| 2003
Sighting Reports |
The
following incidents were among the sightings of alleged UFOs and
the Unusual reported to researcher Stan Gordon throughout Pennsylvania
and neighboring states (when available). These cases have come to
Stan Gordon’s attention from various sources. Many sightings
that have already been identified as natural or manmade in origin
are not listed. Some of these reports are still being investigated. |
| DATE |
January
7, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Middlesex Township,
PA |
|
(NUFORC)-Oval shaped object hovered about 100 feet above observer.
It was moving back and forth for a few minutes then zipped out of
sight. |
| DATE |
January
10, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
McKean County
,PA |
| Witness
reported seeing in an area near Allegheny national Forest a blue object
in the sky that made a turn then disappeared. |
| DATE |
January
17, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Frackville, PA
|
| (NUFORC)-Three
round objects hovering overhead. |
| DATE |
January
27, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Doylestown, PA
|
| (NUFORC)-Witness
watched an object for three hours as it traveled to a spot, corrected
itself, and took an east to west orbit. |
| DATE |
February
10, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Stroudsburg,
PA |
About
3 A.M., a couple living in a rural area heard an unusual whoop-whoop-whoop
type sound, which rose up and down in intensity, and caused the
house and windows to vibrate. The sound seems to move around the
house and at times lasts for several hours.
This experience
has occurred on several occasions, along with a variety of other
oddities around the property. |
| DATE |
February
12, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
McVeytown, PA |
| (NUFORC)-Daylight
sighting of crescent shaped object. |
| DATE |
February
20, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Between Latrobe
and Greensburg, PA |
| Between
Latrobe and Greensburg a woman was driving home on a rural road about
6:30 P.M., when she observed a bright red light which appeared to
be stopped over a field ahead of her. Approaching closer to the location,
the witness could make out the bottom section of a very large square
shaped object. The red light which could now be seen better, was actually
on a dome shaped structure on the top of the object. The soundless
object was estimated to be about 40 feet long, and appeared to be
of a light gray, dull color. A bright white light was positioned at
each corner of the object, and around the bottom of the object were
steady white lights. The witness got to within about 200 feet of the
hovering object, and was amazed when it suddenly just disappeared
in front of her. |
| DATE |
March
7, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Duquesne,PA |
| (NUFORC)-V
shaped lights traveling quickly from west to east. |
| DATE |
March
14, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Hollidaysburg,PA |
| (NUFORC)-Appeared
in west, oval shaped with rotating multiple colors. |
| DATE |
March
18, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Myerstown, PA |
| A
witness reported that at 7:55 P.M., she observed a bright white softball
sized light, very low in the sky, moving from east to west. |
| DATE |
March
20, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Delmont, PA |
| About
7:30 P.M. witness reported what appeared to be an Army helicopter
following a bright single light across the sky. |
| DATE |
March
27, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Mount Pleasant,
PA |
| A
man walking a dog was startled by the sound of a rush of wind, as
though something large was going up into the sky, yet nothing was
observed. |
| DATE |
April
08, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Ford City, PA |
| Witness
driving down a road about 8:35 P.M. observed a 3 bright round white
lights in a triangular formation moving across the sky. |
| DATE |
April
13, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Derry Township,
PA |
| In
the early evening, three witnesses observed a tall light brown colored
creature walking upright, with long swinging arms. The creature took
long strides as it walked into a cornfield. |
| DATE |
April
14, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Indiana County,
PA |
| A
man who was hiking and fishing had an odd experience at about 8:22
p.m., in the vicinity of Yellow Creek dam. He heard a sound as though
something was moving overhead toward the west. He could feel the sound,
like a whirling, and at one point he nearly ducked.
He followed the sound which he could only feel,
but nothing could be seen. The witness said he expected to see something
like a big meteor coming down, but observed nothing. The man stated
that he has never experienced such an oddity.
|
| DATE |
April
30, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Pottstown, PA |
| (NUFORC)-Reflective
white tube flying 100 feet or so under passenger plane during daylight. |
| DATE |
May
03, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
St. Clair, PA |
| (NUFORC)-Bright
light hovers then shoots across sky at high speed. |
| DATE |
April
or May, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Scottdale, PA |
| A
man related to me how he and his young daughter were riding on a motor
bike on a dirt road in a rural location near this community. At about
10 P.M., Their attention was drawn to a strange creature which was
described as “a hairy man” that stood about 6 ½
feet tall, and was covered in black hair. The creature had come out
of the woods from their right and ran until it was about 75 feet away
standing in front of the two people. The creature stopped for a few
seconds and looked at the two people, than ran off into the nearby
woods. The creature appeared slumped over, and it had very long arms
that hung down to around the knee area. Upon seeing the strange creature,
the two witnesses hurried home to tell the other family members. |
| DATE |
May
3, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Jim Thorpe, PA
|
| (NUFORC)-At
about 9:40 P.M., witnesses reported fast, high-flying sphere moving
across the sky. |
| DATE |
May
19, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Coraopolis, PA |
| At
about 5 P.M., a large white rectangular object, and a second object
which was flatter, were observed in the distant sky by two witnesses
using binoculars. There were several helicopters reportedly hovering
around the vicinity of the objects. |
| DATE |
June,
2003 |
| LOCATION |
Everson, PA |
| In
early June, several boys were outside playing during the afternoon.
