Formation over New York City (Manhattan), NY
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Formation of moving lights over Manhattan
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2002-11-28 → 2002-12-15
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June 24, 2021 · 5:45 PM · FLASH
New York City (Manhattan), NY
I was sitting out on my terrace with three other people. My two year old daughter saw a balloon floating upwards. I looked at the balloon and watched it disappear behind our building. I looked up again a moment later to see if we could still see it but instead I saw a glint of an object extremely high up in the atmosphere. The sky was blue and our terrace is shaded in the afternoon so I was able to look straight up and follow the glinting object. At first I thought it might have been the balloon, but realized it was way too high but also flashing green, and traveling in an unusual pattern high above us. The object seemed to flash on and off as we followed it. It was moving north. I know this because it was moving in an uptown direction. At times I would lose sight of the object against the blue sky, but then it would flash and I would see it again. The light seemed to stay on as it traveled and I would momentarily lose it and then see it again until it finally just seemed to disappear upward.
January 17, 2021 · 12:33 PM · CIGAR
New York City (Manhattan), NY
The object had no lights. But it was white. It seemed to be reflecting the lights from the streets or it was glowing. It had a light grey coloring. It was moving so fast from south to north. I knew it wasn't a bird or plane because of it's speed. It had the shape of a butter knife. Background of the observer: 43 year old man. I'm sober. So no alcohol or drugs were involved. I've never reported anything like this.
July 29, 2020 · 8:21 PM · OTHER
New York City (Manhattan), NY
Tonight over Hells Kitchen in Manhattan at 820pm we saw two black crafts, that looked like they could be oval shaped, but changed to what looked like “S” or figure “8” shape from where we were standing. The crafts had no visible lights or propulsion system or condensation trials. These crafts were flying together and appeared to be flipping, they were flying too high and too far to be drones. The crafts continued to fly together, almost playfully and flew into the distance out of sight where they diverged, one craft flew North and the other North West over Manhattan.
July 9, 2020 · 6:00 PM · LIGHT
New York City (Manhattan), NY
3 light spheres They came one next (behind) the other as if liking in different directions I felt that the light stop for a second so I could film it ... was very unusual .. but I have Seen weird ufo in that same area before (one was shaped as a American football 🏈
August 20, 2019 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
New York City (Manhattan), NY
I live in a high-rise building in Weehawken, New Jersey. I woke up in the middle of the night and saw this bright object hovering in the sky above the Hudson River roughly across 86th-89th street of the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As first I thought it was a star, but as I look carefully, I notice the objective was moving and its brightness changes as it moved. Since I don't have a telescope, I couldn't tell the exact shape of object, but it looks circular and it is bright. After 15-20 minutes, the object began to ascend and the light got dimmer. Right before it fully disappeared, I saw another similar object appeared above the Manhattan Island, roughly around the 86th-80th street near the Upper West Side. The object looks very similar to the other one. It is round and it's bright. It hovered over the area for about 10-15 minutes, then it traveled toward downtown Manhattan. It was flying in a straight line, steady altitude, in a speed just faster than a helicopter. I could hear any noise from where I was. It continued to fly in the downtown direction until it has gone beyond the view of my window. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 25, 2017 · 5:15 AM · FIREBALL
New York City (Manhattan), NY
Then turned green and took off. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD