1. DATE TIME GROU, 2. LOCATION 13 Auau.t 65 l3/0II:XJZ , Pennvl 1a 10. CONCLUSION .J &v i"f'tU ""' .c. NUMBER OF OBJICTS Sp1 citlc abj eat S. LENGTH 011 ATION 11. IRIIP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS t.. TYPE 011 OBSERVAnON 8. PtfOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDINCI FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) WX , 1bll Object. eet.iJated at 3/4 birjl dire ,,.._ ~ White colcr except whm hoverirw at which tia and blue li,Pta apptazed aBi revolved in clockw1ee ani colmt, se directt. : Circular aha pe. Also appeared to rise ard fall. At one point. a \thite streak cL smolaa waa gl.ven oft. Smoke shot strai~t up. Witness interested in . DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE . 911TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP, MEDIUM (RESERVE) United States Air Force . Gr ter Pittburg~ Airport . Pittburgh, Pennsylvania 15231 . ATTN OF: IFU SUBJ'ECT: UF0 Pittsburgh : .USC (FTD) . 1!right-Patterson AFB, Ob:l.o 4SI.U3 J 8 AUG 196s 1. UD:identi!ied Flying Objects seen ill the Pittab~gh area 13 Aug 6S .. . 2. Reports, Photo's and General summary attached. 1. Observations 2. Sununaey .3. Photos Report receivcd 1045 hours from 1-lr. ge 37 ~a.-d.eil;--:Pa.:-appronma o mUes N'll or Pgh. s returning to the house from his garage uhen the sighting occured. The sky was clear and the moon full. As he turned up the l-ralk, hw was suddenly aware that the moon was obscured. Turning around he states that he saw a Disc Shaped Craft about 300 feet in diameter at an al:liitude o about 300 fee~. The obje~t was traveling almost due north at approx SO MPH. He described the disc as being surrounded by orange lights. His guess being between 200 and 250 of them. The . lights were stationary. As the UFO moved away, he noticed a blue light coming on at the bottom and the center of the UFO. As this h orange lights arOWld the circumfrance dinuted. l'Ir stated that the light at first had the appearance tra-viole~ then got brighter until it was bright blue. The blue light lasted for about three seconds then went out along with the orange lights. At this same time he experienced what he said 1-1as a shock wave. n He felt a force which almost knocked him down and noticed the leaves on the trees :rustling. There was no natural rrind at the time. He then ran into the house and phoned the Air Force. About 20 minutes later he experienc~d severe burning of his eyes and hazy vision. Gradually he lost sight in both eyes. vlhen he was contacted by the Inspecting Officer once again at 1745 hours he had no vision in his right eye and hazy vision in~ his left eye. He said that the whites of his eyes had turned red. He also stated th~t his entire body feld he h tural tan. The Doctor examining him said that suppering from an Arc elging'' type burn. _.., WOtUd indicate the presence of ultra-violet rays. He said he has not done any welding in many months. The entire sighting took place in about 20 seconds and at the time the blue light came on, the UFO was about one ha]f mile mtay. There was no sound emitted by the UFO. Report rec Darson Ridge, Beaver, Pa. several. es north of Baden, Pa. The UFO was sighted 0100 -0140 hours. l!eather condi~ons were clear full moon, no t-r:i nd; .. -'N'fJ:tude or the UFO fro1o. one half to three quarters or a mile high. Dieretion uncertajn. The color was white, except when hovering, then red and blue lights appeared and revolved, first clockwise then counter clockwise. The shape of the UFO was circular. Object seemed to rise and faJJ. At one point the object gave off a white streak or smoke which shot straight up. Y~. age .30 is employed as a toll collecter fo= the Penna Turnnike Commission. He said that he has been~ interested in UFO's for some time. He had one previous sight- ing several days previous to this. He has photo r s taken by someone else in the area and same '\-lere published in the local newspaper. After watching the above described UFO for .35 minutes or so he went into the house, looked for it later but it had disappeared.