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Civilian reports · Source: NUFORC

UFO sightings in New Jersey

There are 77 civilian UFO sighting reports from New Jersey in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1950 to 2013. The busiest year was 2013, with 14 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (19), sphere (19) and triangle (12).

Most reports come from Jackson (3), Barnegat (2) and Hillsborough (2), out of 67 places in the state with at least one report.

By place

UFO sightings by city in New Jersey

Places with at least three reports. 66 other places in New Jersey have one or two.

The reports

Recent sighting reports from New Jersey

All 77 reports, newest first.

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  1. 25 Oct 2013 · 22:30Seaside ParkOther· 30 s

    Additional Info for the Friday Oct. 25th 10:30PM Sighting of 2 UFOs in Seaside Park NJ off the Ocean front.

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  2. 24 Oct 2013 · 07:30MorristownOrb· 3 s

    Bright fast quick light streak.

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  3. 24 Oct 2013 · 07:00ErialSphere· 3 s

    Shiny spherically shaped object traveled very quickly southeastward then disappeared after a few seconds..

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  4. 23 Oct 2013 · 05:28MarlboroTriangle· 2 min

    Large low flying aircraft with flashing red lights flying just over the tree line. Seemed very peculiar and quite dangerous.

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  5. 21 Oct 2013 · 21:00BarnegatOrb· 1 min

    Object appearing to be a burning object flew low at constant speed and altitude.

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  6. 17 Oct 2013 · 20:26HolgateSphere· 1 min

    Long Orange Cigar Shape with two smaller circular Orb shapes that appeared and disappeared fast over the water.

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  7. 15 Oct 2013 · 19:35BrigantineOther· 2 min

    Orange light craft not defined moved slowly almost hovering at time then disappeared quickly.

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  8. 14 Oct 2013 · 22:00Watchung AreaOther· 40 min

    Vertical column of 3 pulsating lights that change color. To the left of Orion's belt looking east from Warren.

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  9. 14 Oct 2013 · 20:15HolgateSphere· 5 min

    My self,daughter and son were on the beach fishing.it was cloudy some moonlight some cloud cover,mind you I am not a believer before th

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  10. 14 Oct 2013 · 00:35Forked RiverSphere· 1 min

    Red/gold fireball haze around it stayed same size moving same speed much bigger then any star no meteor for sure.

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  11. 13 Oct 2013 · 19:00OrangeOrb· 30 min

    Bright white light (occasionally diming and becoming fully bright again) displaying odd movements over the SW skies of Orange, NJ

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  12. 10 Oct 2013 · 00:00CliftonOrb· 1 min

    Bright light!!

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  13. 2 Oct 2013 · 22:00WaretownRectangle· 15 min

    Three lights moving very slowly then turned north revealing 2 add'l red lights. Hovered for several minutes.

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  14. 1 Oct 2013 · 08:38FurlongOther· 2 min

    Shape with lights hovering then inching then speeding in a direction.

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  15. 24 Oct 2012 · 18:23Ocean CityOrb· 2 min

    A bright white orb appeared to hover above the ground for two minutes before disappearing.

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  16. 23 Oct 2012 · 19:50SouthamptonFormation· 2 min

    Isosceles triangle formation of 3 brightly glowing, fiery orange orbs.

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  17. 21 Oct 2012 · 05:30StewartsvilleDisc· 8 s

    What the heck was that?

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  18. 19 Oct 2012 · 23:00Seaside ParkSphere· 5 min

    Red light swooping left and right over seaside park 11:30PM 10/19/12

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  19. 14 Oct 2012 · 21:45LakewoodOrb· 3 min

    Bright white light moving fast toward trees

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  20. 14 Oct 2012 · 21:45Toms RiverSphere· 10 s

    Bright light coming down at 45 degree angle northeast of Toms River NJ 10/14 @ 9:45 PM

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  21. 13 Oct 2012 · 21:45Mount LaurelOrb· 1 min

    At approximately 9:45pm EDT tonight, I was driving home from work and spotted two orange light in the sky over Cemetary Road, Mt. Laure

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  22. 12 Oct 2012 · 22:00MarltonSphere· 30 min

    20 cirlces of orange lite in the Kings grant area marlton New Jersey

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  23. 12 Oct 2012 · 20:00DeptfordSphere· 10 min

    My husband and I saw a slow-moving, low-flying, orange globe going over our development around 8:00 at night.

