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Dozens of mysterious drone-like lights hovering over a New Jersey suburban neighborhood at night

December 19, 2024

5,000 Drone Reports, Zero Answers: Inside the New Jersey Mystery That Shut Down an Airport

From November through December 2024, mysterious nighttime lights over New Jersey triggered an FBI investigation, an airport shutdown, military base incursions, and a congressional firestorm – but officials said most sightings were just planes and stars.

Illustration of a metallic disc-shaped UFO hovering over United Airlines jets at Chicago O'Hare Airport under heavy overcast skies

November 7, 2006

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A Metallic Disc Hovered Over O'Hare's Gate C17. The FAA Called It Weather.

On November 7, 2006, United Airlines pilots and ground crew watched a silent disc-shaped object hover over one of the world's busiest airports – then punch a hole through the clouds as it shot skyward. The FAA declined to investigate.