At about 3:30 P.M., they observed what appeared to be a green luminous
object, in the shape of a heart, which was descending straight down
from the sky. As the witnesses watched, a long white probe appeared
from the bottom of the object. The object came to the top of the tree
line and hovered a few seconds, then dropped below the tree line.
In a few seconds the object rose again, then suddenly shot straight
up into the sky at a very fast rate of speed and was lost from sight. |
| DATE |
June
20, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Pittsburgh |
| At
about 4:10 P.M., the witness was crossing 40th Street Bridge (onto
Rt. 28) as she was returning from work. The witness observed a rectangular
object to her left at a very high altitude. The object looked dark
gray in color, and was moving quite slowly towards the southwest.
There is the possibility that a small plane was pulling this object.
The witness indicated that the object was very high and would have
been of little value for advertising purposes at that altitude. It
was much larger than the small aircraft seen nearby. |
| DATE |
July
19, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Ford City |
| (NUFORC)-At
2:15 P.M., a witness reported seeing a fast moving object crossing
the clear sky from NW to SE. The object was of a light color, and
moved in a straight line. The object seemed to change shape from box-shaped
to triangular. |
| DATE |
July
25, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Collegeville |
| (NUFORC)-About
5:15 A.M., the witness reported observing a red light which moved
fast then stopped. As the light stopped, it began to flash. The light
began to dim, then moved away until it was no longer seen. |
| DATE |
July
25, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Ligonier, PA
area |
| Report
of possible mountain lion sighting in the Ligonier area. |
| DATE |
July
30, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Muse |
| Around
10:40 P.M., witness observed two bright flashes of light in the sky.
The flashes were originating from a small round object. The two yellow-orange
lights approached from the NW then quickly turned towards the NE.
In the NE there were three more flashes, then the lights turned directly
E. All of this movement and distance was covered in about 7 seconds. |
| DATE |
July
or August, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Summit |
| The
witness was working outside in the garden during a warm afternoon.
Suddenly she felt something pass by her right ear with a “whoosh.”
Upon looking up, the observer saw what she thought at first was a
bird since it was only about 6-8 inches in size. The witness described
the object as a vertical cigar shape as it was flying in an upright
position. The dark colored object moved extremely fast and only about
eight feet off the ground and in an erratic fashion. The object which
had no wings, flew off into the sky. |
| DATE |
August
15,. 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Derry Township |
| Late
on the evening of August 15, 2003, I received a report from a witness
who sounded quite shaken as she provided me with the details of what
she had experienced in the early morning hours of that day. I conducted
a detailed interview with the woman over the phone. I was able to
go to the scene to conduct an interview and investigation on August
17, 2003. The following is a brief summary of the information I was
able to obtain.
The woman was making sandwiches for her husband's
lunch, when she realized that she had no lettuce in the refrigerator.
The family raised their own vegetable garden which was close to
their home, so the woman decided to go outside at about 12:30 A.M.
to gather some fresh lettuce. The garden is off to the right side
of the residence, and there is some illumination in the area from
a light that shines from the rear of their home. The woman picked
the lettuce that she needed, then stood up and turned, when her
attention was drawn towards a tree about 8 feet away.
Under the tree with it's back leaning against the
trunk, was a massive hair covered man-like creature whose head was
just touching an overhanging branch. The branch when measured was
96 inches off the ground. The creature was described as covered
with long black hair, arms down to the knees, and very broad shouldered.
The woman only seconds after seeing it, walked swiftly back into
the house where she awakened two other family members, who responded
within minutes with guns. When they went outside, the creature was
gone. The grass under the tree appeared to have been freshly matted
down.
The family noticed that their dog whose house was
about 50 feet away from the garden, was not barking, and was hiding
in the back of it's pen which was not normal. No sounds or smells
were reported. The woman was so shocked to see the creature that
she didn't watch it long enough to notice many details. She was
quite upset by the experience and said that the height and body
size of the creature stuck in her mind. The witness stated to me
that after the encounter she cried all night and was terrified.
While
I looked over the area for any possible evidence, about 50 feet
away in another garden area, I found two possible footprints that
had apparently been there for a while. There has been a lot of rain
in the area, and the weather had indeed affected the condition of
these prints. The tracks were about 15 inches long, but no toes
could be discerned. There was a distance of about 42 inches between
the two possible prints.
