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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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March 11, 2015 · 10:35 PM · CIRCLE
Philadelphia, PA
Just a few moments ago on the 3rd floor of my townhouse in South Philly facing City Hall exactly 2 miles away, I was putting my 3 year old son to bed. He was over my shoulder looking out the window when he said, "what's that?" Lots of helicopters and airport traffic pass over our heads on the way to the airport, and there's a helipad or two in the city so I'm quite accustomed to the aircraft in the area. This one was intriguingly different. I stood by the window to watch for about 2 minutes, then put him to bed, then ran up to our 4th floor deck, grabbed the binoculars and watched it for about 2 more minutes before it suddenly disappeared before my eyes. "It" was two green lights side by side, kind of like headlights, but not blinking. Usually you expect with aircraft to see white lights and/or red lights, and blinking. The green was eye-catching. It hovered west behind the Comcast skyscraper, then went UP, then wafted back east toward City Hall. Then it turned red! Again no blinking, just both lights slowly changed to red. It hovered around a bit as though circling City Hall, then turned green again, then gradually red, then like I said, right in front of my eyes, vanished. I wondered if it was someone's toy drone or something but way too big and way too high for that, and way too bright in my opinion. Wondering if anyone else saw it.
March 11, 2015 · 8:40 PM · CIRCLE
Easton, PA
Observed 2 bright yellow spheres hovering within the "big dipper," the lights then started to move east, as they dimmed to a faint white color.
March 11, 2015 · 8:40 PM · CIRCLE
Easton, PA
Observed 2 bright yellow lights hovering in the Big Dipper constellation. Lights then dimmed to a faint white, and moved slowly east until out of sight.
March 6, 2015 · 8:00 PM · FIREBALL
New Hope, PA
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 28, 2015 · 11:15 PM · FIREBALL
Philadelphia, PA
Observer: Defense Contractor for US Military Event: My son and I attended the NHL Hockey game in Philadelphia between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers on 28 February, 2015, at the Wells Fargo Center. While departing the game after it ended, at approximately 2315 at night, we observed multiple orange lights, perhaps 5-7 lights, in the distant Eastern sky, at an angle above the horizon, between approx. 35 and 15 degrees. They reminded me of military flare used to illuminate the ground when shot into the sky or dropped by an aircraft. They were in different heights and fairly close to each other in a vertical line. There was some stagger to their order as they were not in a straight vertical line. After watching for 2-5 minutes, they dimmed and then disappeared, while staying in the same spot in the distant sky. They seemed to be floating and did not appear to be moving in any direction from our vantage point. They were in line between the Wells Fargo Center and the flight path of airplanes landing from! east to west at the Philadelphia International Airport as the planes were visible crossing the vertical line of the lights
February 27, 2015 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
East Rochester, PA
On February 27, around 6pm, I was standing outside of the Long John Silver’s restaurant on route 65 in East Rochester, PA. I took photos of what I believe was Venus shining bright in the sky. I took 5 shots in about 10 seconds. I did not notice a red light that seemed to be all over the sky in those photos, until I viewed them later. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 26, 2015 · 7:20 PM · OTHER
Carlisle, PA
I am making this ufo report, in hopes that if others seen it, they might be more like to report what they seen. I was walking into where I work, I was walking east, and saw 2 rows of 5 lights moving from north to south, each set of lights was about 2 fingers widths at arms length, and about 8 fingers width between the 2 separate objects. It was about 7:20 pm February 26th. 28 years working here, I know the view very well. I noticed these two lights, but took them to be airplanes, flying toward me. They looked big, but this is how the mind rationalized what I saw. As I walked, things didn’t look right. I stopped and used a distant light pole to see the direction or flight. That’s where things didn’t line up. I could see 5 lights on each, so if it was a plane, it has to be moving toward me. Such that I would be seeing headlights of a big plane. But I was due east, and they were going south. There motion was slow, but not unremarkable for planes at a distance of several miles, at about 4 fingers, at arm's length, above the ground. What happened next, is the thing that puts this into ufo category. This 1st set of lights, turns near vertical, to about 80 degrees. Which is nuts for any airplane that big and that low. But even more odd, is that the forward leading light tilted down. Such that if this were a plane, it would be turning very sharply south. Because I am thinking it moving toward me” because of the lights”, but it was already moving south before the turn. What I saw, was the light go out or turn from view, going north not south. How can a plane, moving south, turn to go north, where the leading light go down to 80 degrees, they didn’t go back to level, just “looked” to turn out of view. The turn was too sharp, and the tilt was in the wrong direction, the plane were too close to each other, and too low. This turn was in about 8 finger widths, and I’m being generous. Then the other set of lights followed, but faster. If a plane was going south, I should not have seen so many lights. If the plane were moving east “ which it wasn’t” then to turn north, the northern most light tilt down to bank north. I just can’t see how a normal plane can do what I saw.
