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Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
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July 4, 2015 · 11:15 PM · CHANGING
Southampton, PA
At around 11:15p.m. this orange ball came from the corner of our home moving very slowly, with no noise. (This was not a helicopter). Looking from our deck if you were to hold a dime to the object, that would be the size of it. It moved to a point and began to come closer to the deck. It then stopped in mid-air. It did not move for approximately 30 seconds and it then receeded backwards, getting smaller as it moved and vanished. It did not disappear into a cloud, it simply got smaller in size and disappeared. There were no flashing lights on this object. This was just a steady orange glow, in a very steady line. This said, my daughter, ninety minutes earlier, saw the same thing at the location she was in, in the same town, and it did exactly the same thing. Thank you very much for your time. Hopefully, someone else saw it too. Very Cool. I do not believe weather balloons move in this manner. This was something very odd. Please let me know, if someone other than my family member saw this.
July 4, 2015 · 10:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Martinsburg, PA
It came in at a steady smooth speed, but as it got closer the light dimmed and it got to a very small fine light as it was almost on top of where they were lighting off their fireworks it stopped approaching and simply went straight back like reverse in a car. Now I have done a lot of research and have yet to find anything that can reverse in mid-air.
July 4, 2015 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Johnstown, PA
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.
July 4, 2015 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Uniontown, PA
Fireball object in the sky. Seen a total of 3. Recorded them, and when I played it back, the lights were blinking multicolored from purple, green etc..
July 4, 2015 · 9:56 PM · LIGHT
Warrendale, PA
Dear sir, I spoke to you via telephone on 7/4/2015 around 2230 hrs. concerning some lights I had observed near my home in Warrendale, PA, about 20 miles North of Pittsburgh, Pa. A brief background on me, I served in the United States Marines and have been a police officer for 25 years. I live in a rural area, and own 11 acres, it is mostly a wooded area. On 7/4/2015 at about 2150 hrs, eastern time I was watching neighbors lighting fireworks and I was talking on the phone, when I noticed what I thought was a commercial airliner approaching from the northeast. I noticed that the light was a bright orange color, which was odd. Then there was a second one following it. Both craft were traveling about the same speed as an airplane. They traveled for about 5-10 seconds towards me then just disappeared. Then two more lights appeared and followed the same path as the first two, with the same distance between them and both disappeared as the first two. Then, I witnessed a craft with a red light do the exact same thing. This was followed by 4 more orange lights with the same outcome. I called the local CBS news station, KDKA television but got no response. I also posted on social media asking if anyone had noticed this, but as of yet, I haven't gotten a response. Feel free to contact me at my number provided bellow with any follow up.
July 4, 2015 · 9:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Bethlehem, PA
I was at a friends house near the corner of Broadway & Crestline in Bethlehem, Pa. Her back yard has a great view of the Steel Stacks (old Bethlehem Steel plant turned into a public event center). There was a fireworks display for the 4th of July which was just beginning. I noticed an odd light off to the north, our line of sight to the Steel Stacks being in an ENE direction. As I watched, it moved in a slight arc and then a straight line where it slowed and hovered. I pointed it out to my friend, who acknowledged seeing it, but was more interested in the fireworks display. As I studied the object, I was able to see a central brighter cream-white colored light surrounded by three smaller cream-white lights arranged in an equilateral triangular form about the central light. Occasionally I was able to see a red line going from one of the outer lights to the central light. There were no flashing red or green lights, and no noise, although between the professional and amateur fireworks it was hard to hear anything. After hovering for 30 seconds to a minute the object just faded away and disappeared. It did not fly off or move from its hover position. There were aircraft in view, as the Lehigh Valley International Airport was in our view. This object did NOT resemble any aircraft flying that night. I did take a photo of the object, but it is indistinct. My friend and I are both in our late 50's, both professional people, and we both have spent a good deal of time outdoors both day and night. I have an interest in aircraft and enjoy plane spotting. I have seen several strange things in the sky in my time including a completely silent C-130 at very low altitude.
