UFO Sighting In Fanwood Among 183 Reported In NJ In 2019

FANWOOD, NJ — Was it a bird? A plane? Superman? An alien? Whatever it could be, Fanwood was among those to report a UFO sighting in 2019.

New Jersey had 183 reported sightings of strange objects in 2019, according to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).

On Feb. 20 at 6 a.m. a Fanwood resident reported "Gazing out my window, I saw two stationary bright white circles with white lights around."

One other UFO sighting was also made in Union County in 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," reported one person in Elizabeth on Aug. 19 at 10:38 a.m.

The sightings 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.

To see a list of all 183 sightings made in New Jersey click here.

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