1. DATE. TtME GROUP Civi lia.n ~. NUMIER Of OIJICTS s. LENGTH Of OISIRVATION 6. TYPE OF OISERVATION Ground-Vi sua. 1 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION illJID::!:~'i'IFT;"D Plea.sc?ntville Pennsylv~nia Case net resolved as convent.ioncl. object or phenomen a . Carr.led e.s UNI DE?IT F13D. 11. IJtll' SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS Object u e.s 8 brilliant \mite li@1t in a dark field. T'ne brilliance wa s like that of a flash bulb and as large a s the moon or basketball higher in the sky. Observe r caught a glimpse o f a yellrnr-ora:1_:;e gaseous rotto:i! o f D. ball which seeraed streaked 1.trith b :ue. It :'!oved at a hijl rate of spaec,. ,:I<nt out of 5iel1t in 1-2 second s . Disappeared and r eappea.1 L. again, t.ook after it .for atout 2 miles dm;n the roa d . It Tf!1~ v ery lar over a field ani clearly def:ll1e d . It l ooked .lik e a perfect circle cf y ellar-or.m.se lir;ht ani 1rs.s standing stilJ I Object Has approx 25 deg off th3 grourrl. ... , _; .. -UFO~ OVER NW PA. CITY ~ .. IICAP INVESTIGATES A few daya later, we obtalDed a copy of '"Tbe Kane Repub- lJcan", a newapaper lD Kane, Pa. ID the lllue of October 20th. It reported alrhtiDr lD the TltuavWe, Pa. ana. (Credit Loulle We wro48 the TltulvWe Herald anct natved AD anawer from NICAP lnveatlrato'r WWJam B. Weibel. who wu lD' the area mak.lnr I.Dqul.rles. He wu kind eaourh to MDCI ~ thamofu copleaofaeveralcun . ; 1tranp Llsht Seen At HUitop Reported October IT, 198t Rec:eat reporta or UFO. have brourht to Urht a alrhtinl late J.ut Mafln Pleu&DtvWe by two borourh resldenta. H. C\lrtlJJbaw~ putor The FlntPreabyterlaa Church ID Pleaeaatvtlle. accompanied by Walter A. MacDoaald. reported aertnr a "ball of Are" on May 28 or 21 at about 11 P. M. The two men had bua workln1 at the Prbymrlan church and were pulling out of Mr. MacDonald' driveway after plcklnr up aome equipment, whe~ a larp, brlsht white Usht, hlrh enough to be mounted on a pole, appeared on the touth elde of State Reappean The object wu approximately u brflbt u a llrhtDJnr flaeh and luted about four aec:onda, thm diaappeand. reappearlftl oa the north aide of the treat. Mr. Shaw aald. Mr. Shaw followed the ball, now d6Cleaud lD lnteaalty to about the brtlllanc:y of the moon, u lt moved west above State Street. Ita color waa yeUowllh at tblt time. It wu reported. The object traveled weat out State Street, com1D1 to a halt near White City HlU, where lt hunr suspended for a lew minute., appeared to bounce twice. The watchera ehut off the c:ar motor and rot out of the vehicle. lntendiDI to walk to the top of the hU1 where the baU teemed to be atatloned. . DwlDdl Rapidly : Suddenly the ball "ahot west at a faututlc a peed," dwindling to a a mall pinpoint almoet immediately. The effect wu u If a camera abutter had been tripped and cut I out a larp amount or light, he aald. \\ather condition at the time of elshtlng were reported to be relatively clear, and thel moon could be seen higher ln the aky. The object was clearly and did not seem to have a halo, it wu reported . VENANGO COUNTY PLEASANTVII I E. PENNSYLVANIA 16341 PROJECT BLUE.BOOK WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB Rising a little higher,. it "shot" west (quite low and with incredible speed,.-travelling horizontally, and disappeared from sight in about 5 seconds. . I drove intoTitusville chasing it but it was definitely gone this tim~. _ . . . One detail I ~eglected to hea~;any sound that could mention. At be connected except with said they had a picture a cloud. They said the believe. It looked like no time did either of us with wh3t we were watching~ Also--! could not say for certain that there was a definite connectic between the brilliant light first seen and t~e clear silver white basketball of light. It would app~ar that they wer e the same thing or two of the same. I am more certain the yellow-orange li~hts were the same as we saw it g oing west ah~ad of the car and apparently it. stopped ~n~bhe~field between Pleasantville and Titusville We saw it standin~ still three ti:nes, -and in motion two times. Report on telephone conversation with First United Presbyterian Church, Street, Pleasant view, Pennsylvania, regarding his observation of 26 May 64, phone call was made GENERAL COMMENTS: 1. Object of phone call was to determine if possible, through the conversation, of general eliability and exciteability of observer and to attempt to bring out ~ inconsistancies and contradictions during the retelling of the story. 2. As stated in the original report the sighting was divided into three phases: Phase One: and a driving west on route 36-27 in fairly open country, when for three or four seconds . they saw a very bright light, so bright; said over the telepho~e that they alJDC"B t bad to squint at it. He said he was sure it was close by because it .was in f'xont of trees that were on the other side of the field. The intiden- tally is a young man, who on 1 Jun 65 is being tansferred to another parish. The light in the field suddenly went out. Phase T\10: Short:cy-after this apparently Just a matter of ami nute or so both men .saw a clearly defined light but not so bright as the first light, some- what higher 1n the sky, higher than the treetops, to their right, definitely circular outlines, but appeared as a reflective light, somewhat larger than the moon. If' this was the original light it mast have crossed the road. said that