Formation over Hopelawn, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
When I noticed it was a solid green light then it turned red. Then it moved forward, then upward while turning green again, when it moved left it starting turning green & red, then it started spinning but it had 5 five lights on each side (while vertical). On one side it was green on the other side it was red, as it was spinning it started flashing. It began to move left then right, it stopped flashing, then it was green and red on each side while spinning motionless. As it stared going back up the 5 lights became all red, it stopped for short moment then it disappeared. This is not the first time that this as occurred, the last time about a month ago me, my girlfriend, and her daughter seen it around the same area. We suspect the object might have been a star, although the witness believes that it was not a star. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #117378). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2015-02-15 → 2015-03-04