Weird NJ Explores the Jet In The Woods

[Bbendfender]

I am almost positive this is a T-33. Look and the long cockpit and the intakes. I've been around lots of T-33 jets. Definitely a 2 seater. The ejections seats are gone and you can see the rails where the seats once were. It also looks like a "chase" plane or a plane that got chased in a practice flight. In the 60's fighter bases had T-33's also and they chased them in practice flights.

[Bbendfender]

Is he one of the SNL "Da Bears" guys?

[dukesofhazzard92]

I remember coming across that. When i whent there everything was still in it except the gages and other componets for the pilot, the Military had this a training plane but once it whent down due to a failer. the military came and sprit it clean. But i do see it time to time. if you like to know more about it please message me and i can meet you up there to talk about it.

[guahcap]

why is that fat guy wearing tights?

also, nice camo guys, classy!

[chuckwier]

@guahcap because sometimes when your a man alone in the woods you like to wear stretchy pants just for fun.

[sgcwproductions1]

omg that is doug! soo weird

[ArmyAvengencePball]

I've been here before, it's only about 5 min away from my house. The plane in question is a T2V-1 Sea Star. Oddly enough I didnt even know this crash existed when my friend and I first stumbled upon it. Needless to say we were a bit confused haha. The plane went down due to engine failure quite a while ago. And to confirm some of what is being said, the piolet did eject. I climbed in the cockpit and the seat had been ejected.

[TimeKeeperEnigma]

It looks like a critical failure emergency downed plane.The cockpit looks empty and blown. looks like a ejection to me.

[soldierofdec]

iv been looking for that.

[MrBigturdball]

Its not an f-86, p-80, or f-94. iogen70 is right its probably a T-2v1 judging by the angle and shape of the windshield. The next closest thing is a t-33.

[2fast269]

hey wnj can you get pictures of the plane from all sides



[daveasi]

isnt that near six flags

[iogen70]

This is up on Kanause Mt. Ridge not far off Macopin Road. I can't believe NOBODY knows about this thing. It indeed is a T-2V1 trainer. We used to play on it as kids. The trees in the marsh are all small maples which are less than 30 years old. When the plane came in I am sure it took some trees with it but the marsh probably reclaimed most of the downed vegetation.

[Noobixide]

Wouldn't that be insane to find a jet in the woods while you were hunting?

[wingclaws]

it's not an F4, it has the wrong intakes. what an amazing thing to find

[rando714]

does it still fly

[MrXtremie]

ahh now i know where my remotion controlled plane went

[thefrogprincevii]

what are you talking about



[Julian24151]

yea it looks like a voodoo but i dont know

[mrKANYEwes]

only in jersy!!

where the weird guidos are born

[slashkill2]

where in new jersey

[rangerfng]

My old Chief Of Wawayanda State Park told me the story of the jet. He was a Ranger when it happenend. everything was kept quiet during the crash. I have read the report that my chief wrote during the incident.

[destroyer11388]

everything bad happens to NJ and i feel a bit cursed cause rlly... in rl my name is the same as NJ's capital

[gor1221]

Isn't that Doug Gass From Cedar Grove Dive School

[WeirdNJTV]

@gor1221 Yup!

[GetOffMyNuts88]

Ok, I actually have the news paper artical about this crash, he actually hit a pipercub. ummmmmm if you want to contact me just messag me.

[jettduud]

I was going to say T-2 buckeye as well - there is a really nicely restored one at STS and the pilot/owner flies it regularly . [pretty noisy little beast]

[slt223]

2:03 - "I saw something shiny, and I thoughtit was a house." That statement goes very well with his mullet.

[19TNW96]

Strange.....Why did'nt they take every thing away

[henrybemisable]

I used to live right near there, in the housing development known as Highview. As kids, we used to go back there all the time to look at the plane. It wasn't until I was older that I learned how many redneck hunters there are in that town, and that playing in the woods wasn't exactly safe.

[arlichar11]

i knew some one had to know something... kinda ruins the mystery though....!!!!

