UFOMYST
CaseOval1973

Victory Lakes, NJ, USA

Watched a large, silent,bright, whitish, oval object hovering, moving slowly left to right and then so fast upward we lost sight of it.

Report quality: Moderate55/100

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  • Duration parsed: 120s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1973-08-05
Where
Victory Lakes, NJ, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
2 minutes
Geo
39.633, -74.966 · exact
Slug
oval-over-victory-lakes-nj-1973-9172c9
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    The Great 1973 Flap

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Victory Lakes, NJ in the UFOMYST archive.
  • New Jersey logged 6 sightings in 1973.
  • Oval sightings ran at 6.9% during the 1970s (archive average: 4.3%).

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