1. DATE TIM! GROUP 3. sour.ce 4. NUMB! R Ofl OIJICTI 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION 01her (HOAX) ce to indicate bnrns to other than 5. LENGTH 011 RVA TION 11. IRIIII SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Net Rep arted 6. TYPI! 011 OIS!RVATION Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVID!NCI . Obsezvs-said he saw a Disc shaped craft about 300 tt in ter at an altL tude or abaxt 300 ft. The object was . travelir8 al.mcat. due Ncrth at approx ~ MPH He described th dl sc as bed.ng surroumed by orange ljgl't,s. His guess being between 200 am 2!D of than. The light s were stat iooaxy. As the URJ moved away, he noticed a blue liEjlt comi~ on at the bottom ani the center of the UFO. As this happened, the ar--e lights a:rourri tlle c:L rmmfrance diliatmd. Observer said he e~ri.ence l'bat seemed tD be a "shock wave. He felt a force l-h ich al.rnos t lmod<ed down ani netic ed the leaves on the trees rust~. There was no sound emitted by the UR>. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 911TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP, MEDIUM (RESERVE) United Statea Air Force Greater Pittsburgh Airport Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15231 ATTN 01': IFtl SUBJECT: UFO, Pitts~J.rgh AFSC (FTD) . '!t~ght-Patterson AFB J 8 AUG 1SSS 1. Unidentified Flying Objects seen in the Pittsburgh area_ 1.3 Aug 6S. ,: . 2. Reports, Photo's and General summary attached tion Officer 1. Observations 2. Swmnary Report ivcd 10~2 h -_f.:r_om Hr. age 37 Baden, Pa. appros:lma es NW of Pgh. returning to the house from his garage 1-then the occured. The sky 1-tas clear and the moon fuJ J As he turned up the walk, 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 altitude of about 300 feet. The object was traveling almost due north at approx 50 MPH. He described the disc as being surrounded by orange lights. His guess being between 200 and 2.50 of' them. The lights were stationazey. As the UFO moved away, he noticed a blue light co11d ng on at the bottom and the center of the UFO. As orange lights around the circumfrance stated that the light at first had the appearance o ng tra-violet then got brighter until it was bright blue. The blue light lasted for about three seconds then went out along l-rith the orange lights. At this same time he experienced what he said ,.,as a "shock wave." He felt a force which almost knocked him down and noticed the leaves on the trees rus~li ng. There was no natural wind at the time. He then ran into the house and phoned the Air Force. About 20 minutes later he experienced severe burning of his eyes and hazy vision. Gradually he lost s~ht in both eyes. vihen he was contacted by the Inspecting Officer once again at 1745 hours he had no vision in his right eye and hazy v.i.sioil in.: his left eye. He said that the whites of his eyes had mrned red. He also stated that his entire body feld nsunburned he has a deep natUral tan. The Ibctor examining him said that J.fr. l-Jas supper:ing from an "Arc tielging" type burn. Tr.d.s would indicate the presence o 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 half mile &fay. There was no sound emitted by t!le UFO. Report rec d f:tom , Darson Ridge, Beaver, Pa. several miles north of Ba , The UFO was sighted 0100 -0140 hours. ~ieather conditions were clear, full moon, 'nc) Wind. X I t!tade of the UFO f'rotn one hal t to three quarters of a mlls high. Dieretion uncertain. 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 fall. At one point the object gave ott a t1hi te streak of smoke which shot s trai6ht up. a ge 30, is employed a s a toll collectar foz-the Penna nrnission. He said tha G he has been interested in UF0 s for some time. He had one previous sight- ing several days previous to t his. He has photo s taken by someone else in the area and sa~ were published jn the local newspaper. After l-Tatching the above describe d UFO for 35 minutes or so he '\Tent int o th e hous'3, l ooke d for it l at e r but it had d.i.3 aun a.a.=e d . SU~I!.