[1apettersen]

During the mid to late 60's a National Guard jet flamed out, due to a mechanical problem the pilot was unable to eject. When I located the jet I was waved off by the pilot. Upon the arrival of military personal they defused the seats arming device, removeing the pilot to safety. The military only wanted to remove the engine and certain components. The pilot later stated that the tree tops cushioned the impact, he just missed a ridge of boulder and landed in the marshy wet soil.

[WeirdNJTV]

Are you saying that you were actually on the scene just after the plane crashed?

We have a great photo of the jet in issue 30 of the magazine which was taken very soon after the crash. I'm sure it would bring back some memories for you.

[1apettersen]

Let me try this again. At the time I was a constable for the WMPD. The military was only planning to bury the fuselage. I'm surprised that there is anything less. I do not remember a second crew member in the aircraft. When I approached the plan from the port side I saw the pilot from a distance, he motioned to me to stay back indicated that his ejection seat was hot.

[1apettersen]

Something else I just remembered (be patient I'm 72 +) :) there was more then one plane in the formation. They part of a training flight out of upstate NY. The base started with a "s". I'm sure it will come back to me later.

[USMANchampNO1]

@WeirdNJTV Where is this jet which state which city i am lost help me

[RCcustomPD]

@1apettersen Around the same time out in Whiting NJ which is Part of Manchester a 2 US Navy Blue Angles crashed in the woods. My dad and his brothers rode their bkikes from Lakehurst and got there to get some pieces. I'll make a video of it if he lets me.

[arlichar11]

sorry ..for earlier post...this is pretty cool...andafter u said u never heard reported or anything...makes even better story...thanks

[arlichar11]

ive seen stranger things in stranger places believe me...lol

[JiBzAy619]

Only in Jersey would you find a plane in tha middle of the damn woods

[seabeer75]

why is this so weird? if it were a midget plane, well now that would be weird.

[cancze111]

It looks like a T2V-1 Sea Star. That was the navalised version of the T-33. The orange and white colours on the first part they showed look like US Navy trainer colours.

[mattymattel]

Looks like a T-33.....at first I thought T-2 Buckeye,but the nose is not pointed,therefore it looks like a T-33. By 1959,all the F-94s were at Davis-Monthan.

[RBurns237]

The plane is about 75 yards from my neighborhood in West Milford. There are no trails to it at all, but you can drivea ATV pretty close to it and walk the rest. When the ground isn't frozen, its very marshy and tough to walk... but still worth the trip.

[3010101]

well if it is an f4 phantom, then it has a nickname called "the falling rock" if its engines shut down it doesn't glide, it falls.

[t9wills]

hmmmmm how much is scrap metal worth

[gloomyrain2]

hmm im curious to know where exactly did it come from

[GangstaThug15]

wow nice find tho!

[WEIRDALROXMYSOX]

Wow, very weird! I think that has a few hundred good miles left in it........................ If you tow it with a truck!

[awjw12009]

This is what I have heard about this from people who know. The jet went down in 1962. it is an f-80 trainer; the pilot and student punched out. You can be 20' away from it; and if you dont know where it is; you will walk right past it and never even know it was there. thats why it has no grafitti or vandalism. Also in order to ace in you must cross private property. There are homes that line the perimiter of the woods. its not like you can park and jst walk in to the woods

[burningempire666]

a trainer jet would make sense, because it looked like a deep orange color, how far is nike air force base, or macguire

[Maus5000]

is this jet still in the woods? or was it taken out

[sueemariee]

yeah the jet is still in the woods.

[Specter325]

Two seats, so it is a T33. No seats so whomever bailed out before it went down. The orange paint on the nose is usually indicative of aircraft in training squadron as opposed to aircraft in guard service.

[cutter1620]

wow an f-20 starfighter the wings and general looks are the same! it is old.

[Maus5000]

pretty sure its a scorpion, not a starfire, but the two are similar looking when ripped to shreds

[deltaalpha21074]

This was the missing Jet lost in the The Bermuda Triangle ....Lost in 1966

[kdraper2007]

F-80 shooting star. or a T-33 jet trainer same basic design. 1950's era fighter (F-80) jet trainer (T-33) 1950's-1980's.

[bombilla42]

P80??

