NUFORC Sighting 57416

Occurred: 2007-05-15 08:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2007-07-03 11:22 Pacific
Duration: 2 Minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Lyndhurst, NJ, USA

Shape: Disk
Characteristics: Lights on object, Left a trail

UFO sited on fire - forest fire later reported caused by F-16 flare exercise

Me and my girlfriend were driving to work in the morning when I noticed what I thought was a helicopter on fire in the sky above route 3 approaching Clifton, NJ. We pulled over and were planning to call authorities but when we stopped we noticed the object was not a helicopter at all. The object continued to fly south east. The interesting thing about this is the smoke seemed to be pulled into a circle around the object (disc shaped) - and all around it.

Later that day a report of a fire started to come out in the news about a forest fire which reportedly was caused by a flare from a test run from an F-16. Me and my girlfriend are sure government involvement in a fire never happens and we just happen to witness an unknown object heading at high speeds in that direction while on fire. It was not going slow - it reach out of viewing distance very quickly after we stopped, but was hovering at the time when we stopped.






NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD


Posted 2007-08-07

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