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  24. 11 Oct 2012 · 02:45WatchungSphere· 1 h

    Orange sphere moving in unbeliveable ways,,,another green spehere near by with rays emerging form it. Bizarre

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  25. 25 Oct 2011 · 05:45BernardsvilleOrb· 5 s

    fireball appears over rt 287 then decends fast and diagonally behind tree line

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  26. 25 Oct 2011 · 04:00North BergenSphere· 6 s

    While viewing the stars I saw a U.F.O fly near by,in the from north to south,in New Jersey.

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  27. 23 Oct 2011 · 19:30JacksonSphere· 15 min

    Our group at approximately 7:30 PM witnessed approximately 60 to 70 bright gold spheres.

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  28. 23 Oct 2011 · 19:30LambertvilleDisc· 2 min

    Unknown flying craft seen over West Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co, NJ Oct 23뺛 7:30pm.

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  29. 23 Oct 2011 · 00:00ShrewsburySphere· 20 s

    Green circle moving downward in the sky fell for a bit and disappeared

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  30. 22 Oct 2011 · 22:45East HanoverOrb· 3 h

    Four lights dancing in a circular formation constantly moving, lasted a long time.

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  31. 22 Oct 2011 · 22:30Mile Marker 41 Garden State ParkwayOrb· 5 min

    Orange fireball objects in sky in new jersey

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  32. 21 Oct 2011 · 20:00East OrangeFormation· 2 h

    4 lights in the sky that swirled around our heads making a square/ diamond shape and that followed us about 9 blocks home

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  33. 20 Oct 2011 · 15:00Mays LandingOther· 20 s

    House shaking and pictures moving along with audible rumbling. According to the news, USGS reports no seismic activity.

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  34. 16 Oct 2011 · 01:30BridgewaterOrb· 1 min

    flaming moving object in NJ

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  35. 15 Oct 2011 · 20:30AbseconTriangle· 10 s

    White triangle shape no lites or sound moving NNE in night sky.

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  36. 14 Oct 2011 · 09:42ElmerTriangle· 20 min

    It was hovering for about 10 minutes, then it lifted straight up. Then started flying with green and red flashing lights, in a weird fo

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  37. 13 Oct 2011 · 03:30NewarkOrb· 10 s

    Sighting of colorful lights in the morning sky

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  38. 13 Oct 2010 · 20:30BrickSphere· 2 min

    A fire disk was seen moving slowly as the light dimmed and object disappeared. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes

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  39. 27 Oct 2009 · 22:45TrentonFormation· 7 s

    Made no sound and flew right above our heads in a straight line on a clear night when the only things visible were the moon and stars.

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  40. 19 Oct 2009 · 00:50Mount LaurelSphere· 25 min

    saw a light in the sky that would vanish for a few seconds then come back, every 10 minutes or so and after 25 minutes it vanished

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  41. 13 Oct 2009 · 06:30JacksonOrb· 10 s

    soccer ball sized light moving throughout the trees and then headed at us before turning and disappearing

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  42. 22 Oct 2007 · 23:00HillsboroughTriangle· 5 min

    Silent triangle-shaped craft with bright white lights beneath that flashed on and flashed off. No sound until slow-moving craft passed

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  43. 21 Oct 2007 · 16:30South AmboySphere· 6 min

    Four brilliant SPHERES fly overhead in daylight sky

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  44. 17 Oct 2007 · 22:00ClintonTriangle· 7 s

    The craft passed by my house about 200 ft high, 30 mph, silent, with 5 dim white lights. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax?? PD))

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  45. 14 Oct 2007 · 21:50BlairstownTriangle· 5 min

    While on my way to go to bed, I looked out my window and saw a triangle shaped craft. Now it had lights on its 3 ends, which showed the

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  46. 26 Oct 2006 · 23:00LebanonDisc· 10 s

    UFO over traffic on I-78 in New Jersey

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  47. 19 Oct 2006 · 19:40HammontonOther· 10 min

    Continual blinking rows of lights on opposite sides of sky.

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  48. 23 Oct 2005 · 20:00West New YorkOrb· 4 s

    Blue streak across the sky bright white and red flash when it disappeared in 3-4 seconds

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  49. 19 Oct 2005 · 07:30ElizabethOrb· 1 min

    light in the sky of elizabeth

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  50. 17 Oct 2005 · 16:00ClementonOther· 30 s

    Pink object chased by jet fighters over New Jersey.

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  51. 15 Oct 2005 · 19:05MarltonFormation· 7 min

    After retrieving a few items from the trunk of my car, I noticed three objects following each other in a line, flying north, then north

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  52. 11 Oct 2005 · 21:00Little FerryDisc· 5 min

    oval sahped the whole thing was lit up with a very bright white light, huvered over the trees,disappeared

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  53. 2 Oct 2005 · 19:30HillsboroughTriangle· 5 min

    Very large, bright orange triangle shaped object moving slowly through the sky.

