2023 Kecksburg UFO Festival Conference Lineup of UFO-Bigfoot-Paranormal Speakers

2023 Kecksburg UFO Festival Conference Lineup of UFO-Bigfoot-Paranormal Speakers

The Kecksburg V.F.D. will be holding their annual Kecksburg UFO Festival July 21-23, 2023, at their fire department location at 5128 Water Street, Mount Pleasant, PA 15668.

The annual Kecksburg UFO Festival Conference will be held on Sunday from 1 PM until 5 PM. In the EMS building across from the social hall.

The speakers this year include Stan Gordon, Kevin Paul, Ron Lanham, and Jimmy and Dee Trick known as “Goosebumps Paranormal Society.”

Stan Gordon

Stan Gordon has been researching UFO sightings, Bigfoot encounters, and other mysterious events in Pennsylvania since 1959. Since then, he has been involved with the investigation of thousands of unusual incidents.  For many years, Stan led teams of scientists, engineers, and research specialists to investigate mysterious occurrences across Pennsylvania. He is the primary investigator of the 1965 UFO crash incident that occurred near Kecksburg, PA. Stan has been taking calls on UFO sightings and other strange reports from the public since 1969, and he continues to receive unusual reports on a regular basis. He has given illustrated lectures both locally and nationally on the topics of UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptids, and strange encounters since the late 1960s.

He is the producer of the award winning UFO video documentary, “Kecksburg The Untold Story.”  Stan is the author of four books, Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook, Really Mysterious Pennsylvania, and Astonishing Encounters: Pennsylvania’s Unknown Creatures. Stan’s 4th book, “Creepy Cryptids And Strange UFO Encounters Of Pennsylvania”, was released on March 2, 2022. He has been interviewed for TV and radio programs nationally and internationally. Stan has been seen on the History & Discovery Channel, SyFy Channel, Travel Channel, Fox News Channel, Destination America Channel, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as numerous other TV programs. He has been a guest on the Coast to Coast radio show several times. For updates on upcoming events and reports visit Stan’s website: www.stangordon.info.

Stan will be discussing the numerous UFO, Bigfoot, and Cryptid reports that have taken place in recent months and years and around Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh area including Westmoreland County. He will discuss the surge of encounters with mini-UFOs that took place during 2022 and continue to be reported this year. These cases involve small generally spherical objects that have been reported very low to the ground, and in some cases observed on the ground. In some recent incidents these small objects have approached within a few feet of witnesses even in daylight.

Nick Markowitz

Nick Markowitz

Nick Markowitz Jr., a professional electrician and broadcast engineer, interweaves his expertise in the industrial sector with an enthralling journey in paranormal research. Ever since a possible encounter with Bigfoot in 1977 at the now-closed BSA Camp Semiconon, Nick has been delving into the mysteries of the unexplained. His professional background in AM/FM broadcast engineering gives him a unique perspective, which he’ll share in his talk on the apparent impact of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), and radio station transmission patterns on paranormal activities. As an electrical fire investigator and certified Forensic Electrical Inspector, Nick’s technical prowess and investigative insights create a unique blend of the scientific and the enigmatic. He also maintains a popular blog at Darkinvestigations.blogspot.com.

His program will discuss “Do AM Radio waves And EMI Electromagnetic Interference Enhance paranormal activities with Bigfoot and UFOs?”

Ron Lanham

Ron Lanham

 Around 2017, along with friend and business partner Joe Perdue, Ron founded Wild & Weird West Virginia. He also hosts and produces the Wild & Weird Radio Podcast and is a founding member for the West Virginia High Strangeness Collective. Ron has been featured in the Small Town Monsters films such as “The Mothman Legacy” and “On the Trail of UFOs, Dark Sky” as well as other titles.  He has been asked to speak on a number of podcasts, at schools and conventions regarding UFOs, Bigfoot and other paranormal phenomena.

Ron’s topic is, “The Case For Contact.” Have We Ever Truly Been Alone? Are witnesses encountering beings from outer space, or are they from much closer?  Could there be an intelligence that is interacting with us in ways we are just starting to understand? If so, what could it mean for humanity?

Jimmy and Dee Trick

Jimmy and Dee Trick

Jimmy and Dee Trick are a husband-and-wife team of investigators of anything weird, spooky, and bizarre and the founders of Goosebumps Paranormal Society. They have investigated haunted homes, cemeteries, businesses, battlefields, sanitariums, and the like, looking for anything paranormal. Ghosts are not the only thing that is paranormal, it includes anything that cannot be explained scientifically.

They have been on numerous podcasts, radio shows, and on an episode of Finding Bigfoot, where they tried to link possible bigfoot activity to possible ghost activity in the Western Pennsylvania area. Their recently co-written book, Weird..Spooky..Bizarre., includes some of their favorite paranormal cases. It’s written conversationally and takes you along as a virtual member of their team. They enjoy sharing some of their encounters with you and are eager to hear about experiences that other folks have had.

Their presentation is called, “Sights and Sounds of the Paranormal.”

Jimmy and Dee Trick will present some audio and video evidence of their paranormal investigations in The Sights and Sounds of the Paranormal. You’ll see and hear what they consider clear evidence of the paranormal, whether it be spirit or bigfoot related.

Pennsylvania UFO/UAP Incidents Reported During 2023-Ground Level Balls of Light Cases Continue to Be Reported-March 25, 2023

Pennsylvania UFO UAP Incidents Reported During 2023-Ground Level Balls of Light Cases Continue To Be Reported.

From: Researcher Stan Gordon www.stangordon.info

UFO/UAP activity and reports of other anomalies were quite active during 2022.

Reports of unusual incidents have continued into the 2023 as well. Some UFO/UAP reports were misidentifications of the planets Venus & Jupiter. Some of the other reports however are more interesting.

Among the cases reported was a possible UFO/UAP observation reported from the Irwin area during early January. During the afternoon, a silver/white wingless cylindrical shaped object was seen moving steadily across the sky in the distance. The object moved into a cloud bank but was never seen emerging from it. No aircraft was reportedly in the area at the time since the witness had checked with a flight tracking App.

That same evening a few miles from East McKeesport, a witness reported observing a large solid object in the sky that looked similar to an upside down plate. The object appeared to be thicker in the middle section and had a dome on top. The object was covered with numerous yellow lights. Some of the lights were steady while others blinked.

During early February, a witness at 1:30 AM in rural Mount Pleasant Township observed a solid ball of light about the size of a basketball moving steadily about 7-8 feet above the ground and about 8 feet from the window. The luminous sphere moved steadily from the side of the house and across the yard. The small object began to rise higher into the sky and passed over a neighbor’s house and moved out of sight. The object was silent.

Also, during February, I received information from Greene county, that a witness had observed a small ball of orange light near a tree that began to move closer to a house and increased to the size of a child’s balloon. The object reportedly continued to move until it made contact with the side of a building then just vanished.

On February 12th a witness reported a detailed UFO/UAP observation that took place near the Cambria-Bedford county border. It was about 6:45 AM when the witness observed a bright luminous object hovering over a power line. The object was moving back and forth then hovering, then continued to move back and forth. He pointed the object out to his wife and obtained his binoculars. He described the object as a solid elongated object that had a shape similar to a Tic-Tac or Good and Plenty candy.

Sketch of the object observed on February 12, 2023, used with permission of the witness

As the object moved closer to his location the object appeared to have a solid metallic surface. Also, four bright orange elongated lights suddenly came on in the front section of the object. An unusual tail appendage was also observed. No sound was heard until it came closer to his home which is when a low humming sound was noticed. The object was at a low altitude and was described as the size of a school bus in the sky. It continued to move across the sky and out of sight. The witness stated that the object moved slower than any aircraft.

I received information from Researcher Jim Brown that another quite unusual UFO/UAP incident had taken place in Fayette county during late February. The incident occurred near Farmington at about 2 AM. The witness went outside on his porch when he observed a bright ball of light hovering over some trees in the distance. The object was moving slightly forward and backward. A beam of light emitted from the object down into the trees. The beam was moving around the trees below as though searching for something.