\RY REPORTING OF'F'ICE..tt: The individual contacted who took photo's of a previous UEtJ in the Beaver area is l.fr. , Gypsy Glen, Brighton Tt~. Mr. Lucci's brother John and a Darson Ridge were also present when the photo was negative was given to the Beaver Valley Times and an article the photo were released to the public by the Beaver Valley Times. Mr. s not w:iah to give the negative to the Air Force at this tima. wsed was a Yaahika 6.3S, Twin reflex f3.S 801!11 blue coa~d, Copai MXV lens, 120 film al.t:l.pan 21 undere Rapid, tx9 011. Developed in Dektol 76 solution. The ind1v1du.a1 the picture bas a dazk at hia residence. The lena waa open s:lX to eight seconds and the camera took the picture from a tripod. At the the 01"0 Hr waa . pictures of the moon. That was hi a intention 29 Aug 6.) . Report of UFO received from Mrs. Drive, Pitcairn, Pal. 1Sl40, (Tel observed a white disc shaped object a hours moving across the sky. There was just one object which was round . . and.seemed larger .than commercial planes which fly over the . . al-ea,. about the size of a half dollar, moving very fast, . ~ . There was no sound. Object was seen when Mrs. . .... ~ned her living room window to see the sky and clouds. . The sky was clear, blue and there were some fluffy white clouds. ~ . . ~ Object was below the clouds, The clouda were not miwing but . . . . . .. . , ~ . . were stationary. Mrs li v cs on a hi J 1 overlooking the : ; . !.: . . . : .. : .;:;_:: :: try and the object was lying low to the horizon. Mls. Pittsburgh, was contacted. stated that to date no evaluation on Mr. eyes had b~en made. However, he did state that . een some vision drop in one eye and a slight 1. hemorrhage in the other eye which is rather hard to explain . . and possibly not truly a hemorrhage and does not look like ,,. radiation bu Further studies are being made. Dr. Linn :. : ~ .. -~. -..; ..... :s~aw_ Mr. one week after the situa.tion happened. :. ~ :.:::\: 30 Aug 6S ' Report recei rom Mrs. . ~ ~ ; ~ .. ;. . . : . Penn Hi stating s a glowing man or ~ . . =, , saw it, it was lying down in some bushes at the back of her , : : : .' ... : : -o:: yard. Shs waw it for about one minute shen she looked out _ ~ ~ .. . ~ . ~ _, . :::- or the window. The object was brought to he on by . . : . : .. : : . ~ Penn Hills, age , who was visi ti _ who 1.i ves upstairs at 1-L-s s residence. ~ saw t h e ob t wh~n h~ was go:.ng home and w~nt back to ask -. -. : his frlcmd to walk him home. They threw objects at ...... , : . it and as started to leave, it took a step toward them. . . . : The boys ran in opposite di:ections. described : .. . ~ :... . . . .. . -~ it as being 8 feet tall with a bright After . :: : . : ~ . . . . . : ~ . .. : stated the ground and weeds in the area she saw the object were ~ fiattened down when she checked the area later {Possibly this asked what area, Mts. could have some type of swamp fire and when I brush and if there was rotten wood in the DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 911TH TROOP CARlUER GROUP, MEDIUM (RESERVE) ATTN OF: D\) United States Air Force Greater Pittsburgh Airport Pittaburgh, Pennaylvania 15231 SUBJECT: UFO, P.l.ttabuzp, Pa. t-Patteraon ArB; Ohio 4S433 toll Old.DI a ted for J'(Nr intor tion Officer Observations News Clippings ( \: -"' Tf\..../k:l'ep ) L.l{ f /d~C, L '!C'-I News Clippings( t:-..r;.<.Aq-'-1) 1)'-.1\'T /'l.P.Je1 CJH<:. News Clippings (t:"'lC~\<..~en ,& " of Pitts ur ~ ra !~ in Fhi losophy. ~ccount cf Portasc ~i\~en l;i"u talks. President . Philosophy Instruc_t9.r, University ... ur Campus. Three years physic.s training at MIT; h'ICAP staff memb-er aur"lng summer of-1"966:--Publisbed - County (April 17 1966) UFO/ police "chase"; has .. : phtalmic technician "''ith Drs. Linn, Linn Sr~. . .-:= . .2nd Sharrer. Former HP with U. S. Harine Corps. Made pictures of : .~ . .-.. burned retina of UFO witness ~..flo suffered eye damage. One of three.: .: Institute people 'o~ho are ready to handle on-going UFO sightin&s _: ... ., ... - reported to ans\~ering service (telephone number 3912766). ; .: . . : .>>: :. .An on-the-spot Institute investigation recently verified the .... : :~:i.L existence of a Flying Saucer From Mars which has accounted 'for. .. :. : _ many UFO sightings in the Pittsburgh area. The object is a Citabrta ... Champion advertising plane flown by Fred Eiler, Culmeiviile Airport.;. : '-and bears the above quoted inscription with the qualification in sma~l letters after ''l-Iars." .Hr. Eiler ot.;ns AAA Sky Adds; Inc.~.:.. .. TI1e wingspan of the Citabria ("airba~ic" spelled bacbards) is <: ~-. , . -.--:_; : ..