B737 captain reported a near miss with a drone during climbout from ewr airport.

Attributes
ACN	1547930
Time
Date	201806
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 8621
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 50

Narrative:

Just after takeoff ewr; climbing through 3;300; on new york departure; we passed a white and red or white and orange drone; within 50 feet of our right wingtip. In the couple of seconds; it first appeared as a mylar balloon; but as it passed our wingtip; it was definitely a drone.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported a near miss with a drone during climbout from EWR airport.

Narrative: Just after takeoff EWR; climbing through 3;300; on New York departure; we passed a white and red or white and orange drone; within 50 feet of our right wingtip. In the couple of seconds; it first appeared as a Mylar balloon; but as it passed our wingtip; it was definitely a drone.

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.