NY Post

Has Chelsea become so trendy even Martians are scouting for co-ops?

A silvery vision of a dozen balloon-like dots hovering in yesterday's clear-blue sky over West 23rd Street had thousands speculating the mysterious objects might be UFOs.

Callers began phoning the NYPD and Federal Aviation Administration at 1:30 p.m. with reports of the strange, silver objects high in the sky.

"Some people saw something described as yellow with blue lights surrounding it," said FAA spokesman Jim Peters. He added that if the objects were weather balloons -- as some suggested -- his agency had no prior notification they'd be launched.

Jason DiamondLOOK, UP IN THE SKY! A crowd on 23rd Street and Ninth Avenue gathers yesterday to see the strange silver objects flying above. adsonar_placementId=1482040;adsonar_pid=871774;adsonar_ps=-1;adsonar_zw=300;adsonar_zh=225;adsonar_jv='ads.adsonar.com';Witness Daniel Calhoun, 52, admitted, "Common sense says it wasn't a UFO.

"Common sense says it was a plane or a balloon, but this thing stopped everyone in the street for two blocks. Any New Yorker will tell you, that alone is extraordinary."

Pete Bryant, 32, said, "I saw five or six lights shining in the sky. There was no way that thing was a balloon.

"There was something weird about it. Light just doesn't reflect off balloons like that. "If Martians were to land anywhere, New York is a much better location than some backwoods town in the Midwest."

Tim Powell, 28 , described the objects as "the most bizarre thing I've ever seen."

"It looked like a jellyfish made of lights that just hovered in the sky like it wanted to be seen," he said. "I was half expecting the aliens to beam down and introduce themselves."

And Richard Molina, 42, compared what he saw to the "creatures from 'Predator.' "

"It freaked me out. It was a real Superman moment, too," he said.

"Everyone looked up in the sky. It really was an event."

Additional reporting by Doug Auer and John Doyle

lol. That's great. Those aliens are in so much trouble now.

Hells yeah. They've been spotted, lol.

you ever wonder why a ufo would just sit there?

Know what's weird? The ex NORAD guy who predicted UFO's would be hovering over major cities on October 13th.

Google it.

Balloons? I don't know about that. Sounds like someone is trying to get some 15 minutes of fame and using this story. I'm not saying it was UFO's or anything, but maybe something else...with lights.

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Balloons? I don't know about that. Sounds like someone is trying to get some 15 minutes of fame and using this story. I'm not saying it was UFO's or anything, but maybe something else...with lights.

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you cant really make much of anything out from all the pictures im seeing. one thing ive always hated is that whenever it comes down to photos of ghosts, aliens, bigfoot or anything like that the people who get the pictures have the worse cameras in the world. makes believing that much harder.

Considering I'm a self-proclaimed life engineer, why doesn't anyone try to shoot these things? That will debunk most of these UFO claims when it comes down to earth and they see balloons from Chuck E. Cheese instead lol.

Considering I'm a self-proclaimed life engineer, why doesn't anyone try to shoot these things? That will debunk most of these UFO claims when it comes down to earth and they see balloons from Chuck E. Cheese instead lol.

so your the "shoot first, questions later" type?

so your the "shoot first, questions later" type?

When we're looking at proclaimed UFOs, yes.

Apparently the same phenomenom was seen over Texas a few days after this in NYC. Coincedence?