Light over Beach Haven, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
What at first looked like a star, at 20 - 30 degrees off the horizon, was zig zagging and jumping up and down but didn't seem to be co
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2002-08-07 → 2002-08-24
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June 5, 2022 · 5:45 PM · OVAL
Beach Haven, NJ
Was seen first by one member of our party looking directly East asking what it was. My first thought was commercial plane passing at high altitude (often shiny, tiny, and slow moving). Upon closer look, I could not make out the tiny wings that would identify it as a commercial aircraft, but the shine looked to be a reflection of the sun most likely. The best I could distinguish was a very shiny pill shape (oblong oval). Object appeared to be at least 10,000 feet in altitude, but not slowly moving and no jet stream. Just hovering. Then it disappears. Then it reappears (only seconds later) about 60 degrees E->SE at the same altitude. Just hovering around again. It moves again (or appears and reappears) 30 degrees back the same direction and then visibly dives down and disappears under the water (no splash) all still far away from us, but now slightly more visible (still same shape). Reappears East again at high altitude and changes to a very dark color (like it turned over). No longer very bright. Disappears sometime later (we also lost interest). Beach was not crowded. Maybe 50 total people in a 300 yard radius. My party are all in our late 20s and have good vision. Two work in stem, one works with a nonprofit. Please email me if there’s any questions. Names: Rahul Benda Benjamin Planche Varia Unknown
July 19, 2018 · 9:20 AM · SPHERE
Beach Haven, NJ
Three red orbs, approximately two miles off shore. All three orbs moved in formation and then all three disaperared one at a time in rhythmic fashion. Then, one reappeared and remained bright red (currently). Event is ongoing. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 19, 2015 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Beach Haven, NJ
Wife and I were relaxing in a hot tub, watching the stars and looking for satellites. We ended up seeing, what we initially believed to be, a rather bright satellite. It was so bright that we had thought we were viewing the ISS, but as it was traversing the sky it stopped abruptly. After a second or two, it made quick, concise movements that were very different than its original trajectory. After approximately 45 seconds the object traveled across the horizon, out of view.