Cylinder over Bayonne, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While driving on 440 RT south, the light illuminated the entire sky for about 2-3 seconds before shutting off. The object appeared to be of cylindrical shape, the light was emitting from its center and the lights were very strong. At first, I thought it was lightning, but the source of the light was coming from the object itself. After 2-3 seconds, it shut off. And then reappeared within 5 seconds for another 2-3. Did not see the light after that. All of this took place between the Stop & Shop area and Port Terminal Blvd. Lat/Lon: 40.6678177,-74.1049185 Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #130897). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-10-24 → 2016-11-10
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