Carteret -- Peter Davenport, Chuck Warren, WABC, CNN, and New Jersey FM 101.5 have reported that a large UFO was sighted near the Newark Airport on July 15, 2001. Numerous large bright lights were reported in a flying triangle pattern moving above the New Jersey Turnpike around 12:30 AM on Sunday morning July 15, 2001. Peter Davenport received several reports from witnesses to a cluster of an estimated 15 to 30 golden, or orange, lights hovering and moving slowly near Newark. The witnesses were traveling south on the New Jersey Turnpike. Witnesses had asserted that upwards of 100 cars were seen stopped on the highway, and many of their occupants were standing outside the vehicles, apparently watching the peculiar, V-formation of lights. The Newark Star Ledger carried an article about the alleged incident in its July 16 issue, and it reports that the police department in Carteret, NJ, located just to the southeast of Newark Airport, received dozens of calls about the incident. In addition, CNN TV-affiliate station, WNY, in New York City covered the sighing. Peter and Chuck contacted me and notified me that New Jersey FM 101.5 carried the story on the news beginning each hour. Many callers to the station reported seeing a huge object.

Some eye witnesses claim to have seen a structure, others did not. Astronomers claimed there was no meteorite activity. FAA claimed no aircraft were airborne in the area. Some of the witnesses were emotionally shaken by the event, although the nature of it is yet to be determined. The sighting of a flying triangle UFO was shown on New York City TV station WNBC-TV and several other New York stations. The sighting was reported and videotaped by a Carteret Police Officer. The video was shown and the police officer along with several town residents including the Mayor were interviewed. The video was of excellent quality and showed a dark triangular shaped object against a brighter nighttime sky. The object had bright white lights on each corner. It was moving too slowly to be identified as a meteor and NASA confirmed that it was not space debris. Its movements and lighting configuration were also not consistent with aircraft. David Stich, who was interviewed by the Newark Star Ledger, said, "He saw the bursts of light from those flares didn't look to him like spotlights or anything else he could recognize."

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