergen Evening Record for 4-5 August 1947

Adds evidenceFair odds~2 h

[On: 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)

**15** score

Details

Look for the police report, other callers, or a balloon release that evening (a fair, party or advertising balloons).

2

Bergen Evening Record, 4-5 Aug 1947

Adds evidenceFair odds~2 h

[On: 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)

**15** score

Details

Read the Hackensack paper for the police report, other callers or a balloon release that evening.

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 1

[SAC Newark to Director, FBI: Flying disc reported at Hackensack, New Jersey, August 3, 1947 – Miscellaneous (FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Section 2)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3NXV9HJ2/sac-newark-to-director-fbi-flying-disc-reported-at)

Federal Bureau of Investigation 1947

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). No one else reported it, and a neighbour on a porch saw nothing [Evidence EVD0DFY8YNEJVRG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFY8YNEJVRG
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Key

**EVD** 0DFY8YNEJVRG

Kind

Evidence

Tier

Suggestive

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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/sessions/SES0DFY9WVPW4NG/session-1-incident-88-opened-the-three-files-untangled-and) · 3 Nov 2026

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