Pittsburgh Pennsylvania — August 1965

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Keywords: eiler, unreliable, shaped, residents, report, reports, saucer, publicity, sphere, object, ntgmt, amberson, westmtmste, _p1ttssrug, rucmof6, uniofoin, ceflfnc, amotjtt, cumtl, unafl, umident, tifae, pitta, a3sumad, fficij
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T IME C~OUJI l . SOU~CE C'=l~CLlJ.iiON SUW...\RY A)!60 AN,\L YSIJ 6. TYPE OF 08S!~VATIOH Prtoros FTD SP 6J 0-329 (TOE) P"1" cUll- of Uti r ... ANJ tN uMIA. ' INCQ,'AING OEF t\R7 v\ENT OF THE AIR FORCE ST I ,fF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED (2) NtGMT E. AMBERSON ANO WESTMtMSTE~ ST, SHADY StDE,_P1TTSSRUG~ l2, PA PAGE THREE RUCMOF6-2 UNCLAS REL f AB~l f TY UNIOfOIN G . WARM AHO CLEAR Jfi,SM J.\1/15J( (2) CEflfNC 6111 SCATTERED (J) V fS~tl JTY 12 MtLES <'> AMOtJtT OF ClOOO COYER J/11 CUMtl.US D~F, \:P v\ENT OF rHE AIR FORCE ST I ,FF ,'v\~SSAG~ BRANCH J. t.,OOWN UNCLASSIFiED . K. 0 I C OPER~T fOMS-UNAFl.E TO CO~JT ACT AEMA Ut$ UMIDENT fF tED 1. rt~:re TIFAE GROUP 2. LOCATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD 7 Auguat 65 (Not. R, Pitta'b.lrt n &'. "\Vlv:mi.a 10. CONCLUSION Civilian (A3sumad) I NSJ FFICIJ:ll1' DATA Fffi EVALU\ T! ON 1. NUMBER OF OBJ ECTS Ra"* data rec ue3ted b.tt. not. r sceived. TJ.r.. duration !J, LENGTH OF OSSeRVA'TtON . 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Not Reportaci Red object r avolv:i.ng n s a.t a. fast r ate of SJ..--eed it t raveled. Bri~ter in c encer. Eu ina f,. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Via 1.al {Asaunec ) iiat Repcrted e. Pr-tOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVI DENCE FTD S EP63 0-329 (TOE) 1\t app:-cxirr.at,cly 20JO -2100 hour3 thi~ d.1.tc !iw.:1ny c~ll:.; ~rare recci .. .red frc:7& indi vidu:ll~ nlso Ne"dS ii~dia. cotlcctning o'.JG~r;.;ution;.> 3. The genorDl description, cit;.:tr sh:1ped ,.rJ.th red e;~hau~t. The He" th;r Bure;).u, FAA, /~eGheny Obsarvatory and BuJJll Pl~nntd.ri:.tm w~r9 cont~c ted. The Observatory and Planata.rium eoncludcd ti1.:1li the objects sighted were Z.:eteor Sho;;ers. Nc~1s H2cli3. pub1 i cized .-;:!nB. As of this date, the lle'..TS Hedia has given lTD.lCh publicity to uro 's. Severa.l reports received from residents of the Pittsburgh ~.rea. General ooscription, oval shaped orange diac s tr:1veJ ing in va~Lous directions. Sev~ral r~orts r eceived f rom local residents. Orange sphere siehted 2130 -2~00 hours. Sphere rotated back ."'.nd forth, stopp9L!, then rotct.~ j and.'disnp~arcd over ::o horizon, no fl<.t.i~e, no nbisD, also r'3port3 of cic.:1r sh~pcd cbject3, !:i.:lr.'le t.:;;~ reported 22 Ju: ~:). Several :'f?ort:; received. Silv0r opherc object stated silre-=.--shaped saucer, nmal 1 oval lrl.ndCTV'IS Further questioning revealed report unreliable. One report Report rec~i vcd of hi c:h uitched \Thine heard 0335 hours. VJ.aULt s:::,; no~nl.n;:_;. Report r ec:;;;_ .;~d of r0d haze in t,he sl:y 21h0 hotU'5, object sighted football ln ~hape, no sound, . about size o' r~orth star j disappeared over horizc:-1. Report rec~i":ed, red object sighted ~evolving bright8r in t.he center, moving :-.t ~ fl:>t rate us it trr!.veled. Report re~ei ved, rc:.md shaped bri~ht oran~e object .. 