it might have crossed over the car. was frightened. This second phase occurred about t mile West of the original sighting. D.lring the seem d phase got out of the car and saw the actual moon elsewhere in the sky. He said the sky was very clear. Object was a clear silver llhite color. He originally stated the second phase lasted 12-15 seconds but agreed that since in this time he had to stop the car, get out, look around and get back into the car and look out the front window the time must have been longer. Here lis story is inconsistant. He said it ~s very close to the car, so close that he had to look at a sharp angle upward through the windshield to see it, he bad started up the car again and at this time object apparently1Dok off at a high fantastic rate of speed. In any case he lost sight of it. Phase Three: He took off West in the car atempting to trail the object. After proceedtQg two miles, during a part ot Which journey be was illegally on blocked road that vas under repair, he sav the object again. Nov i t looked like a :eircle of stationary yellow orange light, he thinks it vas aboot 500 yards avay, again they got out and vatched for about two minutes. They got into the car once again and proceeded tovardsthe object along dirt road which circles the lot on which the light vas either resting or hovering very lov. Very shortly thereafter was hazy on wxact t:i mea and durations) he said the light 'Which now looked like a large setting sun, rose soue 25 feet ott ~e field. The be said it rose a little higher and traveled West, horizontlY with incredible speed and disappeared 'Within 5 seconds. 2. He said he could have gotten terrific movies of it bad he had a camera because the light vas so br:ihgt. '!here was no sound, hCllever the light did not give the impression of being attached to anything "just a big ball of light". Sky was almost complete clear with very little wind. said they had the feeling "they were observing something 1n Mother 4. MISCELLANEOUS COMMEN'l'S RELATIVE TO SIGHTING: The light did not give of beams of light, rather seemed to glow, it went from a dead stop to phenomenal speed. said "it seemed like the thing vas looking at us". At one time he turned his headlights off because he vas afraid of an attack. He said he felt frightened, got very frightened and for five weeks after this when he took the garbage out, etc and looked at the pine trees he had a chilly, erie feeling, sort of expecting the thing to come back. It never did 5 The only other possible collaboration was a "Ailo 11 ves close by who said she saw a bright light in the sky but merely pulled do her shE (A fine example of scientific curiosity) 6. also indicated that when the light was closed to the car it was lo r than the top of a telephone pole and seemed to be swooping down. 7. Unfortunately the was unable to couch anything 1n scientific terms. He used vague descriptions and s not precise as to the motions of the light~ He was precise about the roads used and the distances his car traveled. It was clear from. the conversation that he bad been deeply moved by the experience, Also, that he didnot want eny publicity since he 1s;o.ware that it wou.ld due his . reputation any good. Re did.n 't tal.ke about his ex:9erience with anyone for severe.: months but finally w.s inadvertently put in touch with a man from NICAP. This sighting is now tl'lerefore, 1n the .NICAP files. 9 I think it might be worthwhile for me to ta.lk with ,JlL.S~1" W .JOHNSON oovrPHMRWT o.. tAl':OHS ~S'T O'I;YIC: AND, C IV IL I.PVIC1! \ .o9 ,..IOAHKLIH ST10 n Qtongre of tf)e ~niteb ji)tate~ TC'1.QL0.Ct Ell':'CM~ IU~I o ~1\eprt,entatibtl l a.::1 se:-.d ing ~cnt co me by of ?leei Si:O t. "?ennsyl vania . .:..ny i nformation rep li r:o you :JaY bt:! Jble t o gt'J-9. ~ue wou1:i h~ .l:>:::reciate~. 5 1be only other possible collaboration was a , who lives close by who said she sav a bright light in the sky but merely pulled dow her shade (A tine example of scientific curiosity) also indicated that when the light was closed to the car it was lower than the top ot a telephone pole and seemed to be swooping down. 7. Unfortunately the was unable to couch anything in scientific terms. He used vague descriptions and was not precise as to the motions ot the light. He was precise about the roads used 8lld the distances his car traveled. It waa clear from the conversation that he had been deeply moved by the experience Also, that he didnot want any publicity since he is~ware that it wculd due his reputation any good. Be didn't talke about his experience with anyone for several. monthB but :t:fnall.y was inadvertently put in touch with a man fran NICAP. 'Ibis sighting is now there:toze in the NICAP files. 9 I tb1nk it might be worthwhile :tor me to talk with also .. . . ~-iiiiii ie~n by John ... Glenn lfhc~ he t~taa orbi tir.~ ~ver exp1a1 n~d?: 2.) . )La a .,. "'tt.9re an explanation for s tt Car,J!tr.~a!':"'s ra~ic failure? . : . . )laj. Key hoe phas is is U.'~tjl\ ~J:\!le: ;., c-~ :.c:u ~es, 3nd rocK-?. ts. I assure : rw what we observed was r ,~"' -.t: Y ~!;! capsule or rocket or . . ba-looa. I had eonaider.Jd ~ t:~l~. :>:)r .. ;f,-.;r;pJ;;):")!t.): , the tremeddous speed : .. .. .. alt,itud. (to say nothing or tl:t; .::-~,:; rlf glowing yellow-o~an~ l . do not believe that =~t~s:Jr ~h~ p 1! ,, ).: arn:s...,r. ~ experimtnt they are shnckin~ eitt,ena If this is some you tor your attention in this matter .. lindeat regards