Air carrier captain reported a uav at 8;000 feet near jamesburg; nj while on vectors to lga runway 4...

Attributes
ACN	1348825
Time
Date	201604
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 0

Narrative:

While getting radar vectors to runway 4 after a runway change into lga we encountered a possible uav at 8;000 feet. There was no apparent vertical movement in the object to appear like a balloon rising. The object was black in color; and maybe no more than a few hundred feet horizontal separation of our aircraft [off] the left side. We were flying an easterly heading over new jersey near the new jersey turnpike exit 8A.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported a UAV at 8;000 feet near Jamesburg; NJ while on vectors to LGA Runway 4.

Narrative: While getting radar vectors to runway 4 after a runway change into LGA we encountered a possible UAV at 8;000 feet. There was no apparent vertical movement in the object to appear like a balloon rising. The object was black in color; and maybe no more than a few hundred feet horizontal separation of our aircraft [off] the left side. We were flying an easterly heading over New Jersey near the New Jersey Turnpike exit 8A.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.