Carbondale, NJ: Glowing Object Falls into Lake, Later Explained as Railroad Lantern Hoax
On the evening of November 9, 1974, three teenagers in Carbondale, New Jersey, reported witnessing a glowing object fall from the sky and enter a small pond at approximately 7:30 PM.
Narration
A yellow-white glow pulsed beneath the dark New Jersey pond surface.
Three teenagers watched something descend and vanish beneath the water.
Local police cordoned off the pond as official vehicles and a crane arrived.
Floodlights raked the pond as a crane positioned over the water in cold fog.
A scuba diver surfaced Monday holding a battery-powered railroad lantern — complete explanation.
A railroad lantern fooled a town, a crane crew, and briefly the world.