The UFO sighted over Manhattan News is arriving via our news desk that thousands are witnessing a UFO above the skies of New York even as this article is being typed. Incredibly it comes on the day predicted for a mass ufo sighting by a retired NORAD officer which Planet Flipside wrote about several weeks ago. Police and the FAA say they are being overwhelmed with calls from downtown New York but that they have no reason to fear the objects(s) are anything other than an terrestrial phenomena. However as was posted on the Planet Flipside forum several weeks ago - Stanley A. Fulham, tentatively predicts October 13, 2010 as the date for a massive UFO display over the world’s principal cities. According to the author, the aliens will neither land nor communicate on that date; they are aware from eons of experience with other planets in similar conditions their sudden intervention would cause fear and panic. As the news and sighting develops we'll bring you the latest as it happens. For a larger image of the UFO click 'read more' or on the article title.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it received dozens of calls to its operations center but after reviewing radar data, the agency could not find anything out of the ordinary.

"We re-ran radar to see if there was anything there that we can't account for but there is nothing in the area," said spokesman Jim Peters. "There was some helicopter traffic over the river at that time and we checked with LaGuardia Tower. And they said they had nothing going low at that time."

Here at the Planet Flipside News-Desk we are watching as people are 'Tweeting' about the incident with a wide range of responses from obvious distress to bemusement.  We'll keep you updated.

 

*Update* More and more people are reporting that the UFO(s) appear to be no more than balloons. Currently we are trying to track down video footage we believe exists which would help in verifying this.

 

The UFO over New York