Fireball over Wildwood, NJ
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The report, as filed
Medium to large fireball deep orange/orangeyellow with dark center looking like round fire??
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135557). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-08-02 → 2017-08-19
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August 26, 2023 · 8:30 PM · CIRCLE
Wildwood, NJ
My name is((name deleted)) While riding on the Tram Car near the Convention Center I was taking pictures of the Night Sky. When I reviewed the Photos (while still on the Tram Car) I saw this object in the top left hand corner of the Photo. I did not see it when I took the Photo. I am mystified. I waited a few hours to report this simply because I felt foolish and would not be believed, but the Camera doesn't lie. I am a 61 Year old Professional. You can find me on LinkedIn and see my Articles/ Interviews on Differentbrains.org and Interviews on Spectrum Cable Hart of New York My point is that I am a serious person and not seeking attention. ((name and telephone # deleted)) [NUFORC annotation: Camera Anomaly - Certain]
September 24, 2022 · 8:00 PM · SPHERE
Wildwood, NJ
Object streaked across night sky over the Atlantic Ocean coast south to north. Approx 50 degrees high off the horizon. Night Sky was clear with stars visible.approx time was between 7:30-8:00pm It was not the visible planet that was stationary. Was not an aircraft profile. Nor it had anything to do with the fireworks display scheduled to go off hours later. Object was round and bright. No color. A pyramid shape white fog type trail discharged following in back of object spreading out in a cone shape discharge for many miles. It did not have an irregular flight path. Object suddenly disappeared along with any trailing discharge. Me and my wife, among many others, were sitting on chairs watching a free concert at Centennial park WildwoodCrest nj.
June 18, 2022 · 10:50 PM · LIGHT
Wildwood, NJ
Saturday June 18th, a few minutes before 11pm, I was on the balcony of our shore house in Wildwood NJ. I looked up at the stars and saw two ufos. They looked like satellites, just two little dots of light. However, they moved super fast across the sky and did not move in a straight path. They seemed to be chasing each other, almost like insects. They were side by side with one just a little behind the other. I saw them for only a few seconds and then lost them over the water as they faded from view. They were moving southeast. It was a clear night and a little chilly.
September 15, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Wildwood, NJ
@ the beach, so i didnt have a phone or camera, so unfortunately no photo or video, but I am hoping the drones that I saw there may have captured it. On 9/15/17 Almost immediately as the 10pm fireworks at moreys pier began is when we first noticed this light. We were standing in the center of the dry beach facing the pier, boardwalk to the left, the first light or"star"(looked just like Sirius in the sky,same size and brightnesss and seemingly IN the sky) appeared directly above the top of the fireworks, then began making fast radical manuevers, up, down, left, right, shooting forward then coming to a dead stop and hovering for 10-15secs, then abruptly flew towards inland and as it began to move, two more stars appeared ahead of it, the second set of stars tumbling around and bouncing off of and merging with each other, making the same speedy moves in the same direction, the two tumbling stars just out ahead of the first star for another 10-15secs, until they just blinked out. *note that there were also drones flying at that moment behind us (big red and green flashing lights hovering obviously much Much lower in altitude) as well as the helicopters that flew by moments later, NEITHER moved as fast or maneuvered they way this Star did*
September 27, 2014 · 11:45 PM · CIRCLE
Wildwood, NJ
Two very bright orange-yellow balls approximately 30,000 ft were heading east approaching the coast line of Wildwood. As they reached the coast line, one of the objects dimmed to a very dull, barely visible light, it slowed down significantly, and proceeded to turn to the northeast. The second object slowed approximately 20 seconds later, and also dimmed and turned northeast. Both objects began a slow but steady acceleration. They both continued to travel at an increasingly faster speed along the coastline. By the time they were out of sight, they were travelling about 2 times the speed of a conventional plane at that altitude. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 20, 2014 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Wildwood, NJ
Multi-colored lights flashed in sequence red, blue, and green. The lights were bright and definitive in their color. The object remained in the same section if the nighttime sky for just over 1/2 hour. It was easily visible. It was well above any if the lit rides that are stationed on the boardwalk. As I got home and attempted to capture the object on video from my balcony, it disappeared. It was difficult to ascertain the shape of the craft but it did seem to be circular or sphere shaped.