A peculiar trio of flying objects caused quite a stir over New York City, igniting speculation of a genuine UFO sighting.

Charlie Correa, a resident of Queens, observed a solitary bright light in the night sky on March 8, around 8:30 p.m. ET. Initially mistaking it for a shooting star, Correa decided to step outside to capture the phenomenon on video.

While filming, two additional small objects emerged, seemingly in pursuit of the initial UFO. This prompted Correa to share the footage online, questioning whether the lights were from government drones or perhaps something otherworldly. “I have a drone, and it either emits a green or red blinking light or no lights when recording. Government drones? UFOs?” Correa wondered.

The 18-second clip vividly shows three white lights darting erratically across the sky. At one point, one of the objects appears to accelerate ahead of the others before abruptly disappearing from view.

These unidentified flying objects seemed to pause and hover momentarily before veering in different directions, as the two trailing lights struggled to keep pace with the leading UFO.

The unidentified objects appeared to stop and hover in mid-air before swerving in various directions as the two trailing craft tried to keep up with the lead UFO.

Many commenting on social media claimed they saw the same phenomenon earlier that night or on previous nights in other parts of the US.

Some suggested the object or objects may have been drones and not extraterrestrial craft, as New York’s LaGuardia Airport is less than two miles from the witness’s neighborhood. 

A resident of Queens, New York captured video of three strange lights in the sky on March 8 which moved like UFOs

‘Could these be drones?’ the Queens resident asked. ‘I think they moved very weirdly and moved very fast when I first saw them. Also, do drones shine a light on themselves?’

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration for comment regarding the video. 

According to public databases that track these sightings, such as the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) and Enigma Labs, the March 8 incident has not been officially reported by any witnesses yet.

Some viewers of the video theorized that the New Yorker had captured footage of one large, triangle-shaped craft rotating through the air. 

‘I saw this exact UFO over my apartments last Thursday!!!!’ A person in Texas replied in the post on Reddit.

‘Walking my dog, and I look up to this MASSIVE triangle with 3 lights like this just slowly moving across the sky. Four other tenants were outside talking, and they couldn’t believe it either! This is crazy,’ they added. 

‘I’m in Ohio and noticed it was an oddly clear night, so I looked up and watched the sky for a while. I SWEAR I saw the same thing,’ another person commented.

If the three lights were coming from separate UFOs or drones, some commented on how the objects followed a mysterious pattern that has been seen in multiple UFO incidents.

The objects were seen stopping and then accelerating again in mid-air, with some viewers claiming the objects were drone and other saying it was one large triangular craft

Both UFO researchers and witnesses have previously documented how swarms of three or four small objects were able to stay in formation and keep perfect distance from each other.

‘If [you] watch carefully [you] can see how the distance between the objects is kind of consistent… very creepy,’ one person wrote.

Jeremy Corbell, investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, and co-host of the WEAPONIZED Podcast, recently revealed footage of a similar trio of bright orbs that flew in formation over the Persian Gulf in 2012.

Just like the lights seen over Queens on Sunday, those orbs in the Middle East were described as flying in an almost ‘playful’ manner. 

The orbs appeared to be intelligently coordinated, maintaining equal distances without any visible wings, tails, fins, or engine exhaust of any kind.

Meanwhile, the new objects displayed another trait of past UFO sightings that scientists could not explain – unusual flight movements that defy basic physics.

In this case, the lights seen chasing the lead object repeatedly appeared to stop in mid-air before instantly accelerating without any visible thrust, something human aircraft haven’t publicly shown an ability to do.