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Claude Coutant’s Beam-Emitting UFO Photographs — Wanaque Reservoir, New Jersey — March 1966
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
91% illumination
Waxing gibbous — bright sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Context notes
Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Mar 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Eastern Time
Location
Wanaque Reservoir
Witness account
Narrative
In March 1966, Claude Coutant photographed a UFO with conical beam of light extending downward over the Wanaque Reservoir in New Jersey On October 13, 1966, The Morning Call of Paterson, New Jersey, published the beam photograph on its front page under the heading The Wanaque Saucer? UFO researcher August C. Roberts supplied the photograph, attributing it to an unidentified police officer who reportedly surrendered the original negatives to Air Force investigators. In October 1967, Dell Publi...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Wanaque Reservoir.
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Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.