183 UFO Sightings In New Jersey In 2019: Find Out Where

NEW JERSEY – A triangle craft hovering over the Garden State Parkway? A green, growing craft flying over Colts Neck High School? Strange lights in Ocean City?

No, New Jersey is not known as a "UFO" hotspot. But if you listen to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), you may feel otherwise.

New Jersey had 183 reported sightings of strange objects in 2019, including repeated strange sightings in Colts Neck and Moorestown, plus reports from Brick, Point Pleasant Boro, Long Valley, Toms River and elsewhere.

The most recent sighting reported to NUFORC came on Dec. 21 in Gloucester City, when one observer saw bright red lights, but didn't elaborate.

"Noticed two stationary T-shaped objects ... vertical, lighted up... had purple and one had white lights," reported one person in Point Pleasant Boro at 8:51 p.m. on Aug. 10.

"Star-like but much brighter, moving back-and-forth, fading in-and-out. Definitely not a star," said another person in Brick on Sept. 15 at 2:30 a.m.

The sitings made their way to a list compiled by the National UFO Reporting Center, an independent organization that's been around since 1974. The group, which has assisted police departments when people report their observations to 911, has put together a list of more than 90,000 sightings around the world.

According to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), there is no lack of strange sightings in New Jersey.

New Jersey's weird sightings over the past year included these observations from residents:

