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Location: Jersey City - Hyatt on Hudson

Date: 12/18/24

Time: 5:40pm

View orientation: North up the Jersey bank of the Hudson.

Story: I had just checked into the hotel and noticed the se odd lights going in circular patterns. I initially thought it was event lights hitting the flat cloud bottom behind these low hanging hazy, like a cloud moving in front of the moon effect. But thought I would record the video to mess with some friends.

The lights continued for ~5 min before the rain rolled in and visibility dropped too much. By the end I was second guessing myself enough to try and look for events going on in that direction at that time. I have came up with nothing.

Newark and JFK are SW and SE of this location, as well as Teterboro to the NW. Both those do not look like a pattern of lights from an airfield to me.

Also thought it might be helicopter pad lights on a building, but nothing is tall enough in that direction.

Really scratching my head on this one.