| 2004
Sighting Reports |
The
following incidents were among the sightings of alleged UFOs and
the Unusual reported to researcher Stan Gordon throughout Pennsylvania
and neighboring states (when available). These cases have come to
Stan Gordon’s attention from various sources. Many sightings
that have already been identified as natural or manmade in origin
are not listed. Some of these reports are still being investigated. |
| DATE |
January
3, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Lancaster County |
| 10:50
P.M. Mysterious loud boom shakes homes in a large area. |
| DATE |
January
9, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Greensburg |
| At
About 5:05 P.M. two people reported observing a very bright white
long cylinder shaped object with no wings. The object was observed
from the Carbon area, moving towards Greensburg, then turning more
in a direction towards Delmont. No sound was heard as it passed through
the sky. |
| DATE |
January
10, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Ogletown |
| According
to a report from another associate, a man driving through a very rural
area of Somerset County observed a Bigfoot. The witness said that
the creature was walking upright like a man and was covered in dark
brown hair. The creature came from the right side of the witness as
it walked up from a creek area, and crossed the road in front of him. |
| DATE |
January
12, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Lancaster County |
| According
to information I received, two more mysterious booms shook homes in
this area on this date. The first boom was as 10 A.M., the second
at 3 P.M. |
| DATE |
January
16, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Ivyland |
| (NUFORC)
Witness saw 3 strange objects outside the house. The next morning
strange tracks were found in the snow covered yard. |
| DATE |
January
20, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Huntingdon |
| PA
Bigfoot Society: www.pabigfootsociety.com.
Huntingdon-People report hearing noises outside of house. 14 inch
long footprints with 5 toes, and long stride were reportedly found
in the snow. |
| DATE |
January
29, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Reading |
| (NUFORC)
A disc shaped object with blue and red lights was reportedly observed
in the SE sky for a long period of time before an aircraft approached
the area. |
| DATE |
January
29, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Levittown |
| (NUFORC)
Two witnesses report seeing two triangular shaped objects with bright
lights at their bottom. The objects appeared very close together and
moved out of the area at slow speed. |
| DATE |
February
2, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Brownsville |
| Witness
observed three round white circles that formed a triangle moving slowly
across the sky. A long thin beam of light was emitted from the right
side of the object.
The beam scanned the roadway then rose up into the
sky.
|
| DATE |
February
13, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Mount Pleasant |
| A
bright orange light appeared stationary in the west for about 20 minutes
before disappearing. |
| DATE |
February
14, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Derry Township |
| At
about 7:30 P.M.-A witness reported seeing a round blue circle of light
in the direction of New Derry. The light which was brighter than Venus,
dropped straight down from the sky and disappeared below the trees,
and was not seen again. |
| DATE |
February
14, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Blue Bell |
| (NUFORC)
Green glowing object followed by a long luminous tail moved across
the sky at about 7:30 P.M. |
| DATE |
February
14, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Newton |
| (NUFORC)
Witness reports glowing green object moving across the sky at a fast
pace. |
| DATE |
February
17, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Beaver County |
| The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 19, 2004 edition, gives
details about a reported mountain lion sighting reported in this area. |
| DATE |
February
25, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Latrobe |
| At
about 8:16 P.M.-Witnesses reported a formation of small blue lights
moving across the sky. Additional other lights joined others that
were already visible. No sound was detected during the 20 minute observation. |
| DATE |
February
26, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
East Springfield |
| (NUFORC)
Witness observed two separate glowing objects with various colored
lights hovering with an appearance like a firefly. |
| DATE |
February
29, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Waynesboro |
| (PA
Bigfoot Society) Members of the PBS found 30 footprints in the snow
measuring 9 inches in length. The tracks began and ended abruptly.
|
| DATE |
February
29, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Eastern Westmoreland
County |
| (PA
Bigfoot Society) Numerous tracks are found in a remote area. The tracks
are to numerous to count and appear to show three different sized
tracks. |
| DATE |
February,
2004 |
| LOCATION |
Trafford |
| A
trail of large footprints with a long stride was reported in the snow. |
| DATE |
March,
2004 |
| LOCATION |
Murrysville |
| (PA
Bigfoot Society) Reported to the PBS, a man walking down his driveway
reports a large dark colored hair covered creature run through his
yard and pass him. The creature ran down a hill onto the road and
in front of a car before disappearing into the wood line. |
| DATE |
March
8, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Freeport |
| (PA
Bigfoot Society) Reported to the PBS from a location north of Freeport.
