Oval shaped solid object non illuminated hovering motionless approximately 2000 ft over the East River of Manhattan, NYC.
I am 57 years old and a paralegal for an investment advisor firm in New York City. I live in a studio apt on the top floor of a 4th Floor walk-up in the Kip’s Bay area on the East Side of Manhattan. There is a balcony in the back of the apt that has a view facing the skyline looking out over the East River towards Queens and Brooklyn.
I often go out to the balcony on warm clear nights to look at the stars and get some fresh air. I went out 2 nights ago, on June 21st, around midnight, when I spotted a strange object hovering over the East River. It looked like a roundish, oval shape that was not illuminated except for the city lights shining up on it and the nearly full moon behind it. It looked to be about 1/5th the size of a normal full moon from where I was standing which was about 5 blocks from the East River. The altitude was higher than the Empire State Building which stands west of my vantage point. It looked to be at least as big as a house in my estimation.
It was a clear night with just a few small puffy clouds still hanging in the sky near the object and I thought that maybe the object was just a small portion of a cloud but there was a breeze blowing North and the other clouds soon blew past the object and dissipated while the object remained in the same spot and hovered completely motionless. At this point I thought I might have something out of the ordinary here so I ran back into my apartment and got my binoculars. I steadied the binoculars against a balcony railing and managed to capture the object in my sights. It looked oval shaped and had sort of a greenish, grayish color. I could not discern any details such as windows or defining structure because it was difficult to keep in focus. I thought I may have seen a few tiny pinpoint size colored lights but cannot be certain.
After a few moments it began to slowly move north towards upper Manhattan and I could see stars passing behind it as it moved. I could not hear any sound coming from it. After moving north for a few hundred yards it changed direction and started heading due East over Long Island City in Queens. I lost sight of it after a very tall tree in a neighboring yard blocked my view. I waited for a half an hour to see if it would return but it never did. The full sighting lasted about 8 mins.
June 23, 2016
I am 57 years old and a paralegal for an investment advisor firm in New York City. I live in a studio apt on the top floor of a 4th Floor walk-up in the Kip’s Bay area on the East Side of Manhattan. There is a balcony in the back of the apt that has a view facing the skyline looking out over the East River towards Queens and Brooklyn.
I often go out to the balcony on warm clear nights to look at the stars and get some fresh air. I went out 2 nights ago, on June 21st, around midnight, when I spotted a strange object hovering over the East River. It looked like a roundish, oval shape that was not illuminated except for the city lights shining up on it and the nearly full moon behind it. It looked to be about 1/5th the size of a normal full moon from where I was standing which was about 5 blocks from the East River. The altitude was higher than the Empire State Building which stands west of my vantage point. It looked to be at least as big as a house in my estimation.
It was a clear night with just a few small puffy clouds still hanging in the sky near the object and I thought that maybe the object was just a small portion of a cloud but there was a breeze blowing North and the other clouds soon blew past the object and dissipated while the object remained in the same spot and hovered completely motionless. At this point I thought I might have something out of the ordinary here so I ran back into my apartment and got my binoculars. I steadied the binoculars against a balcony railing and managed to capture the object in my sights. It looked oval shaped and had sort of a greenish, grayish color. I could not discern any details such as windows or defining structure because it was difficult to keep in focus. I thought I may have seen a few tiny pinpoint size colored lights but cannot be certain.
After a few moments it began to slowly move north towards upper Manhattan and I could see stars passing behind it as it moved. I could not hear any sound coming from it. After moving north for a few hundred yards it changed direction and started heading due East over Long Island City in Queens. I lost sight of it after a very tall tree in a neighboring yard blocked my view. I waited for a half an hour to see if it would return but it never did. The full sighting lasted about 8 mins.
June 23, 2016
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New York
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8 minutes
8 minutes
40.75
-73.98
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NY
Occurred : 6/21/2016 00:00 (Entered as : 06/21/16 0:00) Reported: 6/26/2016 10:37:12 AM 10:37 Posted: 7/8/2016 Location: New York, NY Shape: Oval Duration: 8 minutes
Oval shaped solid object non illuminated hovering motionless approximately 2000 ft over the East River of Manhattan, NYC.