Cigar over Scotch Plains, NJ
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The report, as filed
UFO Sighting in Central NJ
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 2008-07-31 → 2008-08-17
From the same sky
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July 4, 2015 · 9:30 PM · CIRCLE
Scotch Plains, NJ
At one point the higher green light turned red..then back to green and descended down in a straight line. Rose again above the trees and moved slowly to the right...then disappeared.
April 26, 2015 · 7:10 PM · FORMATION
Scotch Plains, NJ
On 26 April 2015 at 7:10pm, in full daylight before the sun began to set, I saw a large grouping of 12 white or silver dots pass slowly east, beneath the daytime half moon. The leading three dots held steady in the shape of a large right triangle. I could not tell if the other 9 held a pattern or moved around slightly, due to their faintness and some light wispy clouds. Viewing them through binoculars did not reveal any details, still just bright dots. I could not tell if they were mylar balloons, but they probably weren’t birds because the formation was moving too slowly. The sighting lasted about five minutes as the lights moved slowly and very steadily toward the eastern horizon, until they were no longer visible. I live about 20 miles southwest of Manhattan, and this was very similar to the mass sighting there on 13 October 2010.
September 19, 2009 · 8:30 PM · LIGHT
Scotch Plains, NJ
Spotlight over new jersey. ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))