As reported

Light over Forked River, NJ

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The report, as filed

I was looking up towards the cornea borialis at the ahpecca Star. An was standing on Corner of Vaughn ave an Lacey rd in forked river nj facing north an I was looking towards nw w an my eye line Looking northwest west when I saw what was a light that looked liked it was coming into the atmosphere an stopped on a dime an then had a flash to it like it blinked an I then started recording on my iPhone an that’s where you really can see it when you slow it down there’s not a cloud in the sky an my phone picked up the light an the way it was moving. There were no aircrafts in the area during that time.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159466). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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