I don’t know what to say.

I don’t know what to say.
Time: 5/8/25 9:30PM

Location: Barnegat, NJ

My girlfriend and I (sound minds, sober) heard at roughly 9:30 PM a Blackhawk helicopter approaching at much lower altitude that usual (we are near Joint Base MDL and are used to aerial activity, and can distinguish aircraft). This alone isn’t enough to have us walk outside to look. But the both of us instantly stood up calmly and walked out of our front door. (Our mutual unspoken feeling to walk outside and look up has happened in the past - another story). Of course, like the last time this happened under far different circumstances, we were led by instinct and did not take our phones.

Indeed, at an altitude of 100ft, an *armed* Blackhawk (clear skies, moon high and bright, good visibility at this range) was traveling at roughly 45-50mph due NW, directly overhead.

About 20yds ahead of the helicopter, and about 2 yards lower altitude, was a yellow-orange (Pantone 135, a color my genius girlfriend immediately found and showed me) round but amorphous/edgeless concentration of light. It had a soft appearance like plasma, but was distinctly an orb. I would say that its diameter was 3ft. Its trajectory was laser-straight, its speed identical to the Blackhawk. I truly seemed like the orb was leading it, their speeds were matched.

Elapsed time of the sighting was 15 seconds until out of sight. 

I would feel remiss to not add that the sight of this orb - so clear and close - put us both in a state of shock. My entire body froze and was fully chilled. I felt affected by it.

I don’t know what else I can say right now. And of course, as the minutes have passed, life just continues. This isn’t the first sighting I’m 100% certain of, but this was seriously astounding.