While working to patch a sewage pipe from the main road to the witness
property, the witness describes feeling being watched. When he turns
to look, he observes a tall hair covered creature which was dark in
color, standing on the road and watching him from about 300 yards
away.
As the witness approached the creature, it took
three steps across the road and stepped over a guardrail and went
down an embankment disappearing into the woods. The man stated before
the creature stepped over the guardrail, the creature turned its
whole body and looked at him. The witness described the chest and
head of the creature as having lighter colored hair. The witness
claimed to have found a four toed footprint which he photographed.
|
| DATE |
March
20, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Pittsburgh area |
| I
was contacted by a person concerning the alleged sighting of a huge
bird with an estimated 15 foot wingspan. I am trying to obtain more
details. |
| DATE |
March
22, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Fairfield, PA
|
| (NUFORC)
-Slow moving lighted object moves across sky and suddenly vanishes
from sight. |
| DATE |
March
28, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Abington, PA |
| (NUFORC)Witness
reported to NUFORC observing what appeared to be a diamond shaped
object with 5 lights, one in the center, and one at each corner. The
object was moving slowly, and no sound was heard. |
| DATE |
March
28, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Lancaster, PA
|
| (NUFORC)
A rectangular shaped light described as bright but fuzzy, appeared
in the western part of the sky, approached closer to the observer,
then reportedly shot straight up into the sky and moved off very quickly. |
| DATE |
March
30, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Armbrust, PA |
| About
9:30 P.M., on a country road near Armbrust, two people traveling in
a vehicle were startled when the headlights hit an object sitting
on the roadway ahead. The object appeared to be cigar shaped, about
a foot in length, and metallic silver in color. There appeared to
be some type of support underneath the object which held the main
body off the ground. The observers heard no sound. As they watched,
the object rose straight up off the road for about 20 feet, then it
moved to the right and the object flew out of sight. |
| DATE |
April
4, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
California, PA |
| This
case was investigated by researcher Jim Brown. The sighting occurred
about 8:35 P.M. when the witness observed a large triangular object
in the sky over a nearby home. The object glowed faintly, and it had
blue lights at the corners. A second strange object appeared in the
sky above the witness which looked like a glass rod. Even more unusual
was when bright sparks suddenly began to fall from the sky from above
the triangular object, and they passed in front of that object. The
sparks seemed to fall to the ground. The first object moved off fast
towards the north and could no longer be observed. The rod shaped
object was no longer visible. |
| DATE |
April
6, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Northeast Philadelphia |
| (NUFORC)
About 7 P.M. the witness from his 3rd floor window observed a black
sphere moving upward in the sky. It then changed direction and moved
quickly towards the northeast and moved away in the distance. |
| DATE |
April
9, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Ford City |
| (NUFORC)
Around 9:15 P.M. a couple was sitting in their hot tub The husband
and wife were looking skyward, when the man spotted two orange glowing
disc shaped objects that looked as though they were positioned end
to end. They were moving at a very fast pace from east to west. One
object was behind the other and moving in a straight line, but at
one point they were side by side. The entire observation was around
8 seconds. |
| DATE |
April
9, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Altoona, PA |
| (NUFORC)
A witness saw a chevron shaped object in the sky moving very fast
towards the northwest. The object appeared to have orange lights in
three rows. The object was lost from sight behind some trees. |
| DATE |
April
15, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Plymouth Boro,PA |
| (NUFORC)
For about 10 minutes a witness observed a formation of about six white
lights in a cross shaped pattern. |
| DATE |
April
16, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Lititz, PA |
| (NUFORC)
Witness reported seeing during the afternoon a black disc shaped object
about 150-200 feet over the trees. The witness estimated that the
object was about 10-15 feet across. The observation lasted about 15-20
seconds. |
| DATE |
April
17, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Slippery Rock,
PA |
| (NUFORC)
Around 3:30 A.M., hundreds of orange lights, some in a V formation
reported for a 3 hour period of time. |
| DATE |
April
