Formation over Skillman, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Night sky. Looked like 6 planes converging as though they were going to crash. Then they lined up vertically with perfect spacing in between them and hovered for at least 10 minutes. I was driving so I don't know how long they stayed there. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and she sounded to us to be quite responsible. We suspect that she is a reliable witness. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #132236). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-01-16 → 2017-02-02