It was second later when the beam was directed toward the witness. According to Jim’s report, the man was temporarily blinded  by the illumination from the beam. He also felt heat like that from an infrared heat lamp on his face and arms. He soon had his vision back, and the warm effect also had stopped, however the object and beam were gone. Jim stayed in touch with the witness who reported no lasting vision problems nor visible burns or marks on his body.

On the afternoon of March 7th, two men observed a cylindrical object that appeared in the clear sky in Washington county.  The object was described as elongated and cylindrical and appeared white in color. The object had no visible wings and no sound was heard as it moved slowly in a straight trajectory across the sky. The wings and engine noise of other aircraft in the area at the time were easily discernible.

Besides other UFO/UAP reports, the public is also reporting Bigfoot activity and other anomalous events.

Early in the year an experienced hunter in Fayette county reported loud bi-pedal heavy walking sounds and noises of trees breaking in an area where there has been a history of Bigfoot encounters. Similar reports were received from the Laurel Highlands not far from Ligonier of something large and heavy walking close by near the woods. Soon after they heard loud whoop-whoop sounds from the nearby woods. The dogs on the property became very upset at the time.

In early February I received information that there had been ongoing Bigfoot activity from around Elk County. I was able to interview two separate witnesses from different encounters. Both daylight and evening sightings have been reported. One of the creatures seen was described as standing 8-9 feet tall, covered with black and gray hair, had very long arms and was broad shouldered.

Also, in February in an area between the Chestnut Ridge and Laurel Ridge, a small four feet tall, small Bigfoot covered with gray hair was observed during the early morning. Loud whoop-whoop sounds were heard at the same time coming from the nearby woods. The smaller creature ran quickly toward the area where the sound was originating from. Two days later in the same area, a terrible odor similar to rotten eggs permeated the property. The animals were also quite upset at the time.

There have been several reports from widespread areas across the state of loud mystery booms, some heard and felt over large areas.

(If you have seen anything unusual in recent months or in the past, specially from Pennsylvania, please contact me. I can be reached at 724-838-7768 or via email at: sightings@stangordon.info.

Not UFOs or UAPs-It’s just Jupiter and Venus-February 26, 2023-Pennsylvania

Not UFOs or UAPs-Its just Jupiter and Venus-February 26, 2023-Pennsylvania

From: Researcher Stan Gordon 

www.stangordon.info

If you are seeing two bright white lights in the western sky during the evening, you are likely watching the Planets Jupiter and Venus that look close to each other. If the sky conditions are clear, you can see the two planets clearly without any need for a telescope in the west-southwest sky.

Photo of Jupiter and Venus taken over Greensburg, Pennsylvania by Stan Gordon on February 26, 2023

2022- A Very Active Year for Significant UFOs/UAPs and Ground Level Balls of Light, Bigfoot, and Cryptid Encounters Reported In Pennsylvania.

2022- A Very Active Year For Significant UFOs/UAPs and Ground Level Balls of Light, Bigfoot, and Cryptid Encounters Reported In Pennsylvania.

From: Researcher Stan Gordon   www.stangordon.info

I have been taking UFO sightings and other anomaly reports via phone from the public since 1969. I continue to receive yearly reports via phone and email from residents of Pennsylvania concerning sightings of UFOs/UAPs, and encounters with Bigfoot and other cryptids (unusual creatures that science has never confirmed exist) as well as other unusual incidents. I have been out in the field conducting on scene investigations since 1965, and after sixty three years of research on these topics, I have yet to personally observe a UFO or a Bigfoot.

Let me be clear. Many UFO/UAP observations reported are misidentifications of natural or manmade objects. Some sources for these observations have been determined to be bright planets and stars, brilliant bolide meteors, lights on aircraft, drones, balloons, advertising banners pulled by aircraft, automated searchlight displays, sky lanterns, Starlink and other satellites, and meteorological related events.

(This photo of a lenticular cloud over the Gettysburg area was taken in June of 2022. Apparently, quite a few people saw the strange cloud formations. The photo was used with permission of the witness.)

Even Bigfoot observations have at times been determined to be very large shaggy dogs, bear sightings common in the state of Pennsylvania, and hunters in camouflage clothing. Some other reported cryptid sightings were misidentifications of other wildlife and some that had mange. Every year, however, many credible witnesses report observations of strange objects in the sky, and encounters with unusual creatures on the ground that can’t be easily explained away.

During 2021, there was also interesting UFO/UAP activity reported along with cryptid cases throughout the year. What took place during the fall and winter months was most interesting. During that time of the year when such reports commonly begin to drop due to the cold and snowy weather, there was an  unexpected increase in detailed and some low level UFO/UAP incidents that took place.

The UFO/UAP activity continued throughout most of 2022, however, it did begin to quiet down as the temperatures began to drop and snow fell in the commonwealth. During the year, there were reports of what were described as large solid cigar shaped objects observed in daylight. Various witnesses reported that these objects suddenly just vanished from sight. There were reports of large black triangular objects and rectangular objects, among other observations of high altitude lights making erratic movements in the sky.

The year 2022 will be remembered, however, for the unprecedented increase of reports of low level encounters with mini-UFOs- those small orbs or balls of light reported close to the ground, or on the ground, and in some cases approaching within feet of witnesses. While many reports came in from rural wooded areas, there were other cases reported from more populated areas near housing developments. There have been cases reported of these smaller objects appearing inside of homes this year and in the past.

I first became aware of these close range encounters with these smaller unknown objects in the 1960s. But it was in the early 1970s, when I was investigating incidents in different areas, that local residents were reporting various types of anomalist activities near their properties, including small luminous objects floating around near their homes.

Over the years, I have interviewed numerous witnesses and I have received information from widespread areas on cases concerning observations of these smaller objects on the ground or just above the ground. These objects have ranged in size from a few inches to about a foot or two in  diameter. They are often described to be about golf ball to baseball size. The shape is commonly spherical. However, other configurations have been reported. These objects often are light sources of various colors. They sometimes look solid, while in other cases they look transparent or translucent. There have also been some reports of a swirling mass inside of the sphere. There have been other encounters where these objects appeared to be made of metal. For many years, there have been encounters with these objects pacing vehicles and entering them through open windows. There have been other cases of these objects also entering homes through open windows or hovering in front of windows and even tapping on the panes.

During 2022, there were also some close range daylight Bigfoot encounters reported. Other cryptid cases were reported as well as observations of unusually large flying creatures often referred to as Thunderbirds. Other strange entities were also reported. Lon Strickler of the Phantoms & Monsters website has been receiving some reports of “Dogman” and other cryptid encounters. There were also out of place black panther reports that originated from various locations in the commonwealth.

During the year, reports were received from widespread areas of mystery booms that caused homes to shake. Some of these cases have likely explanations such as locals using Tannerite for firearms training or the passing of a bright fireball meteor.

A variety of anomalies have been reported from various locations across the state. There are other more specific geographical locations that have a long history of ongoing mysterious incidents with UFOs and Bigfoot, and various paranormal activity, and they continue to be reportedly active with unusual encounters. The Chestnut Ridge in southwest Pennsylvania has been an historical hotspot for these reports. Many residents along and close to the ridge have reported many strange incidents. Westmoreland, Fayette, and Indiana counties in this region have been quite busy with strange incidents during 2022.

(A section of the Chestnut Ridge surrounding Derry, Pennsylvania where many strange incidents have been reported by local residents.) (Stan Gordon photo files)

The following is a synopsis of some of the interesting incidents that came to my attention during 2022.

01-05-22- Latrobe- Westmoreland County- At a housing development outside of town, a witness at 4:40 AM, went outside to get a newspaper. She observed an object with two white lights and a red light in the middle. Then multiple Lights came on the underside of the object. It looked like a circuit board with numerous lights and something similar to solid pipes connecting to some of them. The object made a low humming sound and was very low, estimated to be about seventy feet high, and the object was between her yard and the neighbor’s yard. At the closest point it was about fifty to sixty feet away.  There were about five rows of about twenty white round non-blinking lights. The pipes that seemed solid were on both sides of the panel and seemed to be connected to the top row. The object moved away slowly with lights on. The shape of the object was not determined, but the panel section looked to be seven to eight feet long.

