jul 14, 2001 - The Lights Above the New Jersey Turnpike July 2001

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Who: Carteret Police Department’s Lt. Daniel Tarrant was one of the witnesses, as well as other metro-area residents from the Throgs Neck Bridge on Long Island and Fort Lee, New Jersey near the George Washington Bridge.

What: motorists and drivers marveled at the sight of strange orange-and-yellow lights in a V formation over the Arthur Kill Waterway between Staten Island, New York, and Carteret, New Jersey

Where: Throgs Neck Bridge on Long Island and Fort Lee, New Jersey near the George Washington Bridge.

When: July 14, 2001, around 15 minutes after midnight

Why (importance): Air traffic controllers initially denied that any airplanes, military jets or space flights could have caused the mysterious lights, but a group known as the New York Strange Phenomena Investigators (NY-SPI) claimed to receive FAA radar data that corroborated the UFO sightings from that night. That meant that at least one group took it this controversial topic seriously enough to speak out, though it was a risk towards their reputation. That gives hope to the future of research on ufology, which could become quite a serious topic for the future as UFOs/UAPs may pose a threat.

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