1. Dec. 21 6 p.m., Gloucester City: "Bright red lights."
2. Dec. 4 5:45 a.m., South Plainfield: "White hovering sphere with some green and red lights."
3. Dec. 3 7 p.m., Vineland: "I saw sky blue huge circler light drop straight down out of the sky. It maneuvered under power."
4. Nov. 30 5:24 p.m., River Vale: "MADAR Node 146"
5. Nov. 18 7:45 a.m., Netcong: "Overcast and windy morning."
6. Nov. 26 7:02 a.m., Pine hill: "Giant light triangle over Camden County."
7. Nov. 25 6:25 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145"
8. Nov. 22 5:05 p.m., Wayne: "White ball of light moving slowly east. There were three airplanes in the sky, one flew above and the other flew under the object."
9. Nov. 22 8 a.m., Freehold: "Quick white light came and went rapidly."
10. Nov. 21 10:04 a.m., Norwood "MADAR Node 145"
11. Nov. 14 5:55 p.m., Paterson: "Me and my son saw a triangle floating gray flat object with lights on each corner over the trees from my backyard window."
12. Nov. 10 4 p.m., Woodcliff Lake: "Gray triangle across silently slowly moves above trees."
13. Nov. 18 7 p.m., Laurence Harbor: "I pointed out a bright star to my boyfriend and he was trying to explain to me that it was an airplane because it started to move."
14. Nov. 7 7:54 p.m., Maurice River: "Large UFO, disk-shaped with panel of white lights sighted in night sky."
15. Nov. 6 3 a.m., Vineland: "I just installed a Nest camera doorbell and it alerted me that there was activity. Upon checking the footage, I saw a cigar shaped UFO."
16. Nov. 4 4:30 p.m., Emerson: "There was a flash of white light in the sky at night."
17. Nov. 28, Mays Landing: "I have 465 minutes of videos of an alien caught on my security camera motion detector 1:40 to 5:40 a.m."
18. Oct. 24 11:45 p.m., Monroe Township: "Green light in the sky grows, then flies over horizon."
19. Oct. 18 3 p.m., Hackensack
20. Oct. 15 8:30 a.m., Sea Girt: "While in a boat off the coast of NJ, under crystal blue skies, I witnessed a white oval object sitting still in the sky."
21. Oct. 14 8:13 p.m., Tinton Falls: "Two extremely bright and large orbs appeared out of nowhere east of my home. They hovered for approximately 10 to 15 seconds."
22. Oct. 13 4:56 p.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
23. Oct. 11 6:08 a.m., Greenville: "5 blinking lights static in the sky."
24. Oct. 10 7 a.m., Jersey City: "Thought it was a helicopter because shape was so odd, like spherical, so as we walked closer, my son and I noticed that it had a big lights."
25. Oct 9 7 p.m., Woodbury: "Blueish light in the east sky, no sound, no craft, lasted 8-10 seconds approximately, something I've never seen in my life!"
26. Oct. 8 9:33 p.m., Randolph: "Object moved slowly overhead and as it moved away appeared to bend vertically like a bow. Also appeared to be circling the area."
27. Oct. 8 8:08 p.m., Colts neck: "White orb floating in sky, turns green and shoots away."
28. Oct. 8 8:08 p.m., Colts Neck: "Low and close, fast-moving whitish blue light that went up and down before moving northeast."
29. Oct. 8 8:07 p.m., Colts Neck: "Green glowing craft seen over Colts Neck High School."
30. Oct. 5 6:30 p.m., Tabernacle: "Round orange disc moving west to east, slow and climbing until out of binocular sight."
31. Oct. 5 6:30 p.m., Marlton: "Bright light in the sky in the early evening."
32. Oct 5 6 p.m., Hainesport: "Stationary egg-shaped light that began moving after 20 minutes, details seen through binoculars."
33. Sept. 5 5:50 p.m., Mickleton: "White ring over Mickleton, New Jersey."
34. Oct 4, 1:40 p.m., Brick: "Was a very shiny silver egg to round shape. Hovered in the same spot then suddenly as we looked at it, it just simply disappeared."
35. Oct 2 6:26 a.m, Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
36. Oct. 1 2:30 a.m., Columbia: "Hovering band of light."
37. Sept. 27 11:40 a.m., Pedricktown: "Light green sphere traveling at high speed."
38. Sept. 27 21:15, Williamstown: "5 orange circle-shaped objects seen in the sky."
39. Sept. 27 1:12 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
40. Sept. 26, 10:28 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
41. Sept. 25 6:15 p.m.: "Saw something very bright and very big moving fast (falling?) directly down from the sky in the distance, while driving."
42. Sept. 25 3:31 a.m., Moorestown: "My orb in the sky."
43. Sept. 24 9:50 a.m., Carneys Point: "((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information about the sighting. PD))."
44. Sept. 24 6:20 p.m., Moorestown: "Two UFOs and three orbs filmed on top of a warehouse."
45. Sept. 24 10:35 a.m., Paulsboro: "Looks like a bug, then changed to a capsule."
46. Sept. 23 9:26 p.m., Paulsboro: "Round light dancing."
47. Sept. 22 6:10 a.m, Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
48. Sept. 22 1:30 a.m., Hackettstown: "So it passed by at about 22 degrees above horizon moving west to east no sound. Red ball no tail. Traveling in straight horizontal."
49. Sept. 21 9 p.m., Marlton: At 8:50 p.m/ there was an orange/red object with smoke trailing behind moving through the air from W to N, then it disappeared."
50. Sept. 21 9 p.m., Marlton: "Two different objects, 10 minutes apart over New Jersey."
