- CARTERET, NJ
- Something dazzled the people of New
Jersey this weekend. Something bright,
high in the sky.
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- "It was one of the
most amazing things I've ever seen,"
said eyewitness Joe Malvasio. "They
were just hovering, and then they just
disappeared. One at a time, each one
started to fade until they were
gone."
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- Some witnesses thought the
phenomenon may have been a sign of an
alien presence. Others called it a
miracle. But no one knows just what it
was - all they can do is attempt to
describe it.
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- "I saw 16
golden-orange colored lights, several in
a V-type formation," said Lt. Daniel
Tarrant of the Carteret Police
Department. "Others were scattered
around the V."
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- At Least 15 Report Lights
to Police
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- At least 15 people
contacted Tarrant's department to report
the strange lights. But Tarrant and other
police officials are at a loss to explain
just what it was hovering in their skies.
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- Most callers described the
same scenario: golden-orange lights
moving quietly, some say beautifully,
across the night sky over the Arthur Kill
river. They described how the lights
flickered and how they seemed to vanish
into the night, one-by-one.
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- Some drivers even pulled
off the New Jersey Turnpike for a better
look.
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- But even more amazing is
the explanation: there is none, not as of
yet.
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- According to the
Associated Press, nearby Newark Airport
reported no unusual flight patterns, and
a National Weather Service meteorologist
could find nothing in the weather to
explain the lights.
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- Peaceful, Easy Feeling
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- "It's really
amazing," said Veronica Bagley,
whose family captured the lights on
video.
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- Paulette Holmes said
whatever it was, she was unafraid.
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- "I wasn't alarmed
because it was peaceful," she said.
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- Patty Ercallino, another
witness, took it a step further.
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- "Very peaceful, very
serene, very beautiful," she said.
"I think we witnessed some type of
miracle."
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- ABC station WABC in New
York contributed to this report.
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