Back In The Day

Dec. 3, 1978 It had been 12 years since the UFO sightings around the Wanaque Reservoir area were all the rage. Trying to spot UFOs by the reservoir was such a popular nighttime activity that the sky watchers' cars backed up the roads in the vicinity. "Scientists are still seeking answers to the 1966 event, and by the end of the year there reportedly may be a scientific explanation to the sightings," it was reported. A non-profit group of researchers from Stanhope, under the name of Vestigia Inc., was gearing up to test their hypothesis that seismic pressure on quartz-bearing rock was responsible for the mysterious light configurations. Robert Jones, a Byram Township computer analyst who founded Vestigia Inc., believed there was a common explanation for the UFOs. Jones had also been exploring strange lighting in Long Valley for two years. The reported sightings at Wanaque and Long Valley almost always seem to be of soft, glowing lights close to the ground, Jones noted. According to his hypothesis, seismic pressure on the crystalline rock surfaces gives off lightning. Jones believed the pressure around the Wanaque Reservoir might have been caused by the nearby Ramapo Fault. A number of mild tremors []

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Wanaque Bragalia Vs Reynolds

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Anthony Bragalia has been researching the 1966 Wanaque UFO sighting(s) for a while now and he just received more material and information from a witness on the scene in 1966, who sent Mr. Bragalia a newspaper clipping from the time period, a clipping that included the famous photo of one alleged Wanaque UFO shooting a ray or beam of light down on the waters of the Wanaque Reservoir:

The photo was taken by a police officer who turned the negatives over to the Air Force. never to see them again, but he retained a print.

Neither the cop nor any member of his family will come forward to discuss the sighting(s) or the photo.

My friend, Anthony, insists that this is a bona fide photo of one of the Wanaque UFOs, although his current correspondent and witness writes that the photo is nothing like what was seen at the time.

I 've always thought the photo is bogus and wrote about it earlier here and at the RRRGroup blog. Mr. Bragalia has written about Wanaque and the photo at his blog with us -- http://bragalia.blogspot.com (see the archive).

I see a corny representation of a UFO and a contrived photo. Mr. Bragalia sees an extraterrestrial craft shooting a ray or beam upon the waters below it. For what reason? Neither he nor I have any idea.

Anyway, I'd like your take on the photo (or the Wanaque sightings themselves).

Stay on topic and let us have access to whatever expertise you have about the photo or the sightings, won't you?

Your view(s) may quell the contention between Mr. Bragalia and me.

RR