01-05-22- Derry- Westmoreland County- About thirty minutes later, a resident only a few miles away went outside to feed some animals. The witness heard an irritating humming or buzzing type sound when she walked to the back door.  She first thought it was a heat pump or hot tub motor making noise, but that was soon ruled out. She looked across the field below her house and could see red and blue lights.  The witness said that it seemed something was hovering low over the field. The woman fed her animals and a short time later noticed that the lights were gone. 

01-15-22- Armstrong County- A man who lived in rural Armstrong county was concerned that his water line under the house was freezing up during a local deep freeze, so he went outside after 3 AM. He was partly inside a crawl space when he heard a strange humming-clicking sound from outside behind him. The next day, his neighbor called him and told him about the strange object that he saw hovering over his barn across the road during the time that he was in the crawl space. I was able to interview both of the witnesses involved. The neighbor told me that he awakened at about 3:45 AM by the sound of his horses being disturbed by something. “The horses were running around in a tizzy.” The man began to walk toward the barn. He approached to about one hundred fifty feet from the barn when some lights appeared over the barn. The lights were shining down, and he could see the horses moving around. That’s when he saw an object hovering about twenty feet above the barn.

The object looked tear drop shaped about sixty five to seventy feet long. The object had a smooth silver or metallic look that looked similar to stainless or galvanized steel. “It looked solid and smooth.” The object was emitting a humming and buzzing sound. There were numerous lights across the surface of the object that looked round. There were approximately eight rows of twenty to thirty lights. The lights would change from red to blue than back to a red color. The man watched the object hover for about five minutes. His camera phone was in the house. As he watched, the lights suddenly went out, everything went dark, and the object just disappeared. He did not see the object move away from the area. The horses seem to go back to their normal behavior just seconds after the object vanished.

01-15-22- Sighting Report of Unknown object over trees-Pennsylvania/West Virginia border

This sighting was investigated and the report submitted by researcher Jim Brown. www.jimsdestinations.com. Time: Approx 7:00 AM- Weather:  Overcast, Temp 22 degrees F  No precip.  Clouds at 3,000 ft. Names withheld, Pseudonyms used.

Jane Doe was in her kitchen preparing breakfast. She decided to take out her trash to a garbage container near her back porch. She went out the door and saw what she described as a large dark hole in the sky. She immediately went back inside to grab a camera to get a picture of it. When she turned around to open her aluminum storm door, she received a shock like static electricity from the metal handle. She went on inside, got the camera and returned outside. She estimated this took no longer than 15-20 seconds.

But when she returned the dark object was gone. She went on out into the yard and searched the sky, but nothing was seen. After about 2 minutes she gave up and went back inside.  Again, she received the shock on the aluminum door, only this time more severe. After going inside, she called a nearby neighbor we’ll refer to as Sally. She knew Sally had an interest in strange or paranormal events. Sally dressed and went to Jane’s house to see what was going on.  About 8:00 AM she arrived and went to Jane’s kitchen door and knocked.  As she reached for the aluminum door she also received an electric shock when she touched it. Neither of them could account for anything abnormal except for the repeated shocks. 

Sally had met me at a conference and had my card so she called me about 8:30 and explained what was happening. I made arrangements to take some equipment out to see if I could detect the cause of the electrical activity as well as conduct an investigation into the earlier sighting. The two women opened the door several times as they endured the shock to go outside and check for any activity. Nothing was found. They noticed the intensity of the shock was decreasing over time and by about 9:00 AM it was no longer felt.

I arrived at 9:20 and began my investigation. I did an EMF sweep and found nothing unusual. A slight 60 Hz EM Field was present near the refrigerator, which was near the door, but this was in the microvolt range and not abnormal.  A couple other EMF hits were found but those were associated with power lines in the house. Both women were wearing rubber soul running shoes and the kitchen floor was tile which would preclude the possibility of a static electric charge being built up from their activity. 

The outside porch / patio was concrete which also would not create such a static build up.  I measured the resistance between the aluminum door and Earth ground and found that while the door frame was not actually grounded, continuity was less than 100 Ohms.  This would bleed off any static charge which might build up on the door.  My conclusion related to the shock is that in order for such condition to be present the source would need to be continuously replaced.  Static electricity would be discounted. No source for such electricity was found, no power lines in the house were in close proximity to the door or door frame. At this time the cause of the electrical shock is unknown. At this point no conclusions have been determined,   investigation will continue.

Follow up to report. Date:  1 – 18 – 22. I did a follow up interview and spoke with the witness. Using a computer generated image based on her description I positioned the image on a photograph of the location where the object was seen.   The size and coloration was adjusted as needed to match as closely as possible the conditions at the time of the sighting.   The image attached here is the result of that interview.

A search of the area around the tree line revealed no physical evidence. I also contacted the neighbor. While the neighbor could not add anything regarding the photograph, I did question her regarding any subsequent events. Neither the witness nor the neighbor reported anything subsequent to the initial events. As a part of the investigation, I also contacted the power company and checked regarding any power interruptions at the time of the sighting. None were filed.  Also no reports were received of any other sightings by area 911 services. I received no additional reports related to this from anyone in the area. Date:   2 – 22 –2022-I contacted both the witness and neighbor by phone.   There have been no subsequent events in either person’s life related to this case.   I will carry this case as an unknown unless additional information is reported.

J. W Brown

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01-15-22-Cambria County- At 9:10 AM-A man and his wife and young son were driving home and were at a stop sign. The woman spotted about fifty to seventy five yards away what she thought was a small black bear or dog. She told her husband to turn the car around to get a better look at the animal. That is when they saw the animal crouched low to the ground and realized that it was a huge black cat, not a house cat, but what looked like a black panther. The creature had pointed ears, humped up back end like a cat. Tail was long and fat. Weight was between fifty to one hundred lbs. The body was about three feet long and covered in jet black hair. The tail was fat and had a curl at the end and appeared a bit shorter than the body. As their vehicle got closer to the animal, it got up and turned and looked at them, then walked away down the road and went down over a hill into the distance.

(Photo of Possible Black Panther taken in Cambria County, PA on January 15, 2022. Photo used with permission of the witness.)

January 17, 2022- Indiana, Indiana County- A man driving through the town during the early afternoon noticed a huge dark bird in the sky. The witness was an avid outdoorsman and realized that what he was seeing was very unusual. He quickly sped off to try to obtain a better look at the huge flying creature. He estimated that the wingspan was about sixteen to twenty feet wide. The tail was very unusual. He described the tail to me as looking about three to four feet in length with black feathers and having a triangular shaped appendage at the end. The witness observed the creature as it soared across the sky.

February 2022- Kittanning area, Armstrong County- Various sources reporting during early in the month that there were observations of a very large solid triangular object in that area. The object was reported to be of a silver color, and silent as it moved.

02-25-22- Fayette County- Members of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society went to “Area X” in Fayette County to investigate reports of loud screams. They went down very muddy rural road into woods. Around 8:30-8:45 PM they all heard a loud wood knock and heard loud howls they could not identify. It was not a coyote or fox. They were all looking up the hill where sound came from. At that same time one researcher looking in a different location saw a bright flash of light that lit up the woods for only a second.

03-04-22- Derry Township- Westmoreland County-  At about 6:25 PM, it was just becoming darker in the area when a local resident looked across a field. That is when he noticed something walking low to the ground.  At first, he thought it was a deer. He obtained his binoculars and clearly saw that it was a huge black cat-and actually looked like a black panther. He got in his truck and began to chase after it as it was moving through the field towards the wood line. At one point it looked toward him as he approached closer. He was traveling about thirty miles per hour and the closest that he could get to it was about fifty yards away. It took off through cow pasture and headed toward the woods. He said the animal was solid black and huge. He estimated the body length to be about three to three and one half feet long, with the tail very long, about the same length as the body. The tail was long thick and curled under and  it was all black.

