The New York Daily News reported on October 13 that a mysterious object floating high over New York set off a flurry of reports and wild speculation Wednesday that a UFO was flying over the city。
Police and the Federal Aviation Administration said they began getting flooded with calls starting at 1:30 p.m. from people reporting a silvery object hovering high over Manhattan。
A Daily News reporter could see a tiny, silver dot floating approximately 5,000 feet above the 23th Street and the Eighth Avenue, where dozens of people gathered late in the afternoon to catch a glimpse。
Not long after the first sightings, messages began appearing on Twitter linking to a month-old press release announcing the publication of a book by a retired NORAD officer predicting that UFOs would buzz the earth's major cities on October 13.
The US Federal Aviation Administration said it could not find anything out of the ordinary after reviewing radar data。
Spokesman Jim Peters said if it was a weather balloon or any kind of organized balloon release, authorities should have been notified in advance. However, police officials said they had received no notification。