UFO Sighting In Upper Saddle River Among 183 Reported In NJ

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ - Was it a bird? A plane? Superman? An alien? Whatever it could be, Upper Saddle River 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).

That includes a report logged on Sept. 7 at 7:45 p.m., when an Upper Saddle River resident said they saw something strange "on my deck, trying to show my 3-year-old a bat flying over the house, sun was down it was nearly dark."

Other nearby sightings:

• On March 30 in Glen Rock at 8:30 p.m., someone reported a "triangular UFO 300 ft, slow moving not linear, just above trees."
• In Ridgewood on Aug. 1 at 10:30 p.m., there was a report made of a "flat black looking car-sized rectangle with a cupola on top with a featureless driver" that "appeared to look down."
• In Woodcliff Lake on Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. when someone reported a "Gray triangle" that moved slowly above the trees.
• In Emerson on Nov. 4 at 4:30 p.m. there was a report of "a flash of white light in the sky at night."
• In Ho-Ho-Kus on Jan. 8 at 10:18 p.m., a driver reported while traveling north on Route 17, there was "a triangular craft" that crossed their path "about 100 feet off the ground."
• Repeated strange sightings in River Vale, with the most recent one being reported on Nov. 30 at 5:24 p.m. The township also had reports of incidents on Sept. 7, Aug. 20, June 25 and May 23.

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.