Light over Johnstown, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Nearly every Sunday, and on some other days less regularly, a dull orange, non-pulsating, light appears in the Northeast sky over Johnstown, PA. It appears suddenly and usually is fairly high in the sky when it appears. It moves slowly but generally predictably from Northeast to Southeast. Its movements are not consistent with any kind of aircraft and there are never any green or red blinking lights observed. It traces an irregular path and will, after 5-10 minutes, start to fade out and then reappear. It has also appeared, although much less often, in the Northwest sky. But when it does it follows the same pattern. It appears almost always between 2200 and 2230 hours on Sunday evenings. But it has appeared at some other times as well.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #120147). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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July 21, 2019 · 12:35 AM · UNKNOWN
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((MUFON report))