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  54. 2 Oct 2005 · 05:00Dividing CreekSphere· 10 min

    Round, red object flew liesurely then soared at tree level-it's color intensified and it quickly zig-zagged (3x) then traveled away.

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  55. 22 Oct 2004 · 17:45Port MurraySphere· 10 s

    4 spheres appeared and houvered, lines up and moved quicker then lightening.

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  56. 15 Oct 2004 · 14:00TrentonAmorphous· 15 min

    It was an overcast day. I and 3 other members of my family were on the front porch. I noticed a long white object in the sky at 2:00.

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  57. 11 Oct 2004 · 04:15PitmanOther· 2 h

    star-like light that bobbled side to side and up and down ((NUFORC Note: We suspect Venus. PD))

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  58. 10 Oct 2004 · 03:30Worthington St. ForestOther· 45 min

    witnessed a large object and an intense red light that illumiated the object.

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  59. 10 Oct 2004 · 02:50MahwahTriangle· 3 min

    Triangle shaped flying, hovering U.F.O. witnessed over Sheraton Hotel in Mahwah, NJ. on 10/10/04.

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  60. 26 Oct 2003 · 22:30Lake HiawathaOrb· 5 s

    A flying yellow silent explosion-esque shape, faster than any plane I've seen.

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  61. 25 Oct 2002 · 07:10GuttenbergDisc· 3 min

    I was walking on Friday, October 25th. It was already dark out. As as I walking, I turned around and happened to look up at the sky a

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  62. 13 Oct 2002 · 23:00Ship BottomTriangle· 1 min

    Small, black triangle shaped object flying silently and slowly overhead olong NJ beach.

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  63. 12 Oct 2002 · 15:49Tinton FallsOrb· 15 min

    I was looking at what was, only an hour earlier, CLEAR BLUE SKIES, being filled up by what might be referred to as chemtrails. As I was

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  64. 23 Oct 2000 · 14:00Jersey CitySphere· 10 s

    Silver spheres that appeared then quickly disappeared...

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  65. 26 Oct 1999 · 06:00CookstownCigar· 30 min

    the object was moving very slow flashing red and green lights other aircraft were moving going on there normal route i looked at

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  66. 12 Oct 1999 · 10:30JerseyDisc· 3 min

    I was on my roof. look up i saw two gray disk like abjects . .no lights just at a dead stop.

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  67. 23 Oct 1997 · 22:30WeehawkenOther· 4 s

    Green orb without streaking, incoming over Hudson River between NYC & NJ. A high-speed descent that looked like it was destined to cras

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  68. 15 Oct 1997 · 19:00Shark River HillsTriangle· 5 min

    I was walking my dog on a dark, clear evening. I sensed a weird feeling and looked up to the sky. Above the tree tops, I couldn't mak

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  69. 11 Oct 1994 · 02:00JacksonTriangle· 5 min

    triangle UFO in jackson NJ Countyline 526 over the old fire station next to the trailer park

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  70. 15 Oct 1989 · 20:00BloomingdaleSphere· 35 s

    Tennis Ball size blue sphere objects.

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  71. 20 Oct 1985 · 19:00MoorestownDisc· 10 min

    It was a very large oval shaped object/saucer shaped object making no noise and multiple lights, some on and some off.

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  72. 1 Oct 1980 · 22:00Jersey CityCigar· 3 min

    Blimp shaped object with extremely bright lights hovered then rapidly dashed into the night's sky.

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  73. 12 Oct 1979 · 00:45BarnegatRectangle· 15 min

    Iwitnessed one object moving east to west across Rt.539 4 mile north of Rt.72 near the Fire Tower. There were no cloud and the sky was

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  74. 1 Oct 1979 · 23:00CranburyOrb· 4 min

    8 UFOs in a circle suddenly take off radially away from each other.

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  75. 1 Oct 1974 · 21:00ChesterOrb· 10 min

    Three bright star like objects moving across the night sky at the speed of light and stopping on a dime.

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  76. 1 Oct 1957 · 21:00PatersonDisc· 10 s

    Formation of approximately 8 light gray metallic disks silently crossing the night sky around October 1957 in northern NJ

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  77. 15 Oct 1950 · 15:00Sandy Hook/HighlandsTriangle· 5 min

    Triangles over New York Harbor 1950

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About this data

Where these reports come from

Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.