Glassboro, New Jersey: Landing traces in oak forest, Air Force declares disputed hoax
On September 4, 1964, at 7:30 p.m., two unidentified witnesses reportedly saw a red glowing object in an oak forest near Glassboro, New Jersey; a hole with scorched earth and metal fragments was found there, Air Force personnel from McGuire AFB examined the site, and the Air Force declared a hoax.
Background
At 7:30 p.m. two unidentified witnesses saw a red glowing object in an oak forest near Glassboro, New Jersey, according to two boys who met the men the next day and were shown odd markings like a landing on the ground. The boys' father, NICAP member Ward Campbell, went to the scene, measured a hole 30 inches across and just over 19 inches deep surrounded by scorched earth, and found broken branches of a sassafras tree and small metal fragments. Glassboro police, curiosity seekers, Air Force personnel from McGuire AFB, ufologists and a group of high school students who examined the site as a science project followed. The Air Force rather summarily declared a hoax; it is unclear whether a prankster's confession was credible, and by then visitors had irretrievably altered the marks. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.