- On the evening of January 3, 2007, something unusual
was observed in the sky by three people traveling in a vehicle outside
of Youngwood in Westmoreland County. The witnesses never officially reported
their experience. Soon after the sighting, the witnesses were having dinner
with a local businessman. During their conversation, they mentioned their
sighting. They also showed the man the photo of the object which had been
taken on their cell phone camera.
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- The businessman suggested that they talk with me about
what they had observed. I was put in touch with the family and conducted
a detailed interview initially over the phone. Arrangements were made to
meet with the husband and wife to conduct another interview and to visit
the location where the sighting had occurred.
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- The observation had taken place at 8:58 P.M., as indicated
on the cell phone camera date display. The family had traveled a distance
on a rural road outside of Youngwood, PA, when they observed a brilliant
luminous object in the sky which appeared to be hovering or moving very
slowly. One witness described the object as a diamond shaped, or "oval
shaped with a hump at the top and bottom." The area around the object
glowed, also. The object was many times brighter and larger than any stars
that were also visible on that clear night.
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- The wife recalled saying after seeing the object, "What
the hell is that light? Why is it so low?" As they continued to move
up the road, the wife noticed the moon off to her left, which looked much
different than the object. At times, the view of the object was being
blocked by distant houses or trees. At one point they stopped their car
to take a better look at the object, where it then appeared to be stationary.
They drove on to a new location with a clear view where they again stopped
their vehicle, lowered the drivers side window, and took a picture with
their new cell phone camera which they switched into a "night mode"
setting.
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- The wife checked the camera phone to see if the image
had been captured. When she looked back seconds later to see the object,
it was no longer visible. The other observers weren't sure what had happened
to the object as it had suddenly disappeared from sight. As one witness
put it, "it was there, than it wasn't there." The witnesses had
the object in view for approximately 3-4 minutes total.
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- The family is very familiar with aircraft including helicopters,
which fly frequently over their home. The sky conditions were clear at
the time of the incident. No sound was heard from the object while it
was under observation. I did check for any emergency type incidents in
that area at the time, where helicopters or aircraft with searchlights
may have been involved, but there was no such activity taking place. Researcher
Jim Brown examined the photo using a method called pixel weight scan. Using
this process, he was not able to detect any red or green lights commonly
associated with aircraft.
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- Another UFO incident involving a similar shaped object,
and still under investigation, occurred in Indiana County on December 12,
2006. That incident involved a large silent diamond shaped object flying
low and was following the power lines The object eventually passed directly
over a car.
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- For more UFO information on sightings in Pennsylvania,
visit my website at: www.stangordon.com
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- The accompanying photograph was used by permission of
the owner.
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- www.stangordon.com/news/2007/january/ufophotographed
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