Disk over Jersey City, NJ
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The report, as filed
Orange lights in sky above New jersey
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 2012-11-14 → 2012-12-01
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November 2, 2023 · 7:00 AM · SPHERE
Jersey City, NJ
We have been seeing a white dot kn the sky approximately at sunrise everyday, whenever it is dark or dim out. It is stationary, doesn’t twinkle or flicker, and is in the exact same spot everyday. A thin shell also appears on the ”corona” of the object. On November 14th and 4th, the object moved southeast, but not too much. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
June 25, 2023 · 9:31 PM · SPHERE
Jersey City, NJ
Full spin lasts 3 seconds, pretty small, like the size of the stars spinning near the moon, there were 5 airplanes chasing the object, i saw some of the stray cats come out from their hiding spots, i went to get my binoculars but it was gone by then, my neighbors also witnessed it. White colored, the 2 middle ones that are visible would become bright and then as they rotate become dim in synchronization with the orbit. Also, I would like the investigator to send mail or an email, please contact soon, thanks. Do not call, or arrive at the house.
October 14, 2022 · 10:21 PM · CIRCLE
Jersey City, NJ
Orange lights. Few moving in 2s together few were
December 22, 2020 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Jersey City, NJ
Object with Red Blinking lights, went flying super fast over the hudson from south to north. It was not unreal fast, but too fast for something flying at that level. I thought it was a fighter jet but it didn't make any sound. I was on the couch looking out the window when I saw it and went to the balcony. The object turned back south and as it came closer I saw a bright beam of light (like xenon headlights of a car, just very big). It went behind a big cloud and I couldnt spot it afterwards. I wouldn't say it was definitely a ufo, but crazy enough for me to report this and try to find out what it was.
March 2, 2020 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Jersey City, NJ
Two witnesses: One 32 year old man who is a pharmacist, and one 34 year old man who is an operations manager for a commercial real estate company. I live in Jersey City, NJ on the 8th floor of a building. My large windows face west with minimal obstruction from buildings or trees. The other witness spotted a bright light in the sky and told me to look at it (I’m a sky gazer and am familiar with the typical star layout – which isn’t much since we’re so close to NYC). I walked to the window to check it out, and it looked exactly like a bright star. But it was red and has also never been there before. I grabbed my binoculars, which are high powered, to take a look on the balcony. The red light had about 5 or 6 smaller lights above it in a circular or possibly a hexagonal pattern, which were not visible to the naked eye. The large light almost looked like it was jiggling a bit as if it was like a ball of jello. Newark airport is nearby and I regularly watch the planes take off and land. I have a real-time app on my phone to track all of the planes in the area since I find it interesting. This object was not on the radar. After a few minutes of watching, it was clear that this wasn’t an aircraft that the average person is familiar with by any means. Both the main bright light and the smaller lights above/surrounding it changed colors several times. They were usually red and green, but sometimes white. The smaller lights above the main large light initially were stationary but then would start spinning in a bizarre manner as the “UFO” started moving or changing directions. Left, right, forward, backward, ascending, descending. All directions. The object landed on the ground in the distance behind a building. I’m not sure how far away it was though. It went straight down to the ground and straight back up on two occasions. I tried to capture a video with my iPhone while also looking through the binoculars because I couldn’t take my eyes off of it, but the iPhone video does no justice. Although, in the video you can see the general movement of the light in the sky as well as the larger light changing in color. I have a few iPhone videos about 60-90 seconds long. In one of the videos there is a 2nd green light that looks almost orb-like that jumps around on its own and moves across the screen – I’m not sure if it’s related or not, but my phone was steady and the light moved around in an odd manner. While watching the videos in slow motion, there are other strange light movements that I originally didn’t notice. At one point there appears to be a slight trail of a light moving by quickly. I'm going to forward the videos and a map of my location to ufocntr@nwlink.com
December 26, 2019 · 8:00 PM · RECTANGLE
Jersey City, NJ
Want to report this sighting that occurred last night in December the 26th, 2019. We (me and my 11 year old son) was walking to the Walgreens nearest to our home when suddenly out of nowhere I felt that of a strange headache along with a metallic state to my mouth. It struck me extremely odd when my son said to me suddenly, moments after I began feeling the symptoms, that his mouth tasted as if he had a penny in his mouth! As my son said this he placed both his hands over his head, clearly a sign that he, as well, was feeling that of the same symptoms as me! This was at night however , for that of a split second the lighting of the sky appeared that of an orange/purplish light color ... resembling that of a sunrise! We both exchanged a nonverbal look, a look that gave me a chill up my spine, as it had confirmed to me that indeed, my son as well had seen the same strange phenomenon. It is then that my son looked up & his eyes widened so large it frightened me! My son pulled, rather tugged me inside the Walgreens and had stated to me that he had seen that of a wide large light greyish object that was not to far above from us... only a few feet up above the Walgreens. At this point in time I did not see what he had just described, just te sky within a split of a second turning into that of a sunrise color. I calmed him down while we was in the Walgreens photo section and reassured him that due to the sky turning a different color, perhaps as it subsided he thought he had seen what he just described. When we got home, I went to the back last room of our house, which is one of my eldest son’s room. To my utter shock and disbelief, the metallic taste in my mouth along with the headache, which I had experienced along with my son and had left once we saw that ‘strange sunrise’ just a mere 20 to 30 minutes earlier by the Walgreens. I was in quite a stage of shock! Due to the notion that my son has 3 windows parallel to one another, I quickly gave a fast glimpse, expecting to see that ‘strange sunrise’ , if you will... except, this time, i had witnessed was definitely out of this world! A long, grey rectangle.. or should I say ship looking object slowly past the 2 front windows first ... in that of a slow motion, making a left to the 3rd window! I quickly looked at my son’s closet mirror, which allows me to see 2 of the windows of his room to see if what i had just seen was there or what in the world was going on?! Next thing I know I was awakened by my son asking me if my migraine (I am a chronic migraine sufferer) has subsided .... I quickly jumped up from the bed and just couldn’t believe what was happening! It was as if one minute I was staring into the mirror and the next being awakened, mind you, tucked in, in my son’s bed!