1 January 1954 22:35
Toms River, New Jersey, USA
20+ witnesses saw 3-12 round or oval white objects
Navy pilot Lieutenant JG George G. Morgan of Lakehurst NAS, police chief (or captain?) Richard Clement, police officer Oliver G. Osborne and other officers, and 20+ other witnesses, saw 3-12 round or oval white objects with fuzzy edges slightly smaller than Full Moon angular size hovering in the sky to the south for 1.5 hours as two objects circled around one (in 2-4 seconds) (seen to the ESE from Woodbury, southwest from Surf City at high elevation), then switched places with each other. Some witnesses (such as Mrs. Worthington and son Norton in Woodbury) attempted to drive towards the objects to investigate. Objects suddenly departed to the southwest at extremely high speed growing smaller until disappearance in one to two seconds covering about 60° of sky. Multiple independent witnesses across a baseline of at least 12 miles resulted in triangulation near Beach Haven, New Jersey, from distances of about 15 to 40 miles. At least 5 witnesses used binoculars including 7x50 Bausch &Lomb. Hynek calculated speed of 90,000 mph, hovering altitude 4 miles, object diameter 1,500 feet. One oval object was observed by 25 witnesses for 90 seconds (Morgan,George G; Osborne, Oliver G; Clement, Richard).
Hynek rating: NL: Nocturnal Lights
Vallee rating: FB1: A simple sighting of a UFO traveling in a straight line across the sky.
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