February 24, 2015 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Chambersburg, PA
At around 8 PM on the evening of the 24th - i was pointing out stars and formations in the sky to my grandchildren. In the western sky - fairly low - but above the mountains - was a bright object - second in brightness to the moon - at first i thought it was the planet Venus - but upon observing the light blinked like a star's light and i found Venus in the eastern (sic. Jupiter? Venus is in the western sky, at the time indicated. NUFORC) sky. Upon further observation - i saw a small reddish hue to the lower left side of the bright object. The sky was perfectly clear without clouds, there was no noticeable noise, and the object was not moving. I placed a point of reference in the ground to make sure the object was not moving. After watching some 5-10 minutes - i got my wife and son in law to observe as well. We took a few pictures on the cell phone - but nothing really of note - After observing off and on for 30 minutes - i went to the computer to see what might be so bright in the western sky - and found nothing of note for that t! ime and date. I went to get my camcorder to film the object - came back outside and the object was gone. This whole process consisted of some 30 minutes in duration. I have been watching the sky as weather allowed the last several nights since- around the same period and have not seen anything - except for the 27th - when around the same time i observed a similar light in brightness in the western sky - but higher than the previous night. I observed for about 10 minutes - when i went inside to get the camcorder I emerged to an empty sky again. We are in a rural area with a very clear sky with little light residue. We are also near a military depot - around 7 miles away. A friend observed the brightness in the western sky on the 24th as well - but assumed it was a star and did not watch it for any period.
February 22, 2015 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Easton, PA
The object was going south at a slow rate of speed. It stopped came back north in a straight line for ten seconds or so and then disappeared. It was too bright to see the shape when i looked at it with binoculars and it had no blinking lights, but it did seem to have a light shining upwards out the top. It made no sound.
February 22, 2015 · 5:45 PM · LIGHT
Philadelphia, PA
While driving from Cherry Hill, NJ, to Philadelphia, PA, at sunset we noticed the usual chemtrails but then we also noticed 3 objects traveling rapidly to the earth. Each object had a small trail of smoke (different from chemtrails) that dissipated fairly quickly. The three objects were very far away and it made it difficult to make out a shape. We did notice each of the three had its own trajectory that appeared to originate from different locations but were traveling towards the horizon were the sun was setting. They were traveling much faster than the usual plane in the sky. The one closest to the horizon began to give off a spherical bright white light before it was not visible anymore.
February 17, 2015 · 11:30 PM · FORMATION
Somerset, PA
Driving down PA turnpike a large object was spotted approximately 100-200 meters in length, hovering over the northern side of the highway. The object then took off moving west until it was out of sight, and only glow of lights could be seen.
