UFO Sighting in New York

Thursday, 14 October 2010 | by Pat's Picks

UPDATE: A group of school kids thinks they’ve solved the mystery. Click here to read their hypothesis.

Was it a balloon? A UFO? No one is sure what they saw hovering in the sky over Manhattan yesterday. The New York Daily News says the FAA was flooded with calls asking about several “silvery objects” hanging in the sky. Officials hypothesized that it was some sort of balloon but were unable to confirm whether or not it actually was. As a possible explanation, someone on Twitter linked to a book just published by an ex-NORAD guy who predicted UFOs would visit several US cities on October 13. Weird.

Here’s the press release describing the NORAD guy’s book. Click here to see his website. Scroll down for video footage: