As reported

Circle over Lawrenceville, NJ

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The report, as filed

Not sure what we saw. A circular object rose straight up beyond the houses and trees that we can see from our attic window, due East. It was 3.38 am. It went straight up. It had neon green dotted lights with an outer circle of red dotted lights. Sort of like a lit sea urchin, flat side. I could not see its full shape, just the circular lit up part. It rose straight up to above where the moon was, and then headed to our right in a straight line (South). There was no sound that we could hear. Not sure if it was a UFO or not. I have not seen anything like it before, and did not see anything like it on the web either.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #176747). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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