Sphere over New York City (Manhattan), NY

The report, as filed

2 Bright orange orbs flying in tandem/formation over Hudson River near 145 street in Manhattan, NYC [was raised in that area so I’m pretty sure about location]. I pulled out my phone and took 3 pictures while driving on the Henry Hudson Parkway going northbound [hard to do driving 50mph]. Orbs were approx. 90 ~ 100 ft. above Hudson River at a distance from my vehicle of about 2 city blocks when first spotted. Orbs were traveling southbound @ perhaps 40mph? Second glance I saw the second orb trailing behind the first [probably 30 ft. distance] and also descending and getting closer to the River. This time I tried to figure out their sizes but couldn't really determine it so I guessed that the circumference was about the length of my car [15 ft.?] They continued on their southern path at the same speed. I slowed down my vehicle to try to get a 3rd and a better look [some Brokeback mountain guy in his Lego set Toyota was honking his horn behind me until he saw me pointing out my window and at the object. I saw his jaw drop and his eyes open via my rear view as he saw the orbs] I ignored the driver behind me and looked to see that both orbs came to a complete stop in unison for about 5 or 6 seconds, then they continued to move southbound at the same speed I mentioned previously. I lost sight of them as I continued to travel northbound. Both orbs were a steady bright luminescent orange with a slightly yellow tinted center [took a better look when they stopped]. I couldn’t hear any sounds as the orbs flew by due to a commercial plane flying overhead and there was a good amount of cars on both sides cancelling out all other noises. At first I may have assumed they were military drones but I couldn’t find any reason to that [if military then why orange orbs?] especially when they completely stopped in mid-flight for more than a few seconds and then both continued their flight at the same time. As I approached the George Washington Bridge I noticed several helicopters flying around and what seemed like 2 military jets circling the area as if they were searching for something. This was really strange. The 2 orbs were definitely UFO's [not saying a spaceship carrying aliens from another planet as many people ALWAYS assume that about UFO's] I couldn’t stop talking about it at work while people are staring at me listening to the story like I’m crazy. I quickly lessen their skepticism after showing the photos. I searched Google Images and YouTube and found that these Orange Orbs are a very common sighting especially around the Hudson River from Manhattan all the way up north as far as Albany. I guess it was my turn to see them...

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #118861). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.