The Mutual UFO Network, MUFON, which logs and investigates sightings of suspected alien craft across the globe, has been sent stills taken by an amateur photographer, which show the unusual sight which he did not notice while snapping the famous New York landmark.
The unnamed witness said in a report to MUFON investigators: "I was on the base of the Statue of Liberty taking pictures of New York.
"The skies were clear and it was cold.
"I used two different cameras to take pictures.
When reviewing the pictures back at the hotel I observed a large cassette-like object hovering over the bay and city.
"Every other picture I noticed the object getting further and further from me."
But he said he has been oblivious to anything in the sky at the time, adding: "At the moment of taking the pictures nothing was observed.
"There were no parachutes, no airplanes, or any other activities, other then the police patrolling the bay."
MUFON, which has recorded the sighting as happening on October 25, lists the case as unresolved.
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