Triangle over Lords Valley, PA
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The report, as filed
We were traveling on Hemlock Farms Road in a community called Hemlock Farms in a town called Lords Valley. The road was going South west. To our left side, we saw an object about a dime's length in size out our driver side window going somewhat faster than the car but not exceedingly so. It was fairly big as far as a signature goes. The sighting began at exactly 7:37 PM as we looked at the dashboard clock. We are seasoned observers and do not submit reports nilly-willy. It eventually pulled very far ahead of us in the course of one to two minutes. It was a triangle. It had all yellow lights. The lights were along the front two lengths of the object. About 4 on each side. And there were at least 4 more lights in what would be the body of the craft behind the before mentioned perimeter lights. It was bright! The object was fairly low so that is why we perceived it as a dime sized object which is fairly large as far as sightings go. No FRA green or red lights. All yellow. Total about 10 to 12 yellow lights. The pattern was like a ike a Christmas tree traveling on its side. It had an inordinate amount of lights on it. It was not perceived by anyone in the car as a normal aircraft. Maximum speed probably under 100 mph based on how fast it gradually pulled ahead of us at our speed of 40 mph. We looked it up on Flightradar24.com. We began the search at 7:15 pm. local time (5 hours earlier than UTC time). There were no aircraft over the location 15 minutes before or prior. Thus, this object did not have a transponder. It was high enough above the radar line that it should show up on flightradar24. Based on our position, and the low perceived altitude, we take a ball park guess that the object was larger than a large heli and smaller than a Boeing 737. Windows closed so we heards no engines. My dad is a UFO Investigator with MUFON . He was with me when I saw this. He agreed it was unusual and told me our area is ripe with UFO reports including triangles this year. Apparently there are corresponding MUFON and NUFORC reports of this type of object in our area in the past 12 months. He is always free to contact. No anonymity required. Thank you! Liam!
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #165613). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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August 15, 2021 · 2:45 PM · TRIANGLE
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July 14, 2020 · 10:16 PM · CYLINDER
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July 14, 2020 · 10:15 PM
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