[bxnyfordham]

thats what i said. P80? shooting star

[mixerd0822]

there has always been a lot of artillery testing thru out nj and ny,  my dad was was stationed at an artillery range in 1950's he told me all about shooting at planes being towed for practice. could be the case here? camp tildon nj! I was at dix in 75 and saw a lot myself

[quack447]

i dont think that there is a base close enough for it to have been shot down i know that i heard the story of its crash before but i cant remember it

[Mayaan007]

My mom remembers the crash when she was a kid, she lived nearby. She also remembers a neighbor showing her the pilot's mask found at the site. If I remember the story right, he actually survived :) It's no secret to locals. Plane crashes are common in these mountains, and there are similar wrecks scattered throughout the area. Most are the remains of private small aircraft.

[1wikked12]

where is this at. I'd love to check out a section of woods littered with plane crashes

[viper90987]

f-86 sabre

[kdraper2007]

no F-86 is swept wing with nose air intake. this is an F-80 or T-33.

[Maus5000]

no, its an f-89j scorpion. it was desighned to attack soviet bombers in the same manner as the bachem natter, but shooting short range a.a. missles into a formation

[billplatinum6]

Looks like the concorde.

[quack447]

concorde's are WAY bigger, trust me i have been in one

[joemomma53]

That's been there for decades.

[bladeflip]

its a jet

[zinnism]

it's an sr71 blackbird

[WeirdNJTV]

Dear WNJ - A friend who is knowledgeable about aircraft pegged this as an F101 but several pilots had their own ideas: a F101c super voodoo, a F80/P80 Shooting Stat or a F89J. The F89 Scorpion and the T33 each got two votes, but the T2v/T1A Seastar got 4 votes. I discovered that it is actually a T-2V1 beause that's what stamped under the wing. The aircraft was renamed the T1A seastar. It was manufacturer starting in the 50's and remained in use until the 1970's. -William Angus

[WeirdNJTV]

Dear WNJ:

As an airplane nut I couldnt help but notice the mis-identification of the jet in the woods on page 39 of issue #30. The aircraft is not an F-89 and for that matter isnt even a U.S.Air Force plane. If you look at it you can read the serial number on the tail as well as Marines on the rear fuselage. The plane is a 14-2540 and it is a T2V-1 Seastar also know as a T-1A Trainer. I also read that this plane went down on 1/1/67 but cannot confirm that date. -Jim Nissen, Grants Pass, OR

[Zilch79]

@WeirdNJTV I recognize it as a T-2 Buckeye, as well. It was used until pretty recently to train NFO's for the Navy and Marine Corps, but I think they're using T-45's for everything now. Good call.

[Zilch79]

@WeirdNJTV I think you're right about that. At first I thought it was a T-2 Buckeye, but the nose looks longer and the intakes are a bit different.

[smr1967]

its a f-82 shooting star,its been there sence the 50s

[kdraper2007]

F-80 shooting star. F-82 was the twin mustang

[smr1967]

its a f-82 ,ill bet its been there sence the early 50's

[bassface17]

That is a MB-326, Atlas Impala.

[Rickey85]

It's a a10 tunderbolt

[xXbubblesX334meXx]

omg i used to live in that neighborhood!

i've seen it!

mess with me!

[71PSM]

N 41° 04.622 W 074° 23.801

[Italiangangst3r]

i live in new jersey. was this film filmed any where close to warren county? and 1 day bout 2- 3 years ago, i heard a loud rumnbling noise, and i went out side, looked up, sure as hell, 2 fighter jets flew above my house and turned around and went back, nvr happened again since then, ( they flew south, then turned north towards new york), its weird cus idk of any airf forces bases north of me besides 2 in new york, thts it.....weird stuff guys...

[mixerd0822]

There is an airbase maguire at fortdix nj

[zp129]

anybody know the lat lon where the jet is?