03-17-22- Mount Pleasant Township- Westmoreland County- It was dawn and light was just coming out when the witness heard an odd sound and observes just over the trees what was described as a great big round circle with white lights on it.  It was round with no wings and spinning as it was moving steadily over tree and then over the roof of house. The witness told me they felt somewhat frightened as they had never seen anything like that before.

03-19-22-Potter County- In wooded area that has a history of paranormal, UFO and Bigfoot activity strange beams of light and small balls of light near the ground were observed.

04-06-22-Shoaf- Fayette County- A Daylight Close Range Encounter with A Mysterious Exploding Small Sphere in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

The following report was submitted by researcher Jim Brown. Jim has been investigating UFO sightings and many other strange incidents from the Fayette county area for many years. Jim conducts a scientific approach when investigating these type of reports. Jim’s website is www.jimsdestinations.com.

Location: Shoaf, Pennsylvania area, Date:    06 April, 2022, Time:  Approximately 3:00 PM

Weather:  Cloud cover, dry but rain in the forecast. Wind mostly calm. Slight breeze at times.

I was contacted by the witness who wanted to know if I had any ideas about what he experienced. I know him personally and he knows I investigate unusual activity. He wanted to know if I had ever heard anything like this.  He made no claim of anything paranormal, just wanted his curiosity satisfied. Since I live nearby, I also did an onsite visit to obtain more details.  A summary of my investigation follows:  (Names were changed to protect identity.)

John and Mary were doing yard work. Mary was spreading some mulch around a couple trees in the yard, John was pushing a wheelbarrow with some topsoil and filling holes in the ground in the back yard. Mary saw something reflective in the field behind their house, about 50 feet away. She called to John to look since he was much closer to it. He looked up and saw a balloon drifting about ten feet above the fence line. He described it as one of those mylar balloons like they have at parties. It was silver and circular, about two feet in diameter.

He watched as it drifted closer to his location. John walked a bit closer to the brush at the edge of the field while Mary continued to watch it drift closer. Both agree on what happened next. Suddenly it got very bright white. Prior to this it simply looked like it was reflecting natural light, now it appeared to shine on its own. About two seconds later both witnesses saw it explode. At the same time what they described as a small lightning bolt shot from the explosion to the ground.

 The explosion sounded like a small firecracker followed by a snap like a spark. This spark started a small fire where it struck the ground. John immediately grabbed his shovel and ran to put the fire out before it spread to rest of the field. He had the fire out after a couple hits with the shovel. It was then he noticed another wisp of smoke coming from the fence line about 100 feet away in the same direction where the object had just come. He ran down there and extinguished that fire as well. Both watched the field for a few minutes for any other signs of smoke, but Nothing more was seen.

That was when he decided to call me. I was on scene about 3:45 PM and checked both areas where the fires burned. Aside from the normal ash from the dried grass that had burned nothing was found. I checked carefully for any shredded mylar or other material where the object exploded, but nothing was found. Nor was any residue that might be attributed to a firecracker. The only other material present were some very rusted sections of barbed wire which was a remnant of an old fence that used to be located in that field. John said a neighbor used to keep cows in that field years ago. Neither witness had any idea of what they had just experienced. As far as any history of paranormal activity, neither witness has had any personal experience. John is not interested in it at all and Mary’ s experience is she sometimes watches a few paranormal TV shows about ghosts. She has had no personal experiences.

Conclusions:

Based on the limited information no definitive conclusions could be reached. Regarding the two fires, it should be noted that only a single explosion or spark was reported. I did consider the possibility that the old, barbed wire might somehow conduct the current down to the second fire location, however, the pieces of wire lying on the ground were not isolated from the ground nor was the  wire a complete circuit. Therefore, there was little chance of any electrical current flowing through the wire to make a complete circuit that could a cause fire. Numerous breaks were present where the wire had completely rusted away. This would prevent any electric current flow.

Jim Brown-Investigator

04-14, 2022- Ligonier- Westmoreland County- During the afternoon just a short distance down the road from the town of Ligonier, independent witnesses observed what was described as a huge metallic object low over the trees. Some reports describe the object as solid looking that was about the length of a football field and was flat on the top and the bottom. There were rows of lights surrounding the object. A witness told me that she had to turn away from looking at the object as the lights were so bright.

04-16-22- Fayette County- At an undisclosed area, known as Area X, where there had been ongoing reports of Bigfoot activity and unusual luminous phenomena, Eric Altman and other members of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society were divided into two teams through the woods. That evening they not only observed strange lights and bright flashes of light, but they also heard loud howls and screams, as well as the sound of something heavy walking through the brush. Some members of the group also described a strange uncomfortable creepy feeling that they had not experienced previously. Later, some of the researchers became quite shaken as small balls of light of various colors exited from various sections of the woods and approached them to within a few feet. The Small Town Monsters Production Company team was on location that night filming the area for a documentary and they recorded some of that activity.

04-28-22- Trafford- Westmoreland County- It was about 9:37 PM and the sky was clear. The witness was looking toward Monroeville when he saw something in the sky that baffled him. He observed an object that had a solid outline and was football shaped. The ends were somewhat pointed, like the ends of a football. There were many lights on the object, only some were blinking. There were seven red lights in the center of the object. On top was a red, white, and yellow light. Three red lights were on the top. On the bottom were red, green, and white lights. The object looked quite large at that distance. The object was moving steadily through the sky sailing over the valley toward Pittsburgh.

04-30-22- Delmont- Westmoreland County- Residents living in a rural area near Delmont reported seeing a giant bird. The reports were similar to the numerous sightings in past years of a possible “Thunderbird.” Researcher Eric Altman and I went to the location to interview a witness who saw it clearly. The witness was quite credible and had never seen anything like it before. Early that evening he and his wife were sitting outside when he looked up and observed a massive, long black bird. It appeared so large that it gave the impression of being the size of a small airplane.

(Sketch of huge flying creature observed near Delmont, PA on April 30, 2022.)

 The creature flapped its wings one time over the trees then glided through the sky out of sight. The witness heard no sound when it flapped it wings. He estimated that the wingspan was twelve-fifteen feet wide. He yelled to his wife to look at the creature, but she only caught a brief glimpse of it as it moved off in the distance. It was traveling toward Slickville.

05-08-22- Derry Twp.- Westmoreland County- A woman was taking an afternoon walk with her dogs in the Chestnut Ridge area. The surrounding nature sounds became quiet, and the birds stopped chirping. The dogs suddenly began to whine and whimper and backed up. Suddenly, she saw a figure cross a road in two strides. What she saw was not human. She told me that this was a creature that stood between seven and eight feet tall and covered with long dark brown and black matted hair and fur. The arms were longer than that of a human and hung down almost to the knees.

She estimates that the creature was only about ten to fifteen feet away and never looked at her. There was no sound or smell noticed during the experience. The creature moved up a small embankment and continued into the woods. The witness told me that after she saw the creature, she was surprised, rattled and in denial. Her dogs calmed down after the creature left the area. This general area has had a long history of encounters with a Bigfoot.

(Sketch of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot by Charles Hanna.)

05-13-22- Fayette County- Bigfoot sighting Summary- From Eric Altman, Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society.

Eric report-The sighting took place on Rt 711 in Fayette County on 5/13/2022. It was approximately 10:30 pm and raining. The witness was driving south when he saw a tall dark upright figure standing in the left lane approximately 100 yards ahead. The witness slowed down and watched as the tall figure slowly walked from left to right across the road to the berm. The figure quickly looked in his direction and he was able to see dull red shining eyes reflecting. As he passed the figure, he went another 200 yards down the road and quickly turned around and came back but the figure was gone from sight. The witness believed the figure walked up a long gravel driveway out of sight.

The sighting only lasted a few seconds and because of the rain and dark conditions, he was not able to get a good look at the figure, other than to see the red eyes for a few seconds and saw the legs and arms moving. The witness stated the figure was too tall and massive in size to be a person, and he compared the movement to the Patterson Gimlin film. When asked about a possible height or size, he did mention that the eye reflection was higher than the 45 mph speed limit sign. The sign measured 11 ft in height, which would put the figure well over 11 feet tall. No other details could be added. Researchers Eric H Altman, Tom Mihok, Ricky Churby, and Stan Gordon interviewed the witness and searched the area for any possible evidence.