July 4, 2015 · 9:35 PM · CHANGING
Hanover Township, PA
Upon taking our dogs out for the evening, I spotted a glowing light in the northeastern sky. It was white/yellow in color and was moving in a meandering path to the South. While I viewed that one, I observed either flames or sparks coming out of the back or bottom of it twice. Just as the object passed over our roofline, I took the dogs in and called for my fiancee to corroborate the sighting. She immediately came outside, but by that time the object was not viewable from our backyard. As I started around the side of the house for a better view of the southern sky, she called me back, saying that 3 objects were now visible in a roughly NW direction. I got back in time to witness all 3 of these objects one at roughly 290 degrees magnetic and the other 2 at approximately 310 degrees magnetic. One of those 2 seemed to be slightly lower and to my right of the other, but since they looked to be far away I was unable to determine how close in proximity they were to each other....one could possibly be lower to the horizon than the other. She also stated that these 3 objects emitted the same phenomena that I witnessed with the first object, but they did not do it in unison. She stated to me later in the evening that at least one of the objects got close enough to our home for her to see that it was roughly triangular-shaped. I immediately ran inside for my phone, and by the time I returned only one of the objects was visble (I found out later on that the 3 we observed had ascended into the sky and vanished, and this was in fact the 5th similar object). This one emitted the sparks/flames as well, but only once while I viewed it. By the time I pulled up the camera app on my phone, it was already beginning it's slow ascent into the night sky, where it eventually vanished like the others that my fiancee observed. Neither of us heard any sound at all coming from these objects, and we could not explain their appearance due to a) there was no evidence of blinking lights as you normally see on an airplane; b) they all appeared to hover momentarily in their movement, which planes cannot do; c) despite the fireworks being shot off in the neighborhood, we are both very familiar with helicopter sounds and as I stated previously we could not discern anything sound at all coming from them; d) I don't believe they were drones...being a drone owner myself I have yet to see a commercial product that is capable of carrying a payload heavy enough to emit sparks/flames even once, much less multiple times as was the case with the first object I sighted, and these objects ascended before vanishing rather than landing, and finally; e) there is no possible way they could've been fireworks as the first one followed a path across the sky without descending, and the footage I was able to capture shows I had th! e final object in view for over 1:19 minutes - which no type of firework is capable of sustaining.
July 4, 2015 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
Duncannon, PA
At approximately 21:30 on July 4, 2015, my fiance, stepson, and I witnessed a large object that appeared to be a fireball. The object appeared to rise in the eastern sky heading westerly. We observed the object for approximately 1 minute before it completely disappeared. I was unable to capture it with any recording devices. I attempted to record it but failed. The object appeared to be traveling in our direction prior to its complete disappearance. We have no idea what we witnessed. However, we are absolutely positive it was not an airplane, nor can we identify the object as anything we have ever witnessed.
July 4, 2015 · 9:22 PM · FIREBALL
Sharon, PA
On July fourth, 2015, at 9:22 pm, I witnessed four red/orange fireballs facing south southeast in Sharon, PA. They appeared climbing high in the sky as the were on fire, they flickered like a flame. They were the size of a large star, maybe a bit bigger. Some would appear as they were flying fast, and some would just materialize in the sky. In my opinion they were not fire works because the fireballs would hover for several minutes and also move left to right and up and down. The fireball UFOs would also fly away super fast and some just disappear. https://youtu.be/ako2KbxeI74
July 4, 2015 · 12:23 AM · CIRCLE
Hatboro, PA
There were 4 total white lights high in the sky from the east that continued to disappear and reappear in different formations. No noise was heard. The event lasted approximately 20-30 seconds. They stayed in the check mark formation the longest before changing shapes. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 3, 2015 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Freeland, PA
We saw an orange orb or circular object moving at a high rate of speed from west to northeast. The object did not have any navigation lights and did not make any noise. A few minutes later another orange orb or ball came out of the west and followed the same path as the first one. We never saw anything like this before and are curious about what we saw.
