New Jersey Triangle — Video and Police Reports 2001

On July 14, 2001, approximately 12:40 am, a large V-shaped formation of amber or orange lights moved silently over the Carteret and Woodbridge areas of New Jersey, observed by hundreds of witnesses looking across to New York Harbor. The formation performed a slow pass at an estimated altitude between 3,000 and 8,000 feet, with the lights appearing to be part of a single structured craft. Multiple residents who happened to have cameras captured video footage from different locations across the area, allowing triangulation analysis. Police departments in Carteret, Woodbridge, and other municipalities were called by residents. FAA radar controllers at Newark Liberty International Airport confirmed they saw no transponder returns in that area at that time. The event attracted significant local media coverage and investigative interest because it occurred over the New York Harbor area — heavily restricted airspace — just 58 days before the September 11, 2001 attacks. The combination of multiple independent video recordings from different locations, police corroboration, and the post-9/11 renewed sensitivity to airspace incursions made the Carteret event one of the most thoroughly documented large-formation UAP cases on the US East Coast.