- 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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