Hey everyone, this is a true story and a puzzling one. It might be UFO related, might not be, but I'm posting it here to generate some discussion and see what people have to say.


Back in the 1980s, my aunt, uncle, cousins and grandmother all lived together in New Jersey. Their house was close to the woods, and there were trails through which people could walk and occasionally drive off-road. Anyway, one evening, my cousin Jim and his friend Paul were walking through the trails when they saw a white pick-up truck parked off to the side the side of the trail ahead of them. As they approached it, they noticed some sort of vague green glow coming from it. They then saw a man-like figure standing near it, but he didn't look exactly like a man. His eyes were dark and too large (possible hybrid encounter?). Jim and Paul took off and got back to my cousin's house, where my other cousin, Laura, was hanging out with her friend Katie. Jim and Paul told them the story, and they wanted to see for themselves, so they all headed back to the spot. The girls saw the same sight and started running back to the house. They called the police and gave statements. One of the girls was near tears. Anyway, they stayed in the house but noticed a lot of police activity around the trails in the woods, so they found a friend with one of those police scanner radios. They overheard one cop saying over his radio "This is one for Lakehurst" (the nearby air force base).

The next morning, my aunt and grandmother headed into the woods to investigate. When they got near the area where the encounter had occurred, they saw that it was closed off and there were men in quarantine suits all over the area. I know that sounds like something out of "The X-Files", but my grandmother was one of those extremely Catholic people who simply didn't like to lie, so I know she would not have made that up.

Recently, I was doing some reading and disocvered that there had been a relatively large amount of UFO sightings in that area during that time. This may have been due to the proximity to the air force base, but it was bizarre.

Thoughts?

Sounds like an awesome story, man! I love stuff like this; this is exactly what I love to read. Is there anyway you could describe what you saw in more detail?

I agree .

Nah, I never saw this, my cousins and their friends did. I will try to get more details. The figure they saw standing near the car was humanoid and basically resembled a man, but they said his head and eyes were too large to be actually human. They emphasized the eyes, that they were horrible to look at and seemed to stare right into them.

As far as the pick-up truck goes, I'm wondering if it might have been a screen memory, like how some abductees get. However, it would be weird for four people to share the same screen memory.

The thing is, they all got so frightened from what they saw and ran away before they got really close, so they never had the time to examine it in detail. They do, however, insist that the details which they do know are accurate. I doubt they would have called the police and given statements if it was untrue anyway.

I'm glad you liked the story, I love it too. I just wish I knew what really happened that night.

Any missing time?

Perhaps it was a spirit? That type of thing doesn't exactly point to being extraterrestrial in origin.

i dunno. alota people have seen lights coming from wooded areas, resulting in ufo sightings later on.
dont think it was spirit/ghost related

very interesting. have you considered having them record their statements on tape to preserve them in their own words? get as much facts as you can. thank you for sharing this account.

None that I am aware of, but I only have the basics of the story, so there might be more that I haven't heard.

Yeah, now that I think about it - judging by the way the officer said "This is one for Lakehurst", that would indicate that other similar events had taken place in different areas, as well. Still, very interesting to hear about nevertheless. It just makes me wonder... who was the "being", and what was his purpose for being on the side of the road, with a glowing truck? Maybe it was used as a distraction to abduct the individuals witnessing it? To the original poster, did the individuals encounter any LOST TIME? That would help a lot. Try asking around with family members to see if they can recall any bouts of lost time circling the event in question.

That might be a good idea. This happened a while ago and it might be tough to track down their friends, but as far as my cousins go, I might be seeing them at a wedding this Sunday, and if I do I'll bringthis story up and try to get more info.

How close were you to Forked River, NJ?

Not far at all. They lived either in Toms River or very close to it.

Do you know of something that happened around there?

What many do not know is alien being also haver eternal spirits, but are not tied to their space suits like we are.

Love omnaka

Alienated spirits; ahhhh!

I hate to sound really skeptical, but isn't it possible that this story has been embellished over the years? maybe not even on purpose but just from repetition? I'm not saying I don't believe you, but I'm hesitant to. It just sounds too much like the "perfect" sighting. Secluded place? Check. Eerie light? Check. Classic "gray" alien? Check. Men in suits respond? Check. I don't know. Why would an alien/hybrid chill next to this pickup truck? They never said anything about a craft or UFO, so unless this alien drives a chevy...

I'm just saying, short of having these police reports or some documents definitively showing some government involvement in this area, it just raises more questions than anything else. It's definitely an interesting sort of story though, definitely believable.

Yea, 3 things that make area high interest to ET's. See below. What I found in a few minutes - could be more. Where these types of contamination occur and spill into watershed expect some ET activity (and other). Hypothesis is that monitoring tributaries into ocean is only way to understand contribution to contamination of earth's oceans. Most all UFO activity involves Nuclear power, nuclear weapons, chemical discharge, environmental, and so on - particularly to waterways to ocean. Some sightings are not monitoring activities however, they are to warn us. Next time you see UFO activity - look for nuclear or other contamination. Like Stephenville, TX sightings - look where Nuke plant is. In your case they landed so maybe monitoring/sampling. Was the sighting close to or on Tom's River? These first two events below are direct routes to Atlantic along Tom's River.

Bomark Nuclear missile accident spilled plutonium into watershed. Look at google maps / terrain. Accident site about 5 miles from lakes that goes into Tom's River and to Atlantic Ocean: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=2023

Cincinnati Chemical is 1200 acre chemical manufacturing sight on Tom's River:
"Most dye operations at Toms River were shut down in 1983 because of severe environmental pollution from an on-site hazardous
waste landfill and a leaking underground pipeline that discharged treated wastewater to the Atlantic Ocean. All chemical manufacturing
at the site ceased in 1996."

Forked River, NJ: Site of NJ Nuclear power plant - maybe not involved - few miles south

Thanks for the information evolyoushun. It's funny, because I remember my mom used to talk about that stuff when I was much younger and first heard this story (I've heard it several times since then), but I never made the connection. Because the sighting was definitely in or in the immediate area of Tom's River, there could be something to all of this.

Likely. Roswell - nuke SAC base. Rendlesham - tactical nuke base. Malstrom (sp?) - nuke ICBM base. Los Alamos - nuke dev. Japan - nuke power. Iran - nukes. Pakistan - nuke weapons. Stephenville - nuke power ~few tens of miles, Phoenix, same. Belgium - nuke power. For nuke power they stay away from plant site (to show non-threat) but make a good show at the next largest population center. For weapons they get closer. Same for other sources of contamination. Just monitoring oceans don't cut it, they need to monitor waterways to oceans to understand where contamination is coming from and they have to get feet on the ground to do it. Just like we dart and sample polar bears to understand what contaminants are present in their environment they do that to humans as well (and cattle). Most all if not all UFO/ET incidents involve environmental monitoring - sometimes link is not immediately obvious, but look a little deeper and you will find it. BOMARK accident was singular case (to my knowledge) where highly radioactive material was spilled into watershed.

Yeah, I've noticed that pattern too. In fact, I live in the Hudson Valley, and some of the famous sightings here may be because we are home to the Indiana Point Nuclear Power Plant.