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From Researcher: Stan Gordon
PA UFO Hotline: 724-838-7768
www.stangordon.com

JANUARY 3, 2007 - On the evening of January 3, 2007, something unusual was observed in the sky by three people traveling in a vehicle outside of Youngwood in Westmoreland County. The witnesses never officially reported their experience. Soon after the sighting, the witnesses were having dinner with a local businessman. During their conversation, they mentioned their sighting. They also showed the man the photo of the object which had been taken on their cell phone camera.

The businessman suggested that they talk with me about what they had observed. I was put in touch with the family and conducted a detailed interview initially over the phone. Arrangements were made to meet with the husband and wife to conduct another interview and to visit the location where the sighting had occurred.

The observation had taken place at 8:58 P.M., as indicated on the cell phone camera date display. The family had traveled a distance on a rural road outside of Youngwood, PA, when they observed a brilliant luminous object in the sky which appeared to be hovering or moving very slowly. One witness described the object as a diamond shaped, or "oval shaped with a hump at the top and bottom." The area around the object glowed, also. The object was many times brighter and larger than any stars that were also visible on that clear night.

The wife recalled saying after seeing the object, "What the hell is that light? Why is it so low?" As they continued to move up the road, the wife noticed the moon off to her left, which looked much different than the object. At times, the view of the object was being blocked by distant houses or trees. At one point they stopped their car to take a better look at the object, where it then appeared to be stationary. They drove on to a new location with a clear view where they again stopped their vehicle, lowered the drivers side window, and took a picture with their new cell phone camera which they switched into a "night mode" setting.

The wife checked the camera phone to see if the image had been captured. When she looked back seconds later to see the object, it was no longer visible. The other observers weren't sure what had happened to the object as it had suddenly disappeared from sight. As one witness put it, "it was there, than it wasn't there." The witnesses had the object in view for approximately 3-4 minutes total.

The family is very familiar with aircraft including helicopters, which fly frequently over their home. The sky conditions were clear at the time of the incident. No sound was heard from the object while it was under observation. I did check for any emergency type incidents in that area at the time, where helicopters or aircraft with searchlights may have been involved, but there was no such activity taking place. Researcher Jim Brown examined the photo using a method called pixel weight scan. Using this process, he was not able to detect any red or green lights commonly associated with aircraft.

Another UFO incident involving a similar shaped object, and still under investigation, occurred in Indiana County on December 12, 2006. That incident involved a large silent diamond shaped object flying low and was following the power lines The object eventually passed directly over a car.

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