17-18, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Various location
in Westmoreland County |
| People
reporting strange unusual odors similar to rotten eggs. Near West
Newton, in an area where Bigfoot sightings have originated from in
the past, residents reporting something heavy walking in the woods,
and a strong odd smell. |
| DATE |
April
22, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Westmoreland
County |
| Possible
Bigfoot activity reported close to the Keystone Park area. |
| DATE |
April
24, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Derry Township |
| About
10:10 P.M. near Gray Station a fellow walking in the area spotted
an odd light in the sky. The light which was later seen by others
in the area blinked 3 times, then seemed to drop lower over some trees
and was lost from sight. |
| DATE |
May
16, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Indiana, PA |
| (NUFORC)
It was about midnight when the witness observed a hovering and hiding
UFO (yellow -orange flickering disc) above the Jimmy Stewart Airport. |
| DATE |
May
20, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Pleasant Unity |
| Around
1 A.M., residents reported strong rotten egg smell in nearby woods.
The family dog acted odd at the time. |
| DATE |
June
9, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Punxsutawney |
| About
11:30 P.M., the witness was looking outside to see if the lights were
out around the area since her power had gone out in her home. Looking
eastward the woman saw an odd light which was flashing about 30 feet
off the ground. The light which was only about 50 feet away from her
location, was shaped like a square and looked as thought it was made
up of a mass of light bubbles. The odd light source which was like
an ice cube shape, appeared just above her hedges, and was estimated
at about 2 feet by 2 feet in dimension. The object gradually began
to rise skyward, and soon looked just like a distant light high in
the sky. |
| DATE |
June
14, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Cornwall, PA |
| It
was near Midnight when the observer saw a huge reddish-orange object
which appeared motionless in the sky. The object appeared to be on
fire and had a bright vapor trail. The object appeared to set high
in the southwest sky for about 5 minutes. |
| DATE |
June
17, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Ranshaw, PA |
| (NUFORC)
Fast moving bright spherical object moved fast across the sky zig-zagging
at times. |
| DATE |
June
18, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Philadelphia,
PA |
| (NUFORC)
A silver disc shaped object was observed at a high altitude. It appeared
metallic, and appeared to have a black ring around the outside area,
and the center of the object seemed to be hollow. |
| DATE |
June
26, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Pittsburgh to
Greensburg, PA |
| At
approximately 10:50 P.M., witnesses from Pittsburgh to Greensburg,
PA observed a luminous orangish-red object with a long fiery trail
moving at a fast pace through the sky. The NUFORC received numerous
other sighting reports from Pennsylvania, ranging from Lancaster to
Tionesta. The NUFORC also received sightings from out of state of
what appears to have been the same object and which was later identified
as the re-entry of Russian space debris. |
| DATE |
July
3, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
East Vandergrift |
| A
witness on this evening reported a sighting of a huge bright red cigar
shaped object which appeared over the Kiskimentis River. |
| DATE |
July
9, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Altoona, PA |
| (NUFORC)
Several people walking through a wooded area observed odd lights rise
out of the woods about 25 feet way and move up into the sky. A loud
gush of wind was heard at the time. |
| DATE |
July
15, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Honesdale,PA |
| (NUFORC)
Several observers reported seeing a large diamond shaped object moving
through the sky. There were white non-blinking lights at each point
of the diamond which changed to orange in color while under observation. |
| DATE |
July
18, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Titusville, PA |
| (NUFORC)
Over a 30 minute period the witness watched a silver sphere move over
the tree line in the distance. The object changed from a silver to
a red color, and moved around in different positions before moving
up in the sky. The object disappeared from view in the clear daylight
sky. |
| DATE |
July
20, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Tioga County |
| Researcher
Joe Nemanich provided the following information. A witness was working
at a construction site during daylight hours when he observed a tall
hair covered man-like creature which was estimated at 7 to 8 feet
tall, standing near the side of the rural roadway. The creature crossed
the road in three long strides and entered into a large swampy area.
