NUFORC Sighting 60316

Occurred: 1997-10-15 15:00 Local
Reported: 2007-12-11 18:37 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes?
No of observers: 1

Location: New York City (Staten Island), NY, USA

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Metallic Cylinder Moving thru New York Harbor

This has been bothering me for a long time. If someone can tell me what it is I'd be grateful. In the 70's I had lived in a house in the St George section of Staten Island. It was a lovely old place, on a bluff overlooking New York Harbor. I moved from there in 1975 and the house, along with the rest of the block, was torn down in the late '70's.

On my birthday in 1997 I went by myself on a sort of pilgrimage to the site. The block had been turned into a parking lot and by 1997 the lot was not even being used. It was mid afternoon, sunny, I was sitting on a log on the site just looking out over the harbor. I saw a commercial jet coming up the harbor to my right and to my left I caught sight of a flock of seagulls. AND right behind the seagulls was a metallic cylinder, I'd say about 10 feet long and maybe a foot round? ( I'm not sure how to describe the measurements). If I had to guess it was moving at about 100 MPH. The sun was gleaming off the metallic surface. It was moving in a straight line at a steady speed going from Bayonne towards Brooklyn. I just watched it, fascinated. It flew UNDER the commercial jet so it could not have been too high up. Commercial Jets going up the Hudson are in their final descent to LaGuardia, so the jet couldn't have been more than 3000 feet up? And this cylinder thing flew under it. I watched the cylinder continue a on a steady path until it disappeared in the distance as it was heading toward Coney Island.

I saw what I think was a UFO 30 years earlier and hadn't seen anything else before this happened, or since for that matter. The thing looked so everyday, so matter of fact that at first I didn't realize it was anything unusual.

I've told a few people about it over the years, but I've always wondered what did I see?...If anyone has seen this thing or knows what it is I'd love to find out...

For whatever it's worth I just noticed the boxes the boxes about being contacted by an investigator. I have no problem with that, however I don't think I can add anything more than what I've just written. Thanks

Posted 2008-02-14