# SAC Newark to Director, FBI: Flying disc reported at Hackensack, New Jersey, August 3, 1947 – Miscellaneous (FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Section 2) > Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark Division, 1947. 16 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Letter of 13 August 1947 (pages 4-7 of Section 2 as… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3NXV9HJ2/sac-newark-to-director-fbi-flying-disc-reported-at Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88)Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark Division 1947 **0** # SAC Newark to Director, FBI: Flying disc reported at Hackensack, New Jersey, August 3, 1947 – Miscellaneous (FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Section 2) Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark Division, 1947. **Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947** Manuscript0 ## What it's used for here Letter of 13 August 1947 (pages 4-7 of Section 2 as released by NARA, record group 65, HS1-834228961; also in PURSUE Release 01). Separate interviews by Special Agents Arthur F. Williams and T. Howard Waldron of Charles Casella, Jr. (about 7:45 pm; a round, black object 30-40 inches across moving south to north about 200 yards above the hill at Summit and Simons Avenues; course from the Bendix area to west of Westwood; fast enough to make them turn their heads), Joyce McFarland of 476 Simons Avenue (about 7:30 pm; round, silver-blue, appeared to revolve, in view about a minute; did not recall saying it looked like a bird), Mrs Winfield S. Booth across the street (saw nothing; no man pointed), and Pvt. William A. Truex, 47th Infantry, Fort Dix, born 12 April 1930 (8:00 pm; two to three feet across, 200 yards up, steady straight course north, 15-20 seconds, 'like a large, flat child's cup', no colour, no exhaust; first took it for a child's balloon). The Hackensack police took no further action and had no other reports. ## Cited by on this site 16 records [FBI Newark letter of 13 August 1947 with the Hackensack interviews](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/artifacts/ART0DFY6RXJV0MV/fbi-newark-letter-of-13-august-1947-with-the-hackensack) ART [No one else reported it, and a neighbour on a porch saw nothing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY8YNEJVRG/no-one-else-reported-it-and-a-neighbour-on-a-porch-saw) Evidence EVD [No witness describes wingbeats or turns](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY8YETJ2W7/no-witness-describes-wingbeats-or-turns) Evidence EVD [Nothing in the three files refers to the others](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY7XJN4QW7/nothing-in-the-three-files-refers-to-the-others) Evidence EVD [The Air Force check-list repeats the FBI teletype and nothing from the interviews](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY7XYZ2YY9/the-air-force-check-list-repeats-the-fbi-teletype-and) Evidence EVD [The reported course is 41 degrees left of downwind, and a small near balloon matches the reported size and speed](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY8Y0RC6PS/the-reported-course-is-41-degrees-left-of-downwind-and-a) Evidence EVD [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) Evidence EVD [Two witnesses judged it too fast for a balloon and saw no string](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY8YXCKFJN/two-witnesses-judged-it-too-fast-for-a-balloon-and-saw-no) Evidence EVD [FBI Newark reports interviews with the three witnesses and a neighbour](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/events/EVT0DFY6BHKVW6Q/fbi-newark-reports-interviews-with-the-three-witnesses-and-a) EVT [Three people on Simons Avenue watch a round object cross the sky northward](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/events/EVT0DFY6AXM45SA/three-people-on-simons-avenue-watch-a-round-object-cross-the) EVT [Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88) The mystery article MYS [FBI Newark Division](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/organisations/ORG0DFY5YBF15X2/fbi-newark-division) ORG [Fort Dix, New Jersey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/places/PLC0DFY5MZ22ERN/fort-dix-new-jersey) PLC [Simons Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/places/PLC0DFY5K82J33X/simons-avenue-hackensack-new-jersey) PLC [Teterboro airport and the Bendix area, New Jersey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/places/PLC0DFY5KNZBZ8S/teterboro-airport-and-the-bendix-area-new-jersey) PLC [Westwood, New Jersey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/places/PLC0DFY5KX589TF/westwood-new-jersey) PLC ## Cite it ``` Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark Division (1947). SAC Newark to Director, FBI: Flying disc reported at Hackensack, New Jersey, August 3, 1947 – Miscellaneous (FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Section 2). https://documents3.theblackvault.com/documents/UFOFiles/pdf/65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_2.pdf ``` [Find it at documents3.theblackvault.com](https://documents3.theblackvault.com/documents/UFOFiles/pdf/65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_2.pdf) Key **SRC** 0DFY3NXV9HJ2 Kind Manuscript Rights The publisher's Kept 3 Nov 2026, for editors Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3NXV9HJ2/sac-newark-to-director-fbi-flying-disc-reported-at/csl.json)