51. Sept. 21 8 p.m., Ewing: "I was having my lunch in the parking lot at work. I saw what I though was lighting in the corner of my eye. I kept looking over to see."
52. Sept. 21 2 a.m., Mount Laurel: "((HOAX??)) Alien running back to UFO. ((anonymous report))."
53. Sept. 19 6:53 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
54. Sept. 18 8 p.m., Atlantic City: "There was a white light in the sky over the ocean. I thought it was a plane but it had no blinking light. It travelled for five minutes."
55. Sept. 17 4:15 p.m., Nutley: "Bright light moving slowly and erratically. ((anonymous report))."
56. Sept. 16 2:30 a.m., Brick: "Star -like but much brighter moving back and forth fading in and out. Definitely not a star."
57. Sept. 14 8:15 p.m., Longport" Looking out at sky over Ocean City area from Longport, saw 6 or 7 oval-shaped objects just floating in sky. Son said probably drones."
58. Sept. 14 Ocean City: "Over Ocean City New Jersey, 4 identified lights seen, first 3, no red airplane lights blinked, no sound, at least 4 to 5 miles away."
59. Sept. 12 10:32 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
60. Sept. 12 7:30 a.m., New Providence: "Sunrise UFO in New Jersey."
61. Sept. 9 6:25 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
62. Sept. 8 6:25 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
63. Sept. 8 3:26 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
64. Sept. 7 7:45 p.m., Upper Ssaddle River: "On my deck trying to show my 3-year-old a bat flying over the house, sun was down it was nearly dark."
65. Sept. 7 2:56 p.m., River Vale: "MADAR Node 146."
66. Sept. 5 9:05 p.m., Sayreville: "Massive light in cloudy night sky not moving, stationary for 30 min then disappeared at 9 p.m."
67. Aug. 28 11:30 a.m., Somerset: "((NUFORC Note: No information provided by source of report. PD))."
68. Aug. 24 5 p.m., Flanders: "Around 4 a.m. in the morning, we saw a flying disk, on the horizon over the trees come flying over the trees. ((anonymous report))."
69. Aug. 23 11:30 p.m., Camden: "Around 11:30ish on the evening of August 23rd I was in the city of Camden, NJ. I was standing with my boyfriend's truck behind me."
70. Aug. 23 12:17 a.m., Paulsboro: "Aircraft moving left to right over Delaware River near Port of Paulsboro before it descended slowly diagonally down, then disappeared."
71. Aug. 23 12:17 a.m, Paulsboro: "UFO with white light and green (ultra light) moved slowly downward on a diagonal path, then disappeared. ((anonymous report))"
72. Aug. 22 10:45 p.m., Medford: "There was a bright green light that pulsed lighting up the sky. The source of the light was coming from the ground. ((anonymous report)."
73. Aug. 20 4:28 a.m., River Vale: "MADAR Node 146."
74. Aug. 19 10:38 a.m., Elizabeth: "My husband and I when out to the parking lot and we saw a steady red bright light at the sky over the Elizabeth River Parkway."
75. Aug. 18 4 a.m., Atlantic Ocean (50 miles off NJ coast): "Possible UFO sighting 50 miles off of NJ in Ocean."
76. Aug. 12 10 p.m., Egg Harbor Township: "Traveling southeast on Washington Ave., made the left turn on to the Parkway when I looked up and noticed what resembled a TR-3B craft."
77. Aug. 12 9 p.m., Garden State Parkway (near Atlantic City Xprsway, Exit 38 B): "Illuminated triangle craft hovering 50 feet above NJ Garden State Parkway heading into oncoming traffic."
78. Aug. 11 3 a.m., Brigantine: "Long cigar-shaped, all dark, fast moving object. No lights but you could see it's form because of reflected moonlight. ((anonymous report))."
79. 8/10/19 21:00 Brigantine It appeared 0n August 10, 2019 at 9:22 pm above the ocean in Brigantine, New Jersey. It was round with red, green, and white lights. No
80. Aug. 10 8:51 p.m., Point Pleasant Boro: "Noticed two stationary T shaped objects with vertical lighted up be had purple and one had white lights. ((anonymous report))."
81. Aug. 6 3 p.m., Brigantine: "I was taking pictures of my kids playing on the beach with thunderstorms in the background. Object showed up in pictures was not visible."
82. Aug. 3 2 p.m., Atlantic City: "White worm shape object hovering near Atlantic City NJ Inlet."
83. Aug. 2 7:47 p.m., Monroe: "Heard an extremely LOUD jet. Thought it was crashing in my yard. Very low & loud. Saw the fighter jet headed 1st in the eastern direction."
84. Aug. 1 11 p.m., Wayne: "Saw multiple aircraft, a bright white light and smaller red lights."
85. Aug. 1 10:30 p.m., Ridgewood: "Flat black looking car-sized rectangle with a cupola on top with a featureless driver appeared to look down."
86. July 30 10:55 p.m., Sicklerville: "White beaming lights."
87. July 28 10 p.m., Fort Lee: "Odd moving red light."
88. July 28, 1:10 a.m., Bayonne: "Bright light similar in color to the moon just a brighter white light. It flew what seemed to be a lot lower than the stars in the sky."
89. July 24 9:30 p.m., Newton: "Observed a strange bright light hovering and then slowly moving in a diagonal pattern across the sky from north to northwest."
90. July 23 3 a.m., Willingboro: "Saw bright red neon flashing. ((anonymous report))."
91. July 22 8:35 p.m., Nutley: "While in our swimming pool, we looked up and suddenly saw 2 red round objects swiftly and quietly flying by our house."
