CaseFireball1989

Jackson, NJ, USA

I wonder now why we both didn't make a big deal about it

Report quality: Moderate42/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Brief witness text (56 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1989-01-10
Where
Jackson, NJ, USA
Shape
Fireball
Duration
10...mins
Geo
39.776, -74.862 · exact
Slug
fireball-over-jackson-nj-1989-f0a64c
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1989–1991

    The Belgian Triangle Wave

    Belgium (Eupen, Wallonia, Brussels corridor)

    The definitive black-triangle wave: silent, slow platforms with three corner lights, reported by gendarmes, air-traffic controllers, and thousands of citizens. On the night of March 30-31, 1990, Belgian F-16s scrambled…

In context

  • This is one of 29 reports logged in Jackson, NJ.
  • This case is one of 7 New Jersey reports filed in 1989.
  • Fireball craft made up 2.8% of 1980s reports, vs 6.9% across the whole archive.

Report

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