Jersey City UFO Sightings Among 183 Reported In NJ In 2019

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Was it a bird? A plane? Superman? Whatever it could be, Jersey City was among those places in New Jersey where a UFO was reportedly sighted in 2019.

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

On July 3 at 5:50 p.m., someone in Jersey City reported, a "fiery circular craft spotted hovering in Jersey City and then vanishes."

On Oct. 10 at 7 a.m., someone "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."

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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