[bigbang225]

but like i said im mental :)

[bigbang225]

also if you look at other vidoes from the guy youll see a testing ship i think NJ was a home to military vehicle testing sites for world war 2

[bigbang225]

my guess is that the army blew it up in the place to test the damage it could take the explosion could have scattered the parts but if it did get blown up why didnt anybody here it? my other guess is its a conspiracy. probally so the enemy couldnt prepare for the battles to take down the jet but im mental :P

[bigbang225]

if theres a jet in the woods why doesnt mayor get it out of there and why is so important its just a crashed jet somebody tell me the story behind this before i say its retarted

[ravenousfellow]

I used to live in the very close to where that jet is I used to go back there with my friends and play in that plane prior to 1982. I moved from West Milford in 1983. Chris von Kaenel I grew up on Wesley Drive.

[Makoshark]

if you look twards the low lying ridge behind the plane some of the trees are damaged about 25 feet up, suggesting that when the forest was much younger the plane was downed. the laser torch marks on the plane show that it was scalvaged a long time ago. interviews with residents show no record going back 25 years, reports from community memebers indicate a airplane crash in the same location, but not of the nature indicated in the articles. no articles have been seen by myself

[BarbossasWench]

My house was just minutes walk from there, when I used to live in West Milford. The last time I saw it the engine was gone along with parts of the wing and the tail that was orignally a few feet behind the jet.

[ffej980]

no jets fly out of picatinny arsenal

[john33STEW]

This aircraft is a standard Lockheed T-33 trainer, not an F-89 or F-94. 17 seconds shows the remains of the tail assembly of a T-33.The videos of the nose clearly show that this is also not an F-94 as there is no prominent radar scanner profile. This can be seen at 2:10.

[WeirdNJTV]

Just received the following e-mail:

Dear Weird NJ;

I am and airman stationed at Hill AFB, UT and we have an aircraft at our museum that matches the one thats in the story "Jet in the woods". I can identify the jet as an F-89 Scorpion, most likely an H model, it was one of the first jet powered interceptors designed. The aircraft had no guns on it and only carried a bank of 24 unguided rockets in two pods on the wing tips.

Signed--Matt Stefancin

[WeirdNJTV]

Part 2:

The rockets were meant to be fired shotgun style, meaning that the radar that would be in the nose would pick up on the in coming Soviet bomber force and just fire all the rockets in an effort to knock out as many as possible. later models were made to carry the AIR-2 guided air-to-air nuclear missile.

[WeirdNJTV]

Part 3:

Most F-89's were dropped from active duty inventory by the early 1960's. But I know that the 111 Fighter Wing at Willow Grove Naval Air Station, in Willow Grove, PA had F-89's from May of 1959 to mid 1962.

[WeirdNJTV]

Part 4:

, but weather they lost any of the planes I don't know. If one of their planes would have gone down during the short time they were outfitted with the F-89 it would have been not well known and the trees would show no sign of damage now because of the laps in time from then till now. Well I hope that fills in some gaps or kind of explains a way that it could have got there.-Matt Stefancin

[Flyboy2590]

Na, the tail of an F-89 is much skinnier and it has no jet pipe coming out of it. This is a T-33.

[TonyAirlines]

I sat in a P-80 on display and that body does look like a T-33...

[0Hardcorecheeze0]

I agree , its more likey a T 33, the F 89 wings are at mid- fuselage the wings on the T 33 are low and the wings on this look still to be attached it would be interesting to find out how and when it got there

[mossmusic]

I'd have to agree. By what I can see. It looks really like a F-89.

[mossmusic]

It is an F-94 Starfire or T-33. Can tell by the intakes and the tailplane. Prolly was a drone and shot down.

[tfhackett]

Yeah, shot down by the West Milford NJ Air Force.

[TallPaulBiker101]

LOL! A division of the infamous WMPD. LOL!

[Wrenman]

It must have been moved there becuase thers no sign of snaped trees or broken trees from when the plane crashed and no matter how old the crash is at leat one tree would still be damage.

[zoidburg111]

i used to live in west milford,went to the same high scholl that guy did,graduated 1987,i miss it,wish i could move back,(taxes are murderous there hehe)

[bryanb2990]

looks like an F-4 Phantom, used in Vietnam 40 some years ago

[mossmusic]

It is an F-94 Starfire or T-33 Shooting Star (1 in the same). Prolly drone target plane.

[flipxoxout]

i live in west milford.. there are always weird things in the woods.. and like random really old cars..verryy interesting

[c21joanne]

My siser lives in West Milford. What kind of Jet was it? USAirforce?

