If you were outside in Upstate New York or anywhere along the East Coast late Tuesday night hoping to catch the Perseid meteor shower, you may have spotted something very different streaking through the sky.
Why New Yorkers Thought It Was a UFO
We see the coolest thing in the sky tonight . Bright light in the middle and a swirlling hue around it. Soo cool. My brother in law Martin thinks it’s a rocket launch
Posted by Jeannine Beveridge on Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Around 10:30PM on Tuesday August 12th, social media started lighting up with posts from people claiming they’d just seen a UFO or an object hanging in the sky longer than a shooting star should. The whole thing looked straight out of a sci-fi movie…