Strange Sights Reported Over East Coast

The New York Times

Posted: 2007-09-02 15:06:23

Filed Under: Nation News

(Sept. 1) - The frantic calls started coming in around 8 p.m., from New York City all the way south to South Carolina: fireballs from the sky. Burning boats. Flares. Strobe lights on the water.

The United States Coast Guard, along with Dover Township fire and rescue workers and commercial salvage ships, sent out boats off Normandy Beach in New Jersey.

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After several hours, the investigators found no sign of distress, no debris. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was not missing any commercial aircraft. There were no distress beacons or mayday calls, the authorities said. So at 11 p.m., the Coast Guard called off the search.

The possible origins of the lights became clearer from a warmer, dryer locale: a computer.

"Type in 'rare,' 'meteor' and 'National Geographic' into Google," Nyx Cangemi, a spokesman for the Coast Guard, suggested.

The top hit was about a rare meteor shower, the Aurigid Meteor Shower, that was expected to be visible Saturday.

It may have taken the East Coast by surprise, however, because astronomers had predicted that the meteor shower would appear only on the West Coast.

2007-09-02 06:51:55

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dboypizza 07:55:42 PM Oct 27 2007

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ebbhildebrandt 12:30:00 PM Sep 05 2007

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For video evidence of an Unidentified Flying Object we filmed from the Jersey Shore in 2003 that no one can explain in conventional terms to date, check out "Your Movie" or "SPEECHLESS," both posted freely at http://majormediabypass.com. Whatever we filmed sure wasn't a meteor, swamp gas, Venus, helicopter, weather balloon, ball lightning nor an airplane, so what was it? - Dr. Kenneth J. Hildebrandt - http://majormediabypass.com

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For video evidence of an Unidentified Flying Object we filmed from the Jersey Shore in 2003 that no one can explain in conventional terms to date, check out "Your Movie" or "SPEECHLESS," both posted freely at http://majormediabypass.com. Whatever we filmed sure wasn't a meteor, swamp gas, Venus, helicopter, ball lightning nor an airplane, so what was it? - Dr. Kenneth J. Hildebrandt - http://majormediabypass.com

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These objects may have been meteors, however, most people are accostomed to what they look like. There have been an ever-increasing number of UFO sightings in the US, the UK and around the world. I?m happy to see people willing to report these events even though the subject has been the object of ridicule for some time. It?s also good to see that the reports are being published.

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