Circle over Roebling, NJ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I finally saw a white light moving very quickly due North on the horizon going West to East. I pointed out the object to the other members of my family and at first, we believed it could be the ISS. After viewing the object for 10 seconds it made a sudden stop and hovered for a few seconds. The object then quickly accelerated and moved East to West, then once again turned and moved West to East. After a few seconds it again stopped and quickly moved East to West . It once again hovered for a few seconds and finally sped off to the West. I would like to note that the object also continually changed colors from white to red as it moved along. We live in an area with a great deal of commercial and military activity. Based on where the object was located in the sky, I would say the object we witnessed was traveling at about 10 times the speed of any aircraft I have ever seen in the sky above our home. It was not an airplane, based on how quickly it stopped and maneuvered, and it could not have been a helicopter due to the speed it traveled.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #159739). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2020-09-28 → 2020-10-15
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