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05-14-22- Latrobe- Westmoreland County- UFO Observed and Photographed Over The Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania

(Enlargement of the object used with permission of the witness.)

On the afternoon of May 14, 2022, a witness was in his vehicle sitting in a parking lot in the Latrobe, Pennsylvania, area when he happened to look up into the sky. That is when he observed an object that was moving at high altitude among the clouds. The object was moving over a section of the Chestnut Ridge east of Latrobe.

What caught the attention of the witness was that the object at first seemed to be moving slowly across the sky, then suddenly there was a burst of speed as the object moved out of sight. He was only able to observe it for about twenty seconds. The witness stated that the object, whatever it was, appeared black in color, but he could not determine the shape at that distance. He felt that the object would have been quite large for him to see it and photograph it at that altitude. The object can clearly be seen in the photo. The picture was examined by research associate Jim Brown (www.jimsdestinations.com), who has been analyzing UFO pictures and videos for many years. The photo appears to show a solid black, upside down, domed shaped object with a flat top.

(Photo of the object over the Chestnut Ridge used with permission of the witness.)

See this link for a detailed analysis of the picture. https://www.stangordon.info/wp/2022/05/19/ufo-observed-and-photographed-over-the-chestnut-ridge-in-pennsylvania-may-14-2022/

June- 22- Pittsburgh suburb- Allegheny County- During the evening, witnesses observed a round object about five inches in diameter that was about three feet above the ground and approximately thirty feet away near a house.The object was silent.

06-03-22- Pittsburgh suburb- Allegheny County- 4:30 AM- A man awakened early and noticed a bright light outside illuminating the  area. About fifty yards away, the witness saw a large solid round white light emitting a foggy bright glow that was illuminating the road and surroundings. It was just hovering. He heard no sound from inside house. The object was about the size of a car. The witness watched it for two to three minutes, and saw it suddenly just disappear.

06-05-22- Greensburg- Westmoreland County- The witness was driving on Route 30 near the Donahue Road area at about 5:30 or 6:00 PM. He was sitting at a red light and looked up into clear blue sky toward the west. He noticed a silver, cigar shaped object that was motionless. He watched it for about ten seconds and was observing it when it suddenly just vanished. The witness was certain it was not a plane and could not believe what he saw.

06-09-22- Latrobe- Westmoreland County– At about 3:30 AM, the witness was awakened by his dog that seemed disturbed. The man, thinking the dog needed to go for a walk, opened the back door and observed a small bright sphere that was described as being about three inches in size, perfectly round and brilliant white. The object was about five feet above the ground moving in front of a tree in the fenced yard. The light from the object was bright but it did not radiate any light onto the surroundings. The object moved slowly just a few inches from the tree to the left side then about a foot or two and then stopped. It then lowered another foot before it headed back around the tree and moved off in the distance.

06-12-22- Greensburg- Westmoreland County- At 3:05 AM, a security system notified the homeowner who was located in a housing development outside of town of some movement outside the house. When they checked the video footage, they observed a small sphere floating very close to the house for a few seconds.

Mid-June 22- Wellsboro, Tioga County- Low Level Small Sphere with Unusual Protuberances

The incident occurred during the early morning hours between midnight and 1:00 AM. The witness had gotten up to go into the kitchen. The location was a few miles out of town. The well-lit driveway could be viewed from the windows of the house. The car was parked in the driveway, which was about twelve to fifteen feet away from the observer. It was then that the witness noticed an unusual object that was on the ground about a foot from the parked car. The object was round, solid looking, beige or white in color, and the size of a basketball. It had a surface like polished wood. The object appeared luminous but not bright and did not reflect any light. It did, however, cast a shadow.

The spherical object had a long flat wing like plank running through it (like an aircraft carrier deck) extending out to what looked like from the back to the front section. On the opposite side there were spikes sticking up and going back. The object did not move or make any sound.

(Sketch of the strange small round object observed in Tioga County, PA, in June of 2022. The sketch is used with permission of the witness.)

06-28-22-Altoona- Blair County- A man driving on a rural road at about 9:30 AM, observed a large round solid object below the clouds hovering overhead. The witness looked up at the underside of the object. The object looked to be of a red-copper color with a hollow bottom, and windows surrounding the object.

07- 01 through 07-03-22- Westmoreland and Fayette counties, various locations- Sightings from various locations of  cigar or pill shaped objects some with lights. In some cases, the object suddenly vanished from sight. Also, a report of a triangular formation of lights. Also in June, security cameras recorded small spheres of light from wooded area near a home in Fayette county.

07-19-22- Elizabeth- Allegheny County- Two witnesses crossing the bridge over the Monongahela River at about 10: 15 PM, observed a huge black triangular object hovering about one hundred fifty to two hundred feet over the water. They watched as the object hovered and pivoted. The object was described as approximately three hundred feet in length. A witness told me that it was so wide that it extended out and covered both sides of the river. There were three white lights on the object and a smaller red light in the front.

07-28-22- Ligonier- Westmoreland County- A witness outside of town is awakened about 3:04 AM, and sees a small bright blue ball of light that is about eight to ten feet away outside of a window bobbing up and down. The sphere is about a foot in diameter. The light is self-contained and does not emit any external light.

Late July 2022- Dogman in Bryn Athyn, Montgomery County- In late July 2022, Researcher Eric Mintel received a call from UFO researcher and author Tom Carey. Tom and Eric met with multiple witnesses who have had encounters with and have seen this upright canine bi-pedal Cryptid moving fast through the Montgomery County countryside. Reports continue to come in. The Eric Mintel Investigates team produced a video called The Bryn Athyn Beast that is available on the EMI You Tube Channel.

08-09-02 Latrobe- Westmoreland County- A few miles outside of town, a witness who had awakened about 2:30 AM looked out the window and observed an object hovering above the trees about two hundred feet away. The witness described the object as solid, big, and round, and shaped somewhat like a cantaloupe. The object was of a bright orange and red color and glowed brightly. There was minimal illumination extending beyond the object. There were small green and blue lights on the bottom of the object. They would alternate on and off, but never on at the same time. The green lights would come on and blink on and off, then would go out and the blue lights then would come on and would do the same pattern. This took place while the object hovered. The object stayed basically in the same location and would move slightly up and down. The object then moved beyond the trees and the witness lost sight of it.

08-09-22- Greene County- This incident took place in a rural area of Greene county. This report was forwarded  to me by research associate Jim Brown. This took place during the evening. There was no storm activity in the area at the time. Walking past a window, the resident observed a bright yellow white sphere about twenty feet away that was about ten inches in diameter. It was stationary at the time. The witness called his son who also saw it. They went to another window, and they still observed it. He tried to take a picture with his phone camera, however, he could not see the sphere on the screen, but he could with his eyes. They found a standard digital camera and once again, they could not see the orb, however, they could see the surrounding trees.

They couldn’t understand why they couldn’t see it with both cameras. They then located an old film camera, and interestingly they could see the sphere and surroundings through that viewfinder. That camera is, of course, a different technology than the two other digital types. After about five minutes, the sphere began to move off slowly, then just stopped a couple seconds. The object then quickly rose in altitude and moved over the field and vanished.

08-13-22- Warren County- The property owner was alerted during the early morning hours that there was some activity on his game camera. Several photos were taken of small balls of light low to the ground and further off in the woods.

08-24-22- Latrobe- Westmoreland County- The witness was near Route thirty looking toward the Derry and Latrobe area. That evening, in distance above trees, the witness observed a very bright red light similar to a taillight color that was not that high in the sky. The light looked oblong with a solid center and with uneven edges. It was described as looking similar to an oval. The object appeared to be still when it was first observed.  After about two minutes, the object began to slowly move straight down from the sky and was blocked by trees and lost from sight.

