UFO expanded to reveal 'silver plated top': Queens witness

A New York witness in the Woodside neighborhood in the borough of Queens reported watching a bright light that expanded to reveal an "opaque, silver plated top and a reddish-orange bottom" with winged tips and pulsating lights about 6:30 a.m. on December 26, 2012, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness was lying in bed at the time the pulsating light was first noticed.

"I looked out the window while lying in bed to observed a pulsating light outside," the witness stated. "There was a small star and adjacent to the star was this extremely bright light. When I approached to take a closer look the light would expand and contract."

The witness described the object.

"All of a sudden the object came into focus and it was large with an opaque, silver plated top and a reddish-orange bottom. It had a winged tip with pulsating lights. It pretty much glowed all over and it seemed to be radiating this glow from the inside out."

The object disappeared and then reappeared one more time.

"It hovered over the rooftop of some buildings across the street from me."

The witness thought about getting a cell phone to capture images, but was afraid to look away thinking that the object would disappear.

"Slowly it started moving without any sound! It made a sharp left and slowly started elevating until it went around the corner and out of sight. This object was very long and it had a strip of distinctive lights in the center. The bottom was pulsating and glowing in a red color."

No images or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on December 26, 2012. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Woodside is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered on the south by Maspeth, on the north by Astoria, on the west by Sunnyside and on the east by Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. Some areas are widely residential and very quiet, while others (especially closer to Roosevelt Avenue) are more urban. The neighborhood is located in Queens Community Board 1 and Queens Community Board 2.

New York UFO coverage for 2012 includes:

• White cigar UFO reported hovering near University of Buffalo
• New York witness can't identify maneuvering bright light
• Silent lights reported moving over Huntington Station
• Light looks out of place near Amenia, New York
• Corona witness reports lights in 'constant circular pattern'

New York is a current UFO ALERT 4 rating, with a higher than average number of UFO sightings nationally. New York had 14 reports in November 2012 - the 13th highest reporting state while California had 53 reports - the highest reporting state in the nation.

You can read more details about other recently reported cases at the UFO Examiner home page.

The following is the unedited report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If New York MUFON State Director Samuel A. Falvo investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

December 26, 2012, 6:30 a.m., Woodside, Queens, NY - At 6:30am observed pulsating light outside window. When I approached to take a closer look the light would expand and contract. All of a sudden the object came into focus and it was large with a opaque silver plated top and a reddish orange bottom. Case 44799.

At 6:30am I awoke and suddenly I looked out the window while lying in bed to observed a pulsating light outside. There was a small star and ajascent to the star was this extremely bright light. When I approached to take a closer look the light would expand and contract. All of a sudden the object came into focus and it was large with an opaque silver plated top and a reddish orange bottom, it had a winged tip with pulsating lights. It pretty much glowed all over and it seemed to be radiating this glow from the inside out. It disappeared and appeared one more time. It hovered over the rooftop of some buildings across the street from me.
I was in shock and was so curious super excited. I could have gone to get my cell phone to take a picture or even film it, but I was affraid I would lose it from sight.
Slowly it started moving without any sound! It made a sharp left and slowly started elevating untill it went around the corner and out of sight.
This object was very long and it had a strip of distinctive lights in the center. The bottom was pulsating and glowing in a red color.