Unknown over Colonia, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
At first my brother and I thought it was a plane, until we noticed the light sequencing and the behavior/maneuvering. It was flashing three different colors in sequence order. Moving slowly, it changed altitude pretty quickly, and moved from east to west to north in no set directional order. The flight pattern was inconsistent with a plane, helicopter, drone, or anything we are familiar with. My brother thought it was someone messing around with a toy, until it turned off its lights after a couple of minutes and flew north out of sight. Within 30 seconds of it flying away, a plane flew right past its previous location - we speculated that it turned off its lights after seeing the plane coming in its direction. Cannot guarantee this was an actual sighting, but it was absolutely NOT a plane or a typical aircraft. Very interesting and unusual situation. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #112936). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-08-23 → 2014-09-09
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