Sightings2009

Morristown, New Jersey flare-balloon UFO hoax

When: 5 Jan 2009
Where: Morristown, NJ
Sources: 3 public sources

Morristown, New Jersey, where flares on balloons drew UFO reports in early 2009 Jared Kofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Red lights over Morris County, New Jersey, drew many UFO reports and national TV attention in early 2009. On April 1 Chris Russo and Joe Rudy revealed they had launched road flares on helium balloons as a social experiment; they were fined $250 each for disorderly conduct.

Sources

FirsthandHow We Staged the Morristown UFO Hoax (eSkeptic, April 1, 2009) (opens in a new tab)Skeptic / 2009-04-01
PressN.J. UFO hoax uncovered (AP) (opens in a new tab)WPVI 6abc / Associated Press / 2009-04-03
PressNJ Men Fined $250 for UFO Hoax (opens in a new tab)Live Science / 2009-04-08

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