Cigar shaped object, reddish brown that hummed overhead with hieroglyphics like writing in Watchung New Jersey.

I grew up in Watchung New Jersey. I was about 8 years old and was playing outside after an early dinner.  
I heard a low humming sound above me and looked up.  There was a cigar shaped object hovering above about 300 feet up.  It was cigar shaped, reddish brown in color and had no windows or lights that I could see.  There were round rivets on the sides and writing that looked similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics.  I looked in awe for about 20 seconds.
 I ran inside to tell my mother.  She was standing at the sink washing dishes.  I told her to hurry with me outside, that there was a strange thing in the sky I wanted to show her.  She took her time and finished the dish she was washing, dried her hands and came outside with me.  It was gone...
 I know this was a long time ago, but I will never forget this, because I was so dumbfounded about what this was.
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