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Liquor store owner George O'Barski reported a disc landing in North Hudson Park, New Jersey, with humanoid figures descending and collecting soil samples. Multiple physical ground traces were found. NICAP and UFO investigator Budd Hopkins investigated. O'Barski also reported that an apartment building doorman and residents of a residential building directly overlooking the park corroborated his observations. FBI file documents the case.
On January 12, 1975, George O'Barski was driving through North Hudson Park in West New York, New Jersey at approximately 2 AM when he observed a large disc land in the park. Several humanoid figures approximately 4 feet tall in white jumpsuits descended from the craft, each carrying a small implement. The figures were observed collecting soil samples from the park. When O'Barski drove closer, the figures returned to the craft and it departed vertically. UFO investigator Budd Hopkins subsequently investigated the case and, crucially, located corroborating witnesses — including the doorman at a residential building overlooking the park who reported observing a landed craft and the figures, and several building residents who reported having been awakened by a humming sound. Physical ground impressions were found in the park. The FBI Newark field office received a report on the case. The North Hudson Park case is significant for the independent corroborating witnesses found by Hopkins — the doorman's account was discovered without O'Barski's knowledge.
This incident is indexed as file DoD-B18-006inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to FBI Vault, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.
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