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I was an active duty United States Air Force Airman, assigned to McGuire Air Force Base in Burlington County, New Jersey, in the early 2000s. I myself did not witness anything, but I worked directly with people involved in this incident, including my roommate, as well as my supervisor. On the night of April 6, 2004, at around 0130 the McGuire control tower spotted what they believed was a small plane coming in for a landing. This had actually happened in the past, small planes would get confused and accidentally land at McGuire instead of Cross Keys. Not a common thing, but with fatigue and flying at night it had happened.

Relayed to me by someone in Air Traffic Control: as the "plane" approached the base, the tower contacted Security Forces, but the "plane" was not a plane at all, but instead it was a silver disc the size of a car that did have some kind of external running lights. The tower observed this craft descend onto the western side of the flight line in front of the National Guard ramp. I was told this was seen by multiple Airmen with binoculars, and was possibly also seen/recorded on the security system.

At the time, the National Guard was on alert with their KC-135s, and there were approximately 15 maintenance Airmen working on aircraft who witnessed the silver disc land directly in front of them. As soon as the internal Security unit drove out to confront whatever it was, it shot up straight into the sky at a high rate of speed.

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Of note: I was told that on the morning of the next day, someone claiming to be from MUFON showed up at the main gate asking for information on the incident. That same day, April 7, a team of OSI agents showed up on a C-17 and inspected the area. I was told that the Airmen in the tower had to sign NDAs. No one working on the flight line or working in Security Forces had to sign anything.

By the end of the week, our commander told us there would be nothing in the Security Forces incident blotter, and that it was being called "a UAV of unknown origin."

Whatever happened, it unsettled quite a few people. I got to talk to some of the maintenance Airmen who witnessed it, and they were adamant that this was no UAV and no actual aircraft. "Chrome disk, classic flying saucer," was what they told me.

In the days after, Airmen I worked with scoured the internet, and saw that this was not the first time there were alleged incidents at McGuire, even more interesting that this alleged incident happened in roughly the same area. (https://www.wftv.com/news/trending-now/us-air-force-disposed-of-alien…) Here is another write up of that incident in 1978. (https://paranormal-world.fandom.com/wiki/That_Time_an_Alien_was_Shot_…)

Some final notes: McGuire is right next to the site of one of the country's worst nuclear accidents, that no one seems to know about. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOMARC_missile_accident_site)