Circle over Blairsville, PA
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A Orange Bright Circular Object Appeared To the south of Blairsville. A loud boom was heard, and then a object very large glowing orange appeared coming up from the ground at a steady rate. The object came straight up, then headed southeast towards Johnston at very high speed. The object then just disappeared. Shortly after a helicopter flew over the area heading towards Latrobe Airport.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #135670). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2017-08-09 → 2017-08-26
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