Terrified mum looked out plane window to see ‘UFO hovering over New York City’

Terrified mum describes moment she spotted ‘UFO hovering over New York City’ out of plane window

Michelle Reyes was soaring high in the sky above LaGuardia Airport as she took in the New York City skyline when a ‘flying cylinder’ flashed passed her window – and another passenger spotted it too

A terrified plane passenger claimed to have spotted a UFO that looked like a “flying cylinder” soaring above New York City out of her window.

Michelle Reyes was sitting with her daughter and filming the Big Apple’s jaw-dropping skyline while flying above LaGuardia Airport in Queens. But in the middle of recording, she caught a glimpse of an alleged extra-terrestrial object that she said zipped across her line of sight.

Initially sceptical that it might have been a bug, Michelle replayed the footage and paused it not to find a critter, but a “flying cylinder,” she said on NewsNation’s Banfield on Wednesday evening. The mum, who didn’t reveal her precise flight details, said she emailed the Federal Aviation Administration (FFA), the National UFO Reporting Centre and UFO sighting repository Enigma Labs as soon as she had an internet connection.

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“The first thing I did was email the FAA to let them know what I saw,” Michelle said. “Maybe it was a safety hazard, but unfortunately I haven’t heard back from them, they didn’t acknowledge my email.”

Michelle said she showed the footage to her dad, who formerly served in the US Navy, and he was “just as baffled” as she was. The pair wrote off the notion that the flying object was a drone as it “shouldn’t’ve been that close to the aircraft”.

After further analysis of the footage, the mum was even more spooked to learn that another passenger had also claimed to have spotted the UFO-like object. “It’s a little nerve-wracking that someone else saw what I saw.”

UFO investigator Ben Hansen chipped in on the show and concurred that he also believes that the cydircal object might just be the real deal. «We’ve found no evidence that she [Reyes] faked this or hoaxed it… It’s there. It’s very clear, which is unusual,» Hansen said.

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It comes after plane spotters claimed to identify a UFO on camera hovering above Air Force One in Los Angeles during US President Joe Biden’s visit on December 10, 2023. The object was described as spherical rather than cylindrical and white or silver in colour.

It was purportedly filmed numerous times above Los Angeles International Airport and spotted by multiple witnesses, according to the Daily Mail. Some suggested it was aliens looking to connect with humans; others suggested it was just a balloon.

Back in March, the Pentagon said there was “no evidence” that the US government had encountered alien life and that alleged sightings were likely military tests. However, officials accepted that their research won’t quash popular beliefs about extraterrestrial visitors.

“The proliferation of television programmes, books, movies, and the vast amount of internet and social media content centred on UAP-related topics most likely has influenced the public conversation on this topic, and reinforced these beliefs within some sections of the population,” the report read.