February 8, 2015 · 12:30 AM · FORMATION
Tarentum, PA
About 1230 am. One red light with two white lights circling around it. All three were moving very fast through sky. Never seen anything like this before. lasted about 20 seconds and all three disappeared. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
February 7, 2015 · 11:35 PM · SPHERE
Natrona Heights, PA
Bright blue orb appeared above horizon facing southeast, rapidly ascended, making full stop. Object then drifted in a downward in a slow arc to the east, came to full stop, paused, then made a lateral move to the west. Object then descended at same speed as ascension. Upon reaching starting position above the horizon, object then paused, and disappeared. Overall movement can be described as a reverse “P.” Size, altitude and distance of object indeterminate. Note: Area has routine helicopter traffic due to proximity with local hospital. Behavior was inconsistent with normal observed activity, no noise, engine or otherwise, accompanied sighting.
February 6, 2015 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Trucksville, PA
Tonight on my way home from work around 10pm I spotted 4 UFO's in the PA sky's near Dallas PA. The first I saw while driving then two more followed. I was able to video tape these. Then a 4th came by but my smart phone was out of memory so I only have the video of the two. They were bright orange and round with deeper almost red highlights. All four follow similar tracks through the sky. I have two other witnesses to the lights who stopped while I was taping them. Here is the video. https://www.dropbox.com/s/uob9w0leb5os78m/VID_20150206_215103218.mp4?dl=0 Thank you,
February 5, 2015 · 7:17 PM · LIGHT
Lock Haven, PA
Central Pennsylvania. It was approximately 7:17 PM. It was dark outside. I saw a plain, white dot, much larger than a star or planet, moving through the sky. It was too close to be a satellite, and it was not a plane as it did not have blinking lights. I was outside my apartment talking to my mom when I saw it. I watched it some. Then I noticed a slight curve in its flightpath. Its speed did not change during this. What makes this striking though is its exit. I was looking at it one second, looked down at my mom, looked up and thought it was gone as the bright light was nowhere in sight. Then I saw the light getting smaller in a line at a sharp angle from where the light was last seen. I realized this was the light ascending into the upper atmosphere. It did this in a much greater speed then it was traveling previously. Its ascension happened almost directly above me. Nothing else occurred after. My mom did not see it as she did not want to ge! t out of her car and into the cold. This is not the first time I have seen such a light. About 10 miles away from this location, I have seen this kind of light a couple of times. Each time, it just moves though the sky, sometimes changing its speed and/or flightpath. I have never before seen it rapidly ascend into the atmosphere though. Seeing the light do that today is what prompted me to submit this report. Possible satellite? PD
January 22, 2015 · 6:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Lakeville, PA
Rolled down window of truck and heard a low engine sound.
January 20, 2015 · 8:00 PM · OVAL
Waterfall, PA
These lights have been seen several times over a few months. They can not be seen when overcast is low and heavy. At one time the lights seemed to be following Sidling Hill Mountain and once dropped quite low over route 913. Lights appear to be hovering a jerky motion in a north to northeast direction. These same bright lights appeared to go southward one evening in the fall. January 28 and 29 about 19:30, the object hovered above and was again seen in the aforementioned direction another object appeared approximately a mile south of the first. Both seemed to be pointed west.
January 18, 2015 · 10:48 PM · FORMATION
Rutledge, PA
While sitting on my elevated deck, looking South/South East, I noticed what at first looked like a Dark Spot in the sky. I lost site of it due to a large tree. Approximately 15 seconds later, I heard a very low "Humming" Sound, but could not associate it with anything. Suddenly my Wife and I could clearly see two "Black Squares" about 15 by 15 feet flying over our house at an approximate altitude of 100 fee, Approximately 20 MPH, flying North North West, then slowly turning towards North North East in the direction of the Philadelphia Airport. The "Wingman" swung from the right to left of the leader in a graceful and unusual motion, remaining somewhat level. We saw No lights, until they past over us then strange Pure White Rectangular Lights in a row (Approx. 3 on each side flashing from outer to inner), at less then a second per flash. We have a Boeing Plant South East of us. At first I thought it may have been a Top Secret Drone, but the more I think about it, I don't think it was made here. We are pretty close to the Airport for anything that size to be flying that low all blacked out with No Visible Navigation lighting. Witness remains anonymous; provides no contact information. Hoax?? PD
January 17, 2015 · 9:42 PM · FIREBALL
Reading, PA
I'm large white fire ball flew across sky, at a moderate speed above Rt. 95, leaving a long white tail behind.