Early September 22- Indiana County- Witnesses in a rural area were looking out a window that evening and observed what I was told were two pure white, three foot tall humanoid-like shaped figures. They could not see any arms or legs. The beings were a few feet apart, positioned one behind the other and floating low along the side of the road. They observed them for about fifteen seconds when the figures suddenly vanished and were gone. It was on either the same night or next evening at another location not far from the previous incident that during the early morning hours, another witness was awakened by a high pitched sound that seemed to be coming from the sky. At that same time, she noticed numerous lights moving back and forth across the sky.

Late September-22- Cambria County- A property owner in a rural location began to report seeing small balls of light of various colors in the woods that were low to the ground. During later weeks, the balls of light would appear on occasion and were recorded on his security cameras.

10-01-22- Derry- Westmoreland County- The witness was driving near the Kingston Cutoff at about 3:10 PM. He observed  a solid metallic cigar shaped object cross Route 217 just above the trees. The object was gray in color and slender. It was about twenty thirty feet in length and about five feet wide with squared off edges. The object was silent and moved slow from the direction of Ligonier and was heading toward the Latrobe area.

10-05-22- Nanty Glo- Cambria County – At about 4:30 PM, two people were biking and were close to Nanty Glo when they observed a tall dark creature ahead of them on the trail. It was very dark black and estimated to be at least six feet five inches tall with very long legs. When one of the witnesses contacted me on October 12th , she told me that when they came upon the creature, it turned slightly and looked in their direction, then walked off into the woods. They only had a side view of the creature and could not see any facial features. They heard no sound and did not smell anything unusual at the time of the encounter. The encounter was very quick, and it seemed to the witness that the creature wanted to leave that area quickly. On the way back, they stopped and looked over the area where the sighting had taken place. There were a lot of leaves in the area and no tracks were found. The witness felt that she had seen a Bigfoot.

10-8-22- Small Sphere Sighted Near Uniontown- Fayette County- The following report was submitted by researcher Jim Brown who has investigated many unusual incidents over the years in Fayette county.

Date: Saturday 8 October,2022-Time: 06:00 (approx.)-Weather:  Clear, 40 Degrees F

 This is a summary of the case based on phone interviews. No In person interview has taken place as of 16 October. On Monday the 10th, I received a call from the witness’s wife. She was inquiring for her husband about what he claimed. According to her, he awoke about 6 O’clock and got up to read the morning paper because he couldn’t get back to sleep. I recommended he contact me directly rather than just getting the story second hand.

He called me later on the 10th and gave me the following background. He said he woke up and was planning to get the newspaper and read awhile until his wife got up. He put on his robe and slippers and went out the front door. The walk to the paper box is about fifty feet long and goes from the porch out to the road. When he got to the steps from the porch to the walk, he saw a glowing white ball of light.

It was at the end of the walk and about eye level. It appeared to be about 10 – 12 inches in diameter and was between him and the paper box. At this point the witness got extremely sleepy and initially could not recall what happened next. Later in a second interview on October 13 he said he  remembered the light moved to the side, and he felt a “calling” he should go out and get his newspaper. He did so then returned to the porch. At this time the ball of light had moved between him and the porch. It was still above the walk, but in front of the steps. He said he was getting sleepy to the point he could not stay awake and the object appeared to be making a slow circular motion. This was all he could recall.

On the 13th, I also interviewed his wife regarding her part in this. She said he was getting up to read the Sunday paper because he couldn’t sleep. Note: the discrepancy in “Sunday Paper” and the Saturday date of the event is because the Uniontown paper no longer issues a Sunday edition. they put it out on Saturday as a Weekend edition.) She says she dozed off again and woke a bit before 7:00 and got up. She went to the living room expecting to find her husband in his favorite chair. Instead, it was empty, and she could see him out the front door on the porch sitting in a chair asleep. Seeing he was not dressed for 40 degree weather she immediately went out and tried to wake him. She said it was hard to get him to wake, but finally he did. They went back inside, and he gradually came around.

At first, he did not know what he was doing but eventually he became more alert and related the story to her just as he initially did for me. It was at that time he added the part I mention above about the light blocking his path as he came back from the paper box. She also added that he did have his newspaper when she woke him which indicates at some point, that he did make it to the paper box and returned to the porch. I again contacted both of them 16 October and neither has anything new to add, but both did relate the story again as they did earlier. No changes noted in the details provided. (I also inquired about any medical condition. No action taken nor plans to do so.) Nothing new has happened since the initial event as of 16 October.

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10-11-22-Ligonier area- Westmoreland County- Small Sphere Appears Inside a House Five Feet from Witness.-  It was three days later, about forty miles away, that another low level ball of light incident occurred in a rural location outside of Ligonier in the Laurel Highlands. This case is intriguing as it reportedly occurred inside of a house. I interviewed the witness in person and did a follow up telephone interview as well.

The witness told me that she awakened at 2:30 AM and went to the bathroom. When she came out of the bathroom, she noticed about five feet away something unusual in the living room. There was a high ceiling in that older home and hovering several feet below the ceiling was a deep blue colored sphere about a foot and a half in diameter. Inside the sphere, the witness observed a gray swirling mass that looked similar to the motion of a lava lamp. The object was silent as it moved slightly up and down.

The witness recalled taking one step toward the sphere. That is when she felt a slight tingling sensation. She said that sensation reminded her of a pre-jolt of electricity when she was near an electric fence. She recalled looking at the strange round object for about ten seconds, then suddenly became very sleepy. She immediately went into the bedroom and went to sleep. She stated to me that that experience was “so stinking weird” as she didn’t understand why she didn’t keep watching the odd object in her home.

She also told me that it was very unusual for her to just have fallen to sleep so fast after seeing the object since she suffers from insomnia and would normally have never gone into a deep sleep so quickly. When she awakened the next day, she felt very sluggish and groggy for hours.

11-01-022- 2:45 AM- Greensburg- Westmoreland County- Outside of Greensburg, a security camera system alerted the homeowner of some movement close to their home. They checked the video to see a small sphere of light floating slowly nearby for a few seconds as it moved out of view.

(Screen capture of the orb floating near home on November 1, 2022, near Greensburg, PA.)

November 3, 2022- Mount Pleasant Township- Westmoreland County , PA- I received a report of a UFO sighting that occurred at about 11:15 AM in Mount Pleasant Township. The witness stated that he has never seen anything like it before. The object was observed in the clear blue sky in the direction of Mount Pleasant High School. The object appeared stationary and looked quite large. The witness estimated it was about a football field in length. It was described as “cigar shaped” with smooth edges and white in color. The witness was certain that it had no wings, and no contrail was observed. He moved down the road for about forty five seconds and got out of his vehicle to take a better look at it. He could no longer see it.  He never saw it again. He did not have his cell phone with him. He couldn’t understand how the object could have exited the area so quickly. He was quite shaken by what he saw.

11-09-22-Indiana County- A few miles from Boliver along the Chestnut Ridge area. I was able to talk with the witness on the day of the occurrence who provided a very detailed account as to what had taken place. She had exited a small building on the property at 6:50 AM, just as it was getting light outside. As she stepped outside, she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye. About eighty feet away, she observed a huge nine feet tall hair covered creature carrying a small deer over its right shoulder.

She thinks she scared it, as the creature, upon seeing her, let out one loud grunt. The witness said that she and the creature had eye contact for a short time. The creature was covered with gray hair. The arms were very long and hung down to at least the knees. The ears looked like a human and there was gray hair on the face. There was no smell when she saw it. The creature turned and moved off through a field and continued out of sight into the woods.

After many years of investigating thousands of unusual UFO/UAP incidents, I am of the opinion that there may be more than one origin for the unknown category of these ongoing aerial observations. In some cases that I have looked into, there seems to be a physical and non-physical component to what was observed. Many UFO/UAP incidents are explainable. Some, however, are highly unusual. Maybe someday we will have the answers.

If you have seen anything unusual recently or in the past, I am interested in hearing from you.  I can be contacted  by phone at 724-838-7768 or via email at paufo@comcast.net.