There was a large area smashed down of the ground cover where the
creature had traveled through into the swamp. The witness who didn't
want identified, said he was amazed at the creatures's size and speed. |
| DATE |
August
3, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Pottstown, PA |
| (NUFORC)
Around 2:30 A.M. as the witness noticed interference on his tv, he
saw 3 yellow lights in a row in the sky. The object was making an
odd humming sound. The object was moving straight up into the sky.
The witness reported that when the object was over his house, he noticed
the tv interference. The tv cleared up when the object moved away. |
| DATE |
August
11, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Denver, PA |
| (NUFORC)
It was around 9 P.M., when the witness saw a fireball zig-zagging
as it moved across the sky and disappeared. |
| DATE |
August
19, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| (NUFORC)
About 9 P.M. the witness saw a white light appear near a skyscraper.
The light zig-zagged through the sky not like an aircraft. A short
time later, three similar lights which also moved in the same manner
appeared in the sky then soon disappeared. |
| DATE |
August
19, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
York, PA |
| It
was about 10:10 P.M. when a witness sitting on the patio saw a very
bright solid orange sphere move from west to east across the sky. |
| DATE |
September
2, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Belle Vernon,
PA |
| Witness
was loading some equipment in the car at about 9:30 P.M., when he
observed a series of 4 lights moving overhead from SE to NW. Several
other people also watched the lights as they moved in a close straight
line formation at the approximate speed of a slow moving jet. A few
minutes later, a second series of lights approached from the SE and
moved side by side. The light sequence appeared to be made up of 1
red and 4 white lights. The a few minutes later, a 3rd set of two
lights in a row moved across the sky and was lost in the distance. |
| DATE |
September
18, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
State College,PA |
| (NUFORC)
State College,PA-Witness saw what looked like a meteor in the western
sky. She pointed it out to a friend who also observed it. The light
according to the witness suddenly changed direction and zig-zagged
across the sky and disappeared towards the north. |
| DATE |
September
26, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Greensburg,PA |
| Reports
from various locations around 8 A.M. concerning a bright ball of fire
and a long trail moving through the early morning sky. |
| DATE |
September
26, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Philadelphia |
| (NUFORC)
Around 10:15 P.M., witnesses saw three lights flying in a triangular
formation. They at first thought it was an aircraft, when the two
bottom lights appeared to weave, and move around. The formation moved
away towards the west. |
| DATE |
October
3, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Perkasie, PA |
| (NUFORC)
Around 7:45 P.M. the witness observed two dull orange lights which
appeared to be side by side, move from south to north in the clear
sky. |
| DATE |
October
24, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Greater Pittsburgh |
| Around
11:15 P.M., observers throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area reported
a luminous blue light move across the sky. The light was so bright
it turned the dark night sky into daylight for a few seconds. The
object appears to have been a bright meteor associated with the annual
Orionid meteor shower. |
| DATE |
November
3, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Bradford, PA |
| (NUFORC)
Witness saw green fireball which appeared slow falling towards the
southern part of the sky. The sighting was estimated to last for 15
seconds. |
| DATE |
December
1, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Fayette County,PA |
| Witness
was outside talking to a neighbor when he saw a bright light in the
eastern sky. The light appeared brighter than Venus and was moving
in a NE to E direction. The light seemed to be descending as it curved
downward and it appeared to be moving faster than a aircraft. The
object had no trail behind it. |
| DATE |
December
4, 2004 |
| LOCATION |
Pittsburgh,PA |
| (NUFORC)
Witness saw a bright luminous orange light source moving at a fast
pace across the sky around 12:45 A.M. towards the northwest. The object
then moved at very high rate of speed from west to east. |
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