1 Jan 1954 - Toms River, New Jersey, USA
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.
Other sightings in this area

Google map of this location.


Sources: 809  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments.
All materials on this site not by the author are believed to be in the public domain. Materials for which a copyright are asserted will be removed immediately on notification .

Original materials on this site are so marked and are © Luke Ford, 2006 - 2007. Permission is granted to use these.
Do not contact us regarding permission to use graphics! Any such use should be at your own risk and this site should not be credited.

 
UFOdna
0 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z