July 3, 2015 · 10:03 PM · FIREBALL
Altoona, PA
My brother and I just step of out of our cars and happen to look up and saw a RED and ORANGE ball of flame passing by from the North side and heading down to South side of Altoona, Pa. Looks like it came traveling by Tyrone ,Pinecroft and end in Altoona, PA and then shooting up to Space. Strange things is that made it as ufo sighting is: it was moving slowly in straight path then it stop for a 15 seconds then to start to move again in same straight path. then stop again for 5 second before shooting up with no sound or explosion. Never in my seem something like that. I know its not a firework or craft in fire. We have amended the time above, and reposted on July 10, 2015. PD
July 2, 2015 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
York, PA
Initially, saw two orangish lights (about the color of the orange street lights) completely silent flying one on top of the other seeming in parallel just slightly above the treetops eventually going higher and then of to the east disappearing into the clouds. Then another two came up from the south and again appeared to be flying in some loose formation one above the other. Then there was a bit of a break then single "lights" would appear on the southern horizon and appear to heard slightly to north and then east and disappear into the clouds. This continued on for a while the timing of each was not identical sometimes a longer lull in between the "lights" and other times they seemed to come almost two at a time. But the travel of each from the south slightly north and then off to the east stayed the same. This continued on till around 23:30.
July 2, 2015 · 10:15 PM · TRIANGLE
Lock Haven, PA
The UFO was shaped like a triangle and completely silent. It flew over, headed toward Williamsport, and then turned slightly south. It was moving very fast and had 2 white and 1 red.
June 29, 2015 · 8:45 AM · LIGHT
Mckeesport, PA
Stars are not out yet, one bright white light in the sky, moves slowly in inconsistent skewed patterns then hovers.
June 29, 2015 · 12:00 AM · UNKNOWN
Walnutport, PA
Quickly went into house. told 2 family members. it is very dark and mountainous Were we live. We have requested more information from the witness. PD
June 27, 2015 · 9:30 PM · FLASH
Northern Allegheny County, PA
9:30 PM on Saturday, June 27th, multiple flashes of light were seen in the skies above the northern townships of Allegheny County. Following the flashes of light, which were mostly of a reddish hue, were streaks of blue lightning. My wife and I, along with our 5 month old son, pulled over into a residential driveway off of Middle Road, Hampton Twp, to get a better view. While waiting for more flashes, we were startled by a low flying helicopter with no lights! The helicopter was only visible through these 'flashes' which occured evey 5-10 seconds. It appeared that said helicopter was following the path of these 'flashes'. Once the flashes went over the tree line, my wife pointed out that a friend on Facebook also mentioned them over Cranberry Twp, in the direction in which we were presently. This evening was riddled with severe weather. Prompting both flood and tornado advisories. A tornado was even captured on film, which is extremeley rare for the area. This is the second time I have experienced an event like this while living here. The first, was when I was 13, and noticed a ball of light morphing colors in the sky and dripping a liquid red substance. We have corrected the time above. PD
June 25, 2015 · 4:30 PM · OVAL
Philadelphia, PA
Looks to us to be the Goodyear blimp. PD
June 23, 2015 · 10:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Smithfield, PA
It may have been longer than 10 minutes, but i went inside. It didn't appear to be large.
June 22, 2015 · 9:30 PM · FIREBALL
York, PA
I saw an orange fireball descending northeast. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) The object appeared to be the size of a what I can only describe as a huge ball of orange and red in the sky in proportion to much larger than a star but not as big as a planet from the distance it was to my back porch. The time was approximately 9:30 pm. I hope this helps. Thanks! ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM))
June 22, 2015 · 12:00 AM · LIGHT
Aspers, PA
Driving home from a friend's house around midnight. Saw what appeared to be a bright orange/amber light about 200ft above the ground near my neighbors home while pulling into my driveway. Not recognizing this light, I decided to drive up the road to investigate, as I approached the light moved away from me, I accelerated heavily and the light easily out paced me. Stopping at an intersection about 1/4 mile after my neighbors house, the light remained still approximately 1/8 mile in front of me. For 5 minutes I remained still as did the light. (Nervously I took a short video at this time). Begining to panic I pull a u turn and accelerated back toward my home, the light followed. Quickly I turned around just after a hill and headed back toward the light, I soon found myself beneath the light which appeared to be a silent aircraft approximately the size of two cars. I again turned to follow the craft and it quickly disappeared out of sight. For the next two hours I watched as an apparent star in the sky, with a similar color, moved on a constant basis. My parents live local to me and witnessed the movement of this star along side me. Later 2 additional moving stars appeared. The next 2 nights around 11pm the same light was abserved by myself and 3 of my friends over an open field less than a half mile behind my house. Both times the light could be seen moving back and forth for several minutes prior to slowly decending behind my fence row. On both occasions we attempted to approach the light for a closer look resulting in its disappearance. Again on night 3, 3 "stars" were observed moving about the sky as tho damaging from a string on breezy day. Day 3 was very clear and we watched their movement for several hours.