January 17, 2015 · 7:55 PM · LIGHT
Bristol, PA
An observation of two rapidly moving steady red lights moving from west to east. An approximate calculation determined that the lights traveled 125 degrees, 70 nautical miles in 10 to 15 seconds. The objects made no sound, and moved completely parallel to each other for the entire distance. They also left no trails.
January 15, 2015 · 9:30 PM · CHANGING
Elizabethtown, PA
Object seen while traveling on 83 heading toward 743 in the Elizabethtown area. While hovering the object had 4 very bright distinct (round) lights situated in a perfectly straight line formation quite close together, the object moved from a horizontal orientation to completely perpendicular orientation to the ground and hovered like that for a brief time before the lights faded away. Two witnesses observed object for about 15-20 minutes while traveling in which the object traveled in a wide circle formation seen in the sky at a distance in front of vehicle, then moved to the right, then behind, and so forth all while maintaining about the same altitude and distance. When the object was moving the 4 bright lights dimmed and were seemingly orientated in a more triangular format than in a straight line. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
January 11, 2015 · 8:35 PM · LIGHT
Clifton Heights, PA
This incident occurred between 8:35 and 9:00 PM on Sunday Jan 11th 2015. I was out walking my dog when I saw a group of red-orange lights in the southwest sky. There were 8 lights in the initial group moving southwest to northeast - a smaller group of 3 lights was following. The larger group started in a roughly triangular formation before re-forming into a more linear alignment - the smaller group was in a linear formation from the outset. After the larger initial groups had moved on there were 3-4 individual lights moving in the same direction. All of the lights were moving quickly but I have no idea as to speed. The objects made no sudden maneuvers or turns - but they appeared to be flying a defined course. There was some air traffic in the area (we are close to PHL approach) and the objects did not seem to be any higher than the 2 aircraft I saw that were on approach to PHL, so maybe 1000’ in altitude. The objects traveled for about 30-45 seconds in a northeasterly direction before disappearing. There was some patchy cloud cover but the objects were not obscured by the clouds, they just vanished. The objects flickered reddish-orange, no other lights\color were observable. There was no sound from any of the objects. The objects appeared to be bow-tied in shape, a dark center with the red-orange lights fanning out fore and aft. I was at the following lat/long when I made this observation - 39°56'07.2"N 75°18'15.9"W Reporter - 53 year old male, IT professional, I saw the entire event. Secondary observer (my brother) - 48 year old male, construction worker. He only saw the follow-up, single light events
January 11, 2015 · 6:30 PM · LIGHT
York New Salem, PA
3 lights appeared to be on one craft, too high to see shape. Blinking in a strobe fashion and not in sync with each other, one red, one blue and one white. What caught our attention at first was that it had a spot light on top of it that was shining upwards lighting up the clouds above it then went out. We were driving and tried to follow it for as long as we could. 2 people were watching it while I was looking for a place to pull over. Lost sight of it behind some trees for only about 15 seconds, before we pulled over and got out of the car too look for it. The object had completely vanished from sight, and we had a clear and open view of the sky. The observers were myself, husband and daughter.
January 9, 2015 · 11:40 PM · DIAMOND
Honey Brook, PA
Driving home at 11:30 on Friday night from work, saw a low flying object and light. Thought it was a small airplane, really looked and it was like a diamond shape with a bright light. Car in front of me also slowed down and hit its breaks. As I was looking at it, it shot off and immediately disappeared. First time I ever saw this, and I don’t see or say things like this.