Appearance / Description of Object(s)

the main object that caught my attention was a bright light warm color like a warm white light bulb. unorganized edges but did show beams of light from the rear/front (not sure). the other objects were seen farther off had brilliant colors and seemed to be rotating and glowing.

Size of Object(s)

the size I am unsure of but no smaller than a helicoptor and the largest it could have been was 30 by 50 feet...from what I could see. unknow if the object was larger because I only saw the light of it. the other objects were far away and really unknown how large but they were large enough to be seen from several miles away.

Distance to Object(s) & Altitude

I would say the first object at its lowest was around 1000-2600 feet up.

Description of Area / Surroundings

the area is a mix of urban rural and farm area but mostly homes with 1/2 acre to full acre lots. there is Stewart airport and base. a strange airfield that is kept by the government...nothing on it but the runway and taxiway. several small airports. apple orchards. water pipeline to NYC (large)

Full Description & Details

On 04/12/12 at approximately 2240hrs while driving home from the City of Newburgh on route 32 heading west I observed in the sky a very bright light. I was in route home with my daughter from seeing my wife in the hospital for a minor emergency issue. The road travels for the most part east to west while heading slightly north. the route was 32 and then turns into rte 300 heading in the same direction. At first me and my daughter thought it was an incoming aircraft with its headlights on. the craft never made and progress either forward or back. We then thought it was a helicopter with its search light on, even seeing a beam of light from the object. Almost having the appearance of a bright comet it then just disappeared. only a few moments later it was miles west of us when we had just seen it to the north / north west. We both got out of the car a realized it was not a normal aircraft and was not a bright star (unless we had a second sun). I got a digital camera to zoom in to see what it was. I was under the impression I had just saw a near miss of a comet on the earth until I used the camera. As I looked through it was clear that there were 4 other objects with it. The objects were in a triangle formation with this bright comet like object ridding to the right of the triangle almost like it was in escort. the bottom right corner of the triangle had two objects close together to form that corner and the others just had one. the whole formation moved in a westerly direction at a slow pace. if you did not pay attention you would not have noticed the movement by first glance. we watched and the objects moved out of sight over the tree line. I could not see the other objects with my naked eye only through the digital camera. but looking through the camera I could see the objects plan as day. they were very briliant and seemed to be rotating (not sure). we did get some video from my daughters cell phone. regetably the camera was full and I fear my wife more than any possible life form that may be in control of those objects so I did not get the image I saw through the digital camera but there is some vid from the cell phone. A after thought is that It seemed like it was in escort and or it was methodicaly looking for something.

Can sighting be explained as any conventional man-made or natural object?

No to anything like stars planets moon or birds. No to any know man made objects ...secret well I don't know its possible but I am versed on aircraft.

Witness Background

father of 3 husband married 20 years. Iraq veteran and City of Newburgh Police Officer. please let me know if anyone else reported this or if anyone is looking into it.

Views on UFOs, before and after sighting

what I see on tv or internet.

Other Comments

I did contact other people to see if they had seen it and I did get comfirmation that they did.

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