This is the
same property where a Bigfoot was reported on two separate occasions
last September. The family wishes to remain" anonymous, and
has asked me not to identify the location of the occurrences other
than to state that this is in Derry Township in Westmoreland County.
This is a very wooded area with a large deer population. The area
is not far from the Chestnut Ridge, a mountain range where numerous
Bigfoot encounters have been reported for years. This woman has
now had two encounters with a similar Bigfoot creature, and she
has indicated to me that this last experience had really scared
her.
|
| DATE |
August
16, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Greensburg |
| At
7:30 A.M., a witness was walking to her car in a rural location outside
of the city. On the steps along the side of the house she saw a large
single footprint about 13 inches long and with several toes. It looked
as though whatever made it was heading for the nearby woods. This
is an area where other Bigfoot related activity has been reported
in the past. |
| DATE |
August
21, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Uniontown |
| (This
report via researcher Jim Brown.) For more details on this case see
the full report at: www.hhs.net/jbrown.
Two amateur astronomers had their telescopes set up to photograph
Mars. One man went inside to get some items. The other witness was
looking up into the sky with his eyes when he observed three star-like
objects in a line, a position in the sky where nothing should be.
The objects were white in color with a mild yellow tint.
Suddenly another light appeared to the east of the
other three lights. This light was red-orange in color. This fourth
light moved to a position about 2 degrees east of the other lights.
At that point a red beam of light emitted from it towards the center
light. That center light appeared to explode as fragments emitted
from it and descended. After the explosion, the witness saw what
looked like a pale blue bubble encompass the area all around the
other lights. Soon it appeared to collapse and it appeared as though
nothing remained.
|
| DATE |
August
30, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Harrisburg |
| (NUFORC)-At
about 9 P.M., a reddish object sits still for ten minutes, then shoot
across the sky. |
| DATE |
September
13, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Kennerdell |
| During
the evening, several people reported seeing a large cylinder shaped
object about 300 yards away, which appeared to be at tree top level.
The object which had various lights on it, made no sound and moved
slowly off through the sky after being observed. |
| DATE |
September
15, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Snydersburg |
| (NUFORC)-Several
people observed a triangular shaped object which was accompanied by
another smaller object. |
| DATE |
October
13, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Everson |
| About
8 P.M., the witness was looking SW and noticed a bright star-like
object in the sky. Suddenly the witness watched this light “burst
and fall” The object then looked like a ball with a tail on
it. No sound was detected. |
| DATE |
October
14, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Plains |
| (NUFORC)-A
triangular shaped object which was reported low and hovered in the
sky, emitted a white beam of light while under observation. |
| DATE |
October
21, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Salem Township |
| Around
6:45 A.M., a teenage girl was on her way to school when she said that
she saw a circle of lights at tree top level across the road from
where she was located. The witness reports that this lighted object
began to move in her direction and moved low overhead. An odd steady
sound was emitted from the object as it hovered nearby. The object
quickly ascended into the sky and began to move in the direction from
where it first originated. The girl reported the account to her family
after returning home. |
| DATE |
November
4, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Wexford |
| (NUFORC)-A
cylinder shaped object, yellow and orange in color moved across the
sky from SE to NE. |
| DATE |
November
8, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Lancaster |
| Two
witnesses near the Route 30 bypass observed a bright white solid rectangular
shaped object hovering in the sky. |
| DATE |
November
11, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Blairsville |
| A
man with many years of tracking experience, reported seeing a trail
of large cat tracks which he believed were made by a mountain lion. |
| DATE |
November
11, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Lansdale |
| (NUFORC)-Two
people reported observing a triangular but more delta wing shaped
aircraft moving slowly over the area at a low altitude. |
| DATE |
November
29, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Limerick |
| (NUFORC)-Several
witnesses reported a triangular object with lights on each corner,
and red light which was flashing in the center area. |
| DATE |
December
31, 2003 |
| LOCATION |
Ligonier |
| A
witness was driving on Route 30 west of Ligonier. The weather was
good in the area. At about 1:30 P.M., The woman driver noticed an
object flying through the sky about 10 feet off the ground moving
up the right lane of the highway. She at first thought it was a bird
but no wings were visible. As the object began to move closer in her
direction, the witness could see that the object was about a foot
long, shaped like a cigar, and it appeared to be metallic. On the
side of the object were several dark, possibly black bands. At a distance
of about 15 feet, the object changed direction and began to keep pace
with the vehicle. The object then hovered above the vehicle, then
moved to a position about 12 feet away in front of the vehicle. The
object then suddenly flew off overhead and was no longer observed.
The entire experience lasted about 15 seconds. |
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