Light over Cliffside Park, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #129012). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-07-31 → 2016-08-17
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September 17, 2022 · 12:15 AM · LIGHT
Cliffside Park, NJ
Saw bright light, in blade-like form, extend from dark cloud formation hanging over Hudson River (near NYC's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital). The blade of light moved very slowly and deliberately to cut what appeared to be a rectangle out of the cloud, leaving a bright outline. Then a symbol was created by the blade, made of very bright, light clouds, within the rectangle. It appeared to be a symbol, sort of like the Han alphabet (but not that). The blade moved behind the dark clouds and slowly faded. The cloud symbol faded a minute or two later. Observer--female, age 64.
November 17, 1999 · 10:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Cliffside Park, NJ
Object seen flashing brillant colors, moved slightly from north to south. Appears to be surrounded by a haze, could not definitely say