[xomeg28xx]

Haha this plane is right in the woods near my house

[xomeg28xx]

Haha, this plane is in the woods near my house.

[DRHSTV]

i would take stuff off of it that would be cool!

[Orangeotterpop]

I miss west milford and the odd things in the woods. from old rail road spikes , random cars in the woods in the middle of no where. old indian paintings on rocks. even old foundations of cobblestone bridges with no signs of roads ever being there. damn i miss exploring that place.

[doomKthnx]

Wow that is pretty cool that they left it there like that. Now a lot of people can go check it out.

[lewisbort]

Plane crashed in the mid sixties. Was on a training flight . Both occupants were killed. I was visiting my grandparents when it happened. About a couple hundred yards behind their house, near what at the time was West Milford Twsp High School.

[WeirdNJTV]

Now retired police sergeant Bill Genader was the first on the scene of the 1967 crash. He looked into the cockpit, but found that no one was in it. Then he saw a dazed pilot sitting on one of the wings. The pilot said he was not injured, but he had a buddy with him in the plane. They walked around until they found him about 30 feet from the crash site sitting up against a tree. He had a few injuries, but not life threatening.

[aanvil]

More likely a Lockheed T-33.

Two place trainer derived from F-80.

No mystery here.

[Icepacalapse]

No such thing as a F5 phantom.

The orange paint is a dead giveaway that this plane was used as a target drone.

[WeirdNJTV]

Actually it was not a drone, it was piloted by two men. The orange paint was added after the crash when the millitary came to airlift out the plane's engine. -Mark M.

[teamgwho]

it's a T2v-1 Navy aircraft check out my page about it, including photographic proof of the model. go to lostinjersey dot com and go to vehicle decay

[doomKthnx]

WeirdNJTV (2 weeks ago)

Actually it was not a drone, it was piloted by two men. The orange paint was added after the crash when the millitary came to airlift out the plane's engine. -Mark M.

[warboop]

Was it droped from a carrier plane ?I live in sussex county and i have heard about this also looked on WeardNJ lol.Intreating OUR NJ ISN"T IT

[leonfromresidentevil]

there is a f5 phantom but thats not a f5 phantom cuz the have weapons

[john33STEW]

F-4 Phantom II

F-5 Freedom Fighter

F-5E Tiger II

[MysterySkateboards]

y is this so amazing i love weird nj but a plane crashed in woods big deal

[functioncreep]

The camerawork is making me ill.

[AUFlyingAce]

I read about this in your book, great seeing it on youtube :)

PS, I live right by the glowing grave so Im a fan of Weird NJ

[gangstabunnys]

maybe the local historical society would be the place to look or the library micro film of old newspapers, or just perhaps the nursing homes, someone there might know :-) thanks for the weird discovery video.

[onemon22]

I love NJ and its history. I am from Saskatchewan Canada. I have a history with the Biddle family from Penns Grove. Please post story's about Aaron Biddle and his plights during the 1812 conflict.

[spidey2064]

i wonder why the jet was just left there all this time.

[APassivePoke]

NJ seems to be full of weird stuff in the woods. Behind our library there's a huge expanse of forest and I was exploring back there and found a shitload of roofing shingles and stuff, and then enough appliances to make a house, refridgerator, tub, sink, and a ton of alcohol bottles.

[Furnifur]

If it's been there that long why would he assume it "fell straight down" isn't it likely in over 40yrs the trees grew back. In my part of NJ we just have old cars and junk in our woods.

[Oceanpeg]

My parents bought a house in West Milford in 1961, near the Otterhole Road/Westbrook Road intersection of West Milford. Just before then there was a large forest fire in the area. Possibly this plane crashed there after the fire and the trees grew around it after the fire, which would make sense.

[TheRedComa]

When I used to visit pennsylvania and go hiking through the woods, I came across all sorts of weird stuff. I found refrigerators, washing machines, really old cars, old schoolhouses, and even an old circus railroad car.

[SEB3600]

the circus one mustve creeped u out

[bobbydigital20g]

it looks like an F-5 phantom...which is funny considering the name

[joeyzaine111]

Thats odd.