92. July 19 4:23 a.m., Galloway: "Noticed white circles in the sky of a Snapchat picture I took of the sky."
93. July 18 10 p.m., Franklinville: "We we saw a bright flash of light way up ahead of us, next thing it was right our vehicle and it was on the side of your vehicle."
94. July 17 4:30 p.m., Atlantic City: "On a flight back to Hartford, CT, from Myrtle Beach, SC, we started our initial descent towards Hartford."
95. July 14 9:20 p.m., Alpine: "On July 14, 2019 (Sunday), Eastern Standard Time, about 9:20 p.m., I was driving along Hillside Avenue in the area of Alpine."
96. July 13 9:20 p.m., Toms River: "Slow moving orange glowing ball went across the sky and then suddenly disappeared. Quite a few neighbors were outside and saw it too."
97. July 12 10:41 p.m., Norwalk: "MADAR Node 145."
98. July 11 8:46 a.m., Sewell: "Silver earbud shaped object in clear blue sky, with an image provided."
99. July 8 8:49 p.m., Asbury Park: "Flickering lights at edges of what appeared to be a triangle form. Was stationary at first and lights kept coming close."
100. July 7 6:51 p.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
101. July 6 1:18 p.m., Springfield/Columbus/Wrightstown: "Box shape moved quickly over 537 then hovered in place for while. We tried to drive to where it was and lost track because of the trees."
102. July 5 12:45 p.m., Bridgewater: "Four objects gently floating in the sky."
103. July 4 9:50 p.m., New Brunswick: "I noticed a green light after a firework went off. I thought it was a firework but then realized it was flying around the sky."
104. July 4 7 p.m., North Arlington: "This was seen a few thousand feet above ground. Light was reflecting off it, it was oval and had a little red to it."
105. July 3 9 p.m., Highland Lakes: "Unidentified satellite."
106. July 3 5:50 p.m., Jersey City: "Fiery circular craft spotted hovering in Jersey City and then vanishes."
107. July 1 9 p.m., Marlton: "Two strange red lights in NJ Pine Barrrens."
108. June 26 1:30 a.m., Shamong: "Red Lights appeared and darted away late at night in NJ Pine Barrens."
109. June 25 9:15 p.m., Brick: "Flash of light that jumped to another spot in the sky."
110. June 25 12:32 p.m., River Vale: "MADAR Node 146."
111. June 24 1:26 p.m., Newark Airport: "One identifiable object flying near Newark airport right near airplane and highway."
112. June 24 3:15 a.m., Lake Hopatcong: "Low-flying bright light that stayed for about 15-20 minutes then picked up speed and disappeared."
113. June 22 5:30 a.m., Long Valley: "Heard a loud humming sound (like hovering) over or very close to our home. Then heard it take off into the sky. ((anonymous report))."
114. June 18 9 p.m., Sicklerville: "Objects were in groups 6-8. Seem to be oval in shape. Orange light or beam was on the objects. Objects were floating in groups."
115. June 15 11 p.m., Lakewood: "Dual White lights, about 10 pairs high up in the sky and then others were moving closer along the sky and flashing."
116. June 9 9:39 p.m., Edison: "Irregular pulsing point source."
117. June 9 6:30 p.m., Bridgewater: "I’m a Bridgewater, NJ, resident, saw a bright circular light in the sky yesterday around 6:30 p.m. while walking around my neighborhood."
118. June 6 6:16 p.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
119. June 5 10:30 p.m., New Brunswick: "Bright unnatural light filled the sky. ((anonymous report))."
120. June 5 4:21 p.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
121. June 4 4:15 p.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
122. June 1 9:30 p.m., Verona: "2 unusual crafts, fully lit, flying erratic followed by sustained stillness."
123. June 1 8:33 p.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
124. May 30 12 midnight, Stratford: "I saw 2 oval pill-shaped lights hovering while i was smoking a cigarette. While outside I kept hearing dogs barking from the neighbor."
125. May 28 9:20 p.m., West Windsor: "Strange light pattern in woods. ((anonymous source))."
126. May 26 9:40 p.m., Wall: "Sort of lights together that was moving EXTREMELY fast. ((anonymous source))."
127. May 26 9 p.m., Sicklerville: "((HOAX??)) Objects were in groups 6 to 8 Seem to be oval in shape. Orange light or beam was on the objects."
128. May 24 9:03 p.m., Avalon: "Sliver of light(s?) faded into distance after 10 mins of moving across sky. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites. Anonymous. PD))."
129. May 24 7:14 p.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
130. May 24 3:30 p.m., Millville: "We was siting in the back yard looking up at the chem trails planes going by. After about 5 mins of one going by we saw like 9 circle."
131. May 23 12:48 a.m., River Vale: "MADAR Node 146."
132. May 22 12 midnight, Maurice River "((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information. PD))."
133. May 18 6:24 p.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
134. May 17 8:40 p.m., Egg Harbor Township: "I saw a cluster of bright lights flying very fast over neighbors house .almost like a giant star.. it stopped and hovered for a few minutes."
135. May 16 11:44 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
136. May 10, 2:13 p.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
