Unknown over Sunbury, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Memory of UFO sighting in Sunbury Pennsylvania during mid 80's
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1985-01-12 → 1985-01-29
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September 1, 2023 · 8:30 PM · EGG
Sunbury, PA
It went by fast and I lost it after a bit (almost as if it disappeared) but it was red and almost glowing or so it seemed. I only saw it for a bit and nothing seemed to happen. I just saw it, thought nothing of it, and went on with my day. I didn't even think about it being a ufo until a conversation with my mom about aliens made me think.
August 16, 2020 · 12:00 AM · DIAMOND
Sunbury, PA
Diamond shaped craft, lighted red center, orange lights on the outside edge with a white haze. Seen in the SE about a mile away and jumped right above us in a matter of seconds. Hung over our heads for about a minute and then disappeared like it went straight into the sky.
April 27, 2020 · 9:06 PM · CIRCLE
Sunbury, PA
My spouse was outside at approximately 21:00 and happened to look up and saw what resembled the constellation Orion, but she realized they were moving. We yelled to our 23 year old son who is a US Army veteran to come look at what we were seeing and as I looked in the opposite direction in the sky, I observed over twenty additional lights, all moving SE in a strait line, no noise, equally spaced, no pulsing lights and traversed the area of sky in 90 seconds.
July 11, 2019 · 9:00 AM · CIGAR
Sunbury, PA
Whilst at work last Friday, I was looking to the west when I saw a white cylinder shape moving in and out of the clouds. My first impression that it was just a plane flying at high altitude. It then stopped hovered for about few minutes moving up and down, at one point it seem to "shimmy" or change shape but not any larger. It then moved up at 45: angle and disappeared. I do not have any footage as at first it did not seem strange only when moved upward and disappeared that I realized it may have been a UFO. If it is a government experimental craft it very sophisticated.
March 22, 2018 · 9:15 PM · FORMATION
Sunbury, PA
As I focused on this bright light, it became larger/closer, and it was clear to see separation in the middle of what was becoming two objects. To ensure I was seeing things correctly, I alerted the driver only for him to confirm the same. The 2 bright lights continued to approach, and split into 4 as they covered most of the visible sky in front of us. As they began to distance from each other, formation broke, and 2 craft on the bottom took off at a 90 degree angle at a very rapid rate of speed followed by the remaining two craft as their luminescent nature disappeared into the distance. The shape of the group of crafts appeared to be triangular, yet right before they took off, the shape began to change. And although it seemed the crafts were close at this point, they almost appeared transparent of semi-transparent (possibly shiny metallic simply reflecting the sky). Despite the proximity, there was no audible sounds during the encounter.
July 1, 2012 · 10:20 PM · OVAL
Sunbury, PA
Orange Globe Hovering over Sunbury.