Unknown over Delaware Township, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
This was not a citing, but rather very sudden and very loud noise in sky - huge! It did not trail off into the distance as a jet would; it just stopped. It was so loud and frightening and sounded jetlike, but we did not see anything above us. It happened twice within 10 minutes. I posted it on Facebook to see if anyone else had heard it since I was on a walk with my dog in a remote area. Several people did hear it and someone in Pennsylvania heard something just like it at 6 a.m. today.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #134892). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-06-29 → 2017-07-16