137. May 7 10 p.m., Mystic Island: "Radiant wide lights flashing three times in succession about 3-5 minutes apart each from the sky wiht no clear origin."
138. 5/5/19 19:35 Harrison MADAR Node 121
139. May 3 9:30 p.m., Gibbstown: "3 lights in sky in triangle shape. ((anonymous report))."
140. April 30 11:51 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
141. April 29, 3:30 p.m., Manalapan: "While driving my son down Sweetmans Lane he saw a dark grey cross-shaped object frozen in the air over the trees along the road."
142. April 28 5:09 p.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
143. April 26 9 p.m., NJ: "(Above; in-flight at 30,000 feet) Weird light 'dancing' at aprox 30,000 feet up during commercial flight from IAD to MHT."
144. April 21 6:59 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
145. April 20 10:15 a.m., Hightstown: "My stepmother and I were driving on Indian Hill Rd., when we experienced a light gray triangle-shaped UFO with red and white lights."
146. April 20 1:42 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
147. April 18 9:23 p.m., Beverly: "Immensely bright, white, saucer shaped, object directly positioned directly over our home for 54 minutes."
148. April 16 11 p.m., Vineland: "Clouds opened up and it first seemed like a very slow lightning bolt shot down and vanished. White to greenish."
149. April 15 12:33 a.m., Wall Township: "Bright orange flying objects in sky."
150. April 11, 8:02 p.m., Mays Landing: "While passing the Lenape Lake, we saw a glowing object in the sky that seemed go be in the shape of a trapezoid."
151. April 11 10:01 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
152. April 9 10 p.m., Linwood: "Two, silent v-shaped craft with underside lights moving swiftly in unison heading southwest over Linwood, NJ."
153. Apri 9 9:41, Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
154. April 6 9 p.m., Sewell: "Husband and wife driving saw very low and close bright lights oval shaped structure in sky coming closer."
155. April 5 6 p.m., Montclair: "I was walking and I saw a saucer it was to fast to be a Airplane."
156. April 2 9:37 p.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
157. April 1 9:04 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
158. April 1 1:30 a.m., Beachwood: "Large orb witnessed floating in the night sky, breaking apart and then lighting up in a flash and vanishing."
159. March 30 8:30 p.m., Glen Rock: "Triangular UFO 300 ft, slow moving not linear, just above trees."
160. March 18 11:54 a.m., Port Republic: "UFO hovering over black helicopter then jumping across the sky. Have video."
161. March 17 6:48 pm., Villas: "UFO materializes on video in Cape May, NJ."
162. March 16 8 p.m., Manahawkin: "First notice two lights widely spaced apart greater than width of planes that fly by."
163. March 14 9 p.m., Old Bridge: "Low cloud haze over entire sky, unable to determine exact shape. However, the unnatural motion caught my eye."
164. March 14 11:19 a.m., Norwood: "MADAR Node 145."
165. March 14 8:51 a.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
166. March 9 3:03 p.m., Harrison: "MADAR Node 121."
167. March 4 12 noon, Port Murray: "Black round shiny object. ((anonymous report))."
168. Feb. 23 11:40 p.m., Freehold: "7 glowing orange spheres moving slowly."
169. Feb. 22 5 a.m., Clementon: "((HOAX??)) you can do this."
170. Feb. 17 9:22 p.m., Old Bridge: "Big, bright light descends then hovered in front of us."
171. Feb. 20 6 a.m., Fanwood:"Gazing out my window, I saw two stationary bright white circles with white lights around."
172. Feb. 9 7:57 p.m., Sewell: "Green and red light Pulsating, not flashing like an aircraft It was just hovering then it would move at 90 degrees angles."
173. Feb. 6 1 a.m., Toms River: "Up in the sky hovering white light on top, bottom lights circular and rotating. Was moving back & forth, up and down."
174. Feb. 2 10:03 p.m., Mays Landing: "Green, triangular object seen falling from sky."
175. Feb. 2 12:28 a.m., South Amboy: "2 circles in the sky changed colors several times from blue to orange."
176. Jan. 30 5:30 a.m., Kenilworth: "One star started doing figure 8's around the other star."
177. Jan. 20 11 p.m., Toms River: "Glowing green circular light and traveled south at a high velocity. It flew right over my head. Faded and blinked."
178. Jan. 20 10:46 p.m., Beachwood: "Large blue fireball."
179. Jan. 19 12 midnight, Brick: "I was looking east and a red light caught my eye. I turned a little looking south east and saw a circular" object.
180. Jan. 15, 10:30 p.m., Middle Township: "There was a harvest moon and I wanted to get a picture of it because it was very large and the largest I’ve ever seen so I took two pictures."
181. Jan. 9 6:45 a.m., Forked River: "Spherical white object flying at high rate of speed southwest while driving on Parkway in Forked River."
182. Jan. 8 10:18 p.m., Ho-Ho-Kus: "While driving north on Route 17 we saw a triangular craft cross our path about 100 feet off the ground."
183. Jan 1 10:54 p.m., Burlington: "An orangey, yellowish, star burst kind of diamond light traveling from the northwestern to the Southeastern sky. Wow!"

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