# Two witnesses judged it too fast for a balloon and saw no string

> Casella said it moved too fast to be an ordinary balloon, and Truex rejected his own balloon idea because he felt no wind and saw no string.

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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

# Two witnesses judged it too fast for a balloon and saw no string

Casella said it moved too fast to be an ordinary balloon, and Truex rejected his own balloon idea because he felt no wind and saw no string.

Speculative0

## 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)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

What it implies
1.

The witnesses' own judgement favours something other than a balloon, but judgements of speed depend on an unknown distance.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 2

[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

[Teletype, SAC Newark to Director: Flying disc reported at Hackensack, NJ, August three, 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3NNGPV7K/teletype-sac-newark-to-director-flying-disc-reported-at)

Federal Bureau of Investigation 1947

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Two witnesses judged it too fast for a balloon and saw no string [Evidence EVD0DFY8YXCKFJN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFY8YXCKFJN
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