1oving at a fast rate of speed, r::tde a .. ,r~is tlin~ sound, carn9 dc~m lo:; and le".; over re~idGnce. Also ano~-.i1er r::port of flyin:; saucer type object reeving at a fast rate or spe~d. Fu=-ther investigation revealed report unreliable. SUNHARY: The inspecting officer has obs9rved nothing to date. All reyorts . are checked and most reports to our knm.;ledge are unreliable and possible ho es. Publicity recently given UFO s He feel has stinn1J atec;i telephone reports a...'l'ld beca~e of the number of reports, .ronns have been reproduced r.'or collectin~ irliti ~, ::...!i'oLtr..ation, vThich is checked further by the Infornation Officer at a late::w i:.ta. No rel3asas by this organization concerning UF0'3hroo b~en r:10.d3 to t~2 ;s media. S I has been contacted and the current report on ~rcjact Blue 3vo~ ::.::s been received. Hames, a.ddr3sses and pllonc nu."':1~ers of oo.:>~!'V.9rs report:....-_; :.it'O ' s are kept on file. The FAA, eather Bureau, ott1or militar.t insto.llat:!..ons in the area, Allegheny Obser-vatory, Pulhl Planatarium h~ve bec::n infom.ad t o co:ttac t this org~"'lization vrhen UFO' s are sight~d. Hot.~: rood, PCJ . PROJECT 10073 RECORD l. OA lE TIME GI10UP 2. PittaburtP, PennsylVania . 10. CONCLUSION A/ C (\liTH ADVEkl!ISIQN LIGHT 3) i. NUMBER OF :)3J!CTS Advezw-yj,sing a/c operating in arsa during thi3 -ceiord. ~. LENGTH oc: OBSERVATION tl. 8RtEF SUMM.\RY AND ANALYSIS t lYPE OF 03SERVATION Gro urxi-Vis ,.lal 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Cne object rlith 21.-25 lights in two rows. One l~t se-emed be trail~ object. ~hts seemd to have a ripple motion n.rJ~ increaaa ard decrease in intensi 't1,y. Speed was slew. Object ': seer:ed to be drittii".g up r.l ver. Observ'3d fro 3 minutes, sti..L...f-, in ai~t W"len ld tness quit looking. Cloui co--rer 10/10 in 1; c ! t \ FTD S E P 63 0-329 (TOE) Prevloua edition of thla fo,. may b ud. .'i 1?_i_tt s bt.L' 0h, ~r;-.d[ur1 ,. pu~. Thtc c y~ac::; phy;,ics training .':4t ~fl.'; _.:-.-:::vr!t ~f Port~s~ Counly (/~pcil 17, 1966) UFO/ police "ch;.se''; hns ::-u rned :~tir.a of UFO '.""i.:ncss, ~\:io suf[e.cc d eye dam . 01:e of three In2titutc people ' !ho arc re y to handle on-going UFO sightinS3 . . rcp~-rtc:.o to ~ns.7et'ing service (telc one r.u"L:;~cr 39l-?.76G). . . - FLYTNG SAUCE~ Fr.OH HARS D1SCOVJ:R D - -: - -~-.. A:t on-the-spot Institute investlg3tion recently verifie d thi! . . .-: . cxi G tcncc of a "Flying Saucer Frc1Jl Nars, n -.;.,r~1ich has acconnted fer J7..:1rly UFO s:i.ghtings in the PlttGburgh are,!. The object i s :t Cit~b-.:j_a Ch ~r'?j.o.1 advcrtiGing p l 1n ~ i:lo~.:-t h y Fee d Eiler, Cultn~rvi1J e .. \i rport~ . ;-~ -:1 'Jc3rs the above qt;otcd t.nscription -.;-7iti1 the qualific~tion i.n s:;,.1J.l letters n[tc ( ;:1-lnc:.;;: ~-it:. Eiler o-c:-1ns 1.\AA Sky Add5, !ac. .:: 111c .d .n3spo.n of ih c Cit::th r i1. ("1i-rb.1tic" spcllcll ha.c:l:~:.v:un) i~ . -- 3 6-l/?. feet. It usual.I.y f:lics <1t rtn .1.l_titude of nbo11t 1,000 feet~ atound 70 r.;ph, a nd c ~n st:ty aloCt ovet' five hours. Hounte d belot-1 th~ ~1in3s is ~ framctvork of Htres to which o.rc soldered 7 ro~-13 o 36 CUSl bulbs, the si7.c of a flnshli.eht bulb. A iH~avy tape tvith holes punched in i t to s pe 11 out n. 1:1cssaec, fun s i:h rough ~1 Tilachine ins i. <Jc the p l~uH~ \,hich '"~kc s the b'1lbs lt~ht up in o. c c rt.1tn !>cqncncc, to make the ~rcss.-.gc nove across the li~'1t-;. An ;ti .r str(lll Hlount(ld hclmr the plAne is so,1ctimes used to :1tlract :tl t cnr ion. .. . . ... . ; _. , In a strong hc;vhr.i.ncl, at ~n air~;peed of 30 mph, the Cit~bri.'l cart ~pp c3r to be st~nding still. Seen on edge, its ligl1tg, noving from . o n e si de to another, can give the appearance of a flattish object ,.,ith :1 ro-:.; o f lights around the -riro. 1be engine of the plane is inaudible c1t 1 ,lj-;t:.Jn<:~ _ftf1:n \vhich the moving lights can be easily seen; thus~ rr~oy prnpl c r cpott seeing ~ silent, disc-shaped object with a rotatin~ ly tcs:-:-1 o r .1y f1,11 th0 nlJ;;c'I.V~, ;p.-cf.1lly tn .3. mi~ty .1t1rospherc, . >t: .. 1lt;~, ~:~fintt0 ly "not r.c:;c~nhlc .1ny convc)ntjnn t1 aircr.1ft"!::-:. :. . . -