On This Date in 1965, The Kecksburg, PA UFO Incident Occurred 57 Years Ago

On This Date in 1965, The Kecksburg, PA UFO Incident Occurred 57 Years Ago

From: Researcher Stan Gordon

This is a sculpt depiction of the Kecksburg UFO created by Ron Lanham of Wild & Weird West Virginia www.wildandweirdwv.com

It was on December 9, 1965, that news was breaking on Pittsburgh area radio and television that a fiery object had been observed in the sky by multitudes of witnesses. Whatever that object was reportedly had fallen in a wooded area not far from Kecksburg in Westmoreland County.

I was 16 years old when that incident occurred, and I already had an interest in the UFO subject, so I began to document the information as it was airing that evening. I had no idea that my search to find the answers as to what had actually taken place near Kecksburg, would continue throughout my life.

Over the years I interviewed hundreds of people who had knowledge about that incident. Sadly, many  witnesses have now passed away. They never learned the identity of what the object was that according to eyewitnesses was hauled away from the impact site on a military flatbed tractor trailer covered with a tarp.

There are others who are around that still remember that day very well. They recall the activity around the Kecksburg area that evening, and they know that something important occurred there for the military to have responded so quickly to that rural community. They are still hoping for answers.

I have no doubt that there are individuals still with us who have never come forward that were involved with the Kecksburg incident and may recall some important details that could help solve this incident. Over many years, various individuals swear that they saw black and white photos of the crashed object and even of some of the military vehicles that were around Kecksburg that day. None of those pictures have ever surfaced. If you have any of those photos, they could help to solve this case.

Regardless, if this object was manmade or something stranger, after so many years, the public should be told what the object was that fell so many years ago.

 Now that the U.S. government is taking UFO/UAP incidents seriously, this topic is no longer a laughing matter. Maybe there is someone out there who has knowledge about the Kecksburg incident that will come forward and finally give closure to this 57 year old mystery.

If you have any information on this case, I can be contacted  at 724-838-7768 or via email at: paufo@comcast.net.

I wrote the following article on the Kecksburg case last year. It does provide some interesting details concerning some of my findings.

Thermal Image Recordings Of A Possible Bigfoot & Multiple UAP/UFOs Two Days Apart in Logan County, West Virginia-October 14-15, 2022.

Logan County, West Virginia-October 14-15, 2022.

From: Researcher Stan Gordon  www.stangordon.info

The following information concerning some recent incidents was received from researcher Ron Lanham of Wild and Weird West Virginia. https://www.wildandweirdwv.com/

The following links have detailed reports concerning the high tech research that this group conducted on October 14-15, 2022 in nearby West Virginia. The first case concerns the possible thermal image recordings of a Bigfoot. The next day the team and some guests return to the area to gather more information and they experience some odd equipment malfunctions as well as some unusual radiation readings. They soon  observe and record some very interesting thermal observations of anomalous luminous objects maneuvering in the sky for a period of time.

The West Virginia research team has investigated Bigfoot sightings and UAP/UFO incidents in past years that are similar to some of the cases that I have been investigating for many years, and in recent weeks and months in Pennsylvania.

Bigfoot Incident Report Oct14

https://www.wildandweirdwv.com/sightings-bigfoot-cryptids

UAP Incident Report Oct15

Full video of UAP incident.

More Mysterious Close Encounters with Ground Level Orbs of light (Mini-UFOs) Reported In Pennsylvania-October 23, 2022

More Mysterious Close Encounters with Ground Level Orbs (Mini-UFOs) Reported In Pennsylvania-October 23, 2022

From: Researcher Stan Gordon

As I have mentioned in my previous report, UFO Activity Ongoing in Pennsylvania- Encounters with Small Spheres of Light Close to the Ground Increasing-August 13, 2022 – Stan Gordon’s UFO Anomalies Zone, encounters with small spheres low to the ground and in some cases approaching near witnesses have reportedly been taking place for months from various areas of Pennsylvania. The following report was submitted by researcher Jim Brown who has investigated many unusual incidents over the years in Fayette county.

Sphere Sighted Near Uniontown,Pennsylvania

Date: Saturday 8 October,2022

Time: 06:00 (approx.)

Weather:  Clear, 40 Degrees F

 This is a summary of the case based on phone interviews. No In person interview has taken place as of 16 October.

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On Monday the 10th, I received a call from the witness’s wife. She was inquiring for her husband about what he claimed. According to her, he awoke about 6 O’clock and got up to read the morning paper because he couldn’t get back to sleep. I recommended he contact me directly rather than just getting the story second hand.

He called me later on the 10th and gave me the following background. He said he woke up and was planning to get the newspaper and read awhile until his wife got up. He put on his robe and slippers and went out the front door. The walk to the paper box is about fifty feet long and goes from the porch out to the road. When he got to the steps from the porch to the walk, he saw a glowing white ball of light.

It was at the end of the walk and about eye level. It appeared to be about 10 – 12 inches in diameter and was between him and the paper box. At this point the witness got extremely sleepy and initially could not recall what happened next. Later in a second interview on October 13 he said he  remembered the light moved to the side, and he felt a “calling” he should go out and get his newspaper. He did so then returned to the porch. At this time the ball of light had moved between him and the porch. It was still above the walk, but in front of the steps. He said he was getting sleepy to the point he could not stay awake and the object appeared to be making a slow circular motion. This was all he could recall.

On the 13th, I also interviewed his wife regarding her part in this. She said he was getting up to read the Sunday paper because he couldn’t sleep. Note: the discrepancy in “Sunday Paper” and the Saturday date of the event is because the Uniontown paper no longer issues a Sunday edition. they put it out on Saturday as a Weekend edition.) She says she dozed off again and woke a bit before 7:00 and got up. She went to the living room expecting to find her husband in his favorite chair. Instead, it was empty, and she could see him out the front door on the porch sitting in a chair asleep. Seeing he was not dressed for 40 degree weather she immediately went out and tried to wake him. She said it was hard to get him to wake, but finally he did. They went back inside, and he gradually came around.

At first, he did not know what he was doing but eventually he became more alert and related the story to her just as he initially did for me. It was at that time he added the part I mention above about the light blocking his path as he came back from the paper box. She also added that he did have his newspaper when she woke him which indicates at some point, that he did make it to the paper box and returned to the porch.

I again contacted both of them 16 October and neither has anything new to add, but both did relate the story again as they did earlier. No changes noted in the details provided.(I also inquired about any medical conditions, no action taken nor plans to do so.)

Nothing new has happened since the initial event as of 16 October.

Small Sphere Appears Inside a House Five Feet from Witness

It was three days later about forty miles away that another low level ball of light incident occurred in the Laurel Highlands. This case however is even more intriguing as it reportedly occurred inside of a house. I interviewed the witness in person and did a follow up telephone interview as well.

The witness told me that she awakened at 2:30 AM and went to the bathroom. When she came out of the bathroom, she noticed about five feet away something unusual in the living room. There was a high ceiling in that older home and hovering several feet below the ceiling was a deep blue colored sphere about a foot and a half in diameter. Inside the sphere the witness observed a gray swirling mass that looked similar to the motion of a lava lamp. The object was silent as it moved slightly up and down.

The witness recalled taking one step toward the sphere. That is when she felt a slight tingling sensation. She said that sensation reminded her of a pre-jolt of electricity when she was near an electric fence. She recalled looking at the strange round object for about ten seconds, then suddenly became very sleepy. She immediately went into the bedroom and went to sleep. She stated to me that that experience was “so stinking weird” as she didn’t understand why she didn’t keep watching the odd object in her home.

She also told me that it was very unusual for her to just have fallen to sleep so fast after seeing the object since she suffers from insomnia and would normally have never gone into a deep sleep so quickly. When she awakened the next day, she felt very sluggish and groggy for hours.

In the rural area where this incident took place and not known to the witness, I have been receiving other reports from locals who have been experiencing strange incidents in the woods as well as others who reported UFO sightings.

