Editing Morristown, New Jersey (section)

===21st century===
On January 5, 2009, five red lights were spotted in the Morristown area night skies, who gained significant press coverage and 9-1-1 calls.<ref name="strange12">{{cite web |date=January 6, 2009 |title=Police Puzzled By Strange Lights Over Morris County - wcbstv.com |url=http://wcbstv.com/local/strange.lights.ufo.2.901376.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115210237/http://wcbstv.com/local/strange.lights.ufo.2.901376.html |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |access-date=January 12, 2009 |publisher=wcbstv.com}}</ref><ref name="dailyrecord1">{{cite web |title=Little red lights over Morris raise a big stir, questions &#124; Daily Record &#124; Daily Record |url=http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009901080347 |access-date=January 12, 2009 |publisher=Dailyrecord.com}}{{dead link|date=February 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=How We Staged a UFO Hoax {{!}} Fakes, Frauds & Scammers | date=July 26, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cW8RsWNnKg |language=en |access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref> On April 1, 2009, the perpetrators revealed their hoax by publicizing footage of its creation, which consisted of helium balloons and flares.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 8, 2009 |title=NJ Men Fined $250 for UFO Hoax |url=http://www.livescience.com/3470-nj-men-fined-250-ufo-hoax.html |access-date=April 16, 2018 |website=livescience.com}}</ref><ref name="Star Ledger">{{cite news |last=Sarah Schillaci |date=April 7, 2009 |title=Judge hits Morris County UFO hoaxers with fines, community service |work=[[New Jersey On-Line]] / Star Ledger |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/the_two_morris_county_men.html |access-date=June 21, 2013 |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611150150/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/the_two_morris_county_men.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The event became nationally known as the [[Morristown UFO hoax]].<ref>Schillaci, Sarah. [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-13/123873216749290.xml&coll=1 "2 reveal UFO hoax, but prosecutor for Morris not smiling"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064912/http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-13%2F123873216749290.xml&coll=1 |date=March 4, 2016 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', April 3, 2009. Accessed August 20, 2011. "Between early January and late February, Russo and Rudy used Duct tape, fishing line, roadside flares and balloons to pull off a hoax that had many in North Jersey wondering whether UFOs were hovering over Morris County."</ref>