June 21, 2015 · 11:54 PM · DISK
Philadelphia, PA
Just before midnight when I was getting into bed I saw a bright red light outside my window. I live on the 21st floor of an apartment building. It was brighter than anything I've ever seen at night, so I walked to the window to take a look at it. Off in the distance there was an object just hovering/floating. It stayed in one spot for several minutes then it changed color from red lights to green lights. After a few minutes it moved very quickly from one spot to another and just hovered in that spot for a few minutes. I woke my girlfriend up to look and ran to the other room to wake my brother up also. My girlfriend told me to take a video, but I didn't, thinking no one would believe me and not knowing that this website was out there. After a few minutes it turned to red again and moved very quickly across the sky to another location. After a few minutes the object started to drop down and disappeared behind a building that was in front of my building. The object moved WAY too quick to be a helicopter or plane and just moved so effortlessly through the sky. The colors were unlike anything I've ever seen and when they changed colors, it was like nothing I've ever seen.
June 21, 2015 · 9:29 PM · LIGHT
Newmanstown, PA
Father: It was going at medium speed, too slow for meteor but too fast for plane. Flashing, dull orange light, not very bright like a plane's light and not blinking but flickering like a flame. Zig zagging course, getting lower. Observed it until it was lost to view behind structures. Daughter: I saw the orange light in my town.
June 17, 2015 · 9:25 PM · LIGHT
Nazareth, PA
I am writing to inform you of an unusual sighting I had with a friend, on June 17th, 2015. Our location is Nazareth, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. I was driving and he was in the passenger seat. He will also be submitting a report on his perspective as well. As I was driving, at the time, he of course got a slightly better look at the objects than I did. However I will be submitting my perspective nonetheless. At approximately 9:25 PM, we were heading south on Blossom Hill Road, approaching a 3-way intersection with Newburg Road. It had been a mostly cloudy and rainy day but had cleared up by this time and was a mild and partly cloudy evening. At this point early in the evening, essentially no stars were visible in the sky. As we approached the intersection we suddenly noticed a formation of 5 very brightly lit orange lights in a triangular or crescent formation. They appeared to be hovering as a unit and had a certain “twinkle” to them similar to stars. However, as noted before, there were not many (if any at all) stars visible in the night sky on this particular evening. Although we were only approximately 8 miles from Lehigh valley international airport at this time, it was clear to both of us that these objects were very distinct from airplanes and appeared to act as a cohesive unit. They were about as high in the sky as you would expect an average airplane to be, except appea! red to be “hovering” more so than “flying” to any particular destination. It is also difficult to accurately size them because they were mere lights in the sky. At this point (after about 15 seconds) I had reached the intersection and put my car in park so we could get out and hopefully get a video of what we were witnessing. At this point, the lights starting shifting into what appeared to be an “L” shape, moving together seamlessly almost as if they were a single craft. Just seconds after they made the transition, they faded away one by one over about a 3-5 second span, almost as if they flipped a switch to turn their lights off. Unfortunately, due to the brevity of the experience (about 30 seconds) and the limitations of our cameras on our phones we did not get the experience on video. As mentioned above, we do live close to an airport but these objects were very clearly not airplanes. I also checked to see if there were any celebrations in my area that evening that could have had fireworks or something of the like, and there were not. In addition, one of the most striking things about this experience is how much it mirrors many of the UFO sightings that have been reported within the past few years. I am not implying that it was anything paranormal, but I have no way of explaining what we witnessed and it certainly demands further investigation. Thank you