Historical Low Level Mini-UFO Cases:

October, 2017-Small Haystack Shaped Object Glides Inches Over Driveway

An even stranger mini-UFO encounter took place in late October near Fayette City, PA in Fayette County. Early that morning, a man went outside to warm up his wife’s car. As he walked down the steps he looked toward her car and saw something only about 10-12 feet away by the right bumper. The lights were on and the area around the car was well illuminated. The witness said he saw an object that was about two feet tall, and shaped like a haystack. The object was translucent, and shiny, and a milky-white color. There were vertical ribs that seemed to be the superstructure that looked like chrome straws that could be seen through the translucent structure. The object which was silent was gliding 1-2 inches off the ground, was motionless when he first saw it.

Whatever the object was, after several seconds it must have realized that the witness had approached until he was about 6 feet from it. It suddenly zoomed extremely fast across the driveway to the left side of the car, then made a perfect right angle turn along the driver’s side of the car into the dark and was not seen again. The entire incident lasted only seconds. The witness wished he had his cell phone with him so he could have taken a picture. The witness has no idea what he saw but feels that it may have been some type of a probe.

Sketch of mini-haystack object used with permission of the witness

Nov 8, 2019 – Object In the Road

From  researcher Jim Brown from Fayette County, PA (www.jimsdestinations.com)

About 4:30 PM I received a call from a nearby witness who is aware I investigate unusual events. A transcript of his narrative follows:

“I was coming home from Masontown on the Bowood Road. As I went over the top of a rise, I saw this ball in the road just sitting there. It was about 2 feet across and was blocking the road. I couldn’t get around it so I stopped .I sat there for a minute then decided to get out and move it so I could continue home. I even thought about taking it home as a oddity. But when I opened the car door it started to just fade away. Not quick. It took a few seconds to vanish. But then it disappeared. It never moved, just faded away. I closed the door and wondered, what the hell was that? After that I just went on home, nothing else to say.”

I asked a few questions and got some additional information. He said the object was silvery gray in color..  No details, just a sphere about 2 feet in diameter.  He could not recall if there was a shadow under it. (Weather was mostly cloudy but still should have caused a darkening under the object.)  He stopped about 50 feet away from the object.  Beyond that he had no other details to report.  No physical evidence was seen or obtained.  A  few leading questions provided no additional reliable information. Limited data, no other witnesses present.

 There are other low level ball of light incidents continuing to be reported from other areas. In recent weeks UFO sightings have been reported from various locations in the Keystone state. I am also currently looking into recent Bigfoot sightings reported in western Pennsylvania. Other unusual incidents such as loud booms heard over widespread areas are also being reported.

If you are aware of any unusual incidents specially in recent weeks, please contact me either via phone at 724-838-7768 or email: paufo@comcast.net.

Stan Gordon www.stangordon.info

UFO Activity Ongoing in Pennsylvania- Encounters with Small Spheres of Light Close to the Ground Increasing-August 13, 2022

UFO Activity Ongoing in Pennsylvania- Encounters with Small Spheres of Light Close To The Ground Increasing-August 13, 2022

From: Researcher Stan Gordon www.stangordon.info

Reports of UFO/UAP sightings continue to be very active in Pennsylvania during 2022. There was a surprising surge of low level observations reported during the fall and winter months of 2021, and  sightings have continued steadily throughout 2022. There have been numerous daylight observations of unusual objects in the sky as well. The public is reporting observations of triangular, spherical, cigar, and  rectangular shaped objects.

What I consider to be even more fascinating are the increase in reports of smaller generally spherical objects that are low to the ground and reportedly have been approaching within feet of witnesses in some cases. These encounters with mini-UFOs as I have called them for many years, are taking place in daylight as well as during the night.

I have been investigating such cases since the 1960s in Pennsylvania. These objects range in size from a few inches to about a foot or two in diameter. There have been many reports that described the objects as looking about the size of a golf ball or baseball. In some cases, the objects appear to be solid metal, however most witnesses describe these objects as luminous globes of various colors. I have investigated  cases where these objects have paced moving vehicles and have entered homes and vehicles through open windows.

In more recent years witnesses in wooded areas of Pennsylvania where there has been a history of Bigfoot encounters are also reporting observing these smaller luminous objects as well as other luminous phenomena. I am aware that similar reports are taking place in many areas across the country as well.

There has been an increase in observations of these smaller objects since March of 2022, and these reports have continued during the last week. There have been observations of these objects from rural wooded areas, as well as more populated housing communities.

I am interested in hearing from any Pennsylvania residents who may have seen anything unusual recently or in the past. I can be contacted  by phone at 724-838-7768 or via email at paufo@comcast.net.

The following is a brief synopsis of some of the UFO and mini-UFO cases that have been reported. There are also some links that will give you additional details on other sightings as well.

UFO Sightings In Pennsylvania On The Rise Since the Fall of 2021 and Continuing into 2022 – Stan Gordon’s UFO Anomalies Zone

01-05-22-4:40 AM-Latrobe-The witness was outside and noticed two white lights and a red light in the middle of an object. Then multiple Lights came on the underside of the object. It looked like a circuit board with numerous lights and what looked like solid pipes connected to some of them. The object made a low humming sound and was very low in altitude and estimated to be about 70 feet high. It was between her yard and the neighbor’s yard. At the closest point it was about 50-60 feet away.   There were about five rows of about 20 white round non-blinking lights. The pipes that seemed solid were on both sides of the panel and seemed to be connected to the top row. The object moved slow with lights on. The shape of the object was not determined but the panel section looked to be 7-8 feet long.

01-15-22-A man who lived in rural Armstrong county was concerned that his water line under the house was freezing up during a local deep freeze, so he went outside after 3 AM. He was partly inside a crawl space when he heard a strange humming-clicking sound from outside behind him. The next day his neighbor called him and told him about the strange object that he saw hovering over his barn across the road during the time that he was in the crawl space.

I was able to interview both of the witnesses involved. The neighbor told me that he awakened at about 3:45 AM by the sound of his horses being disturbed by something. “The horses were running around in a tizzy.” The man began to walk toward the barn. He approached to about 150 feet from the barn when some lights appeared over the barn. The lights were shining down, and he could see the horses moving around. That’s when he saw an object hovering about 20 feet above the barn. The object looked somewhat tear drop shaped about 65-70 feet long. The object had a smooth silver or metallic look that looked similar to stainless or galvanized steel. “It looked solid and smooth.” The object was emitting a humming and buzzing sound.

There were numerous lights across the surface of the object that looked round. There were approximately 8 rows of 20-30 lights. The lights would change from red to blue than back to a red color. The man watched the object hover for about 5 minutes. His camera phone was in the house. As he watched the lights suddenly went out, everything went dark, and the object just disappeared. He did not see the object move away from the area. The horses seem to go back to their normal behavior just seconds after the object vanished.

During January and February of 2022, I was receiving information from witnesses and UFO researchers that sightings of large triangular objects and other types of UFOs were being reported from around the Kittanning area and other sections of Armstrong county.

Mid- March 2022- Mount Pleasant Township. About dawn, the witness heard an odd sound and looked out the window.  That is when “a great big round circle with lights on it”  was observed over the trees. It was round with no wings and spinning as it was moving steadily over trees and then over the roof of the house as continued out of the area.

Mid-March 2022-Small spheres of light low to the ground and among the trees, as well as beams of light were reported at an undisclosed rural location on the Pennsylvania-New York border where there has been a history of various anomalies from UFOs to Bigfoot encounters.

April 6, 2022-A Daylight Close Range Encounter with A Mysterious Exploding Small Sphere in Fayette County, Pennsylvania-April 6, 2022 – Stan Gordon’s UFO Anomalies Zone

April 14, 2022-Ligonier, PA- During the afternoon, independent witnesses observed a huge solid elongated metallic object with multiple lights on the structure at tree top level. One witness reported the lights were so bright that it hurt her eyes.

April 16, 2022-A team of Bigfoot researchers are investigating in an undisclosed area of Fayette county where the sounds of howls and screams and something heavy walking in the woods have been reported along with nearby Bigfoot sightings. