Light over Ridgefield, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Star-like object that appeared to hover like a drone. Changed position slowly, no sound. Sometimes a very small blink of red and white lights near the main white light source. At one point that main white light looked like it extended into beams of light, like the star of Bethlehem. Object seen from Ridgefield, appearing to be over the Fairview or North Bergen area, south of New York City. Watched object for approximately 45 mins then it appeared to move behind trees out of my view, but still in the sky currently. I didn’t panic or call authorities thinking it’s likely a drone or military surveillance craft. I’ve seen more of these near Lakewood near the naval base. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #142561). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2018-08-01 → 2018-08-18