CaseDisk1997

Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA

I was driving in a car. I saw a saucer metal shaped object, a metal I've never seen before, hovering in the sky, above the falls. It se

Report quality: Moderate49/100

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  • No parseable duration on file
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-05-26
Where
Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA
Shape
Disk
Duration
00:15
Geo
41.005, -74.291 · exact
Slug
disk-over-pompton-lakes-nj-1997-8db92a
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • This is one of 7 reports logged in Pompton Lakes, NJ.
  • This case is one of 24 New Jersey reports filed in 1997.
  • Disk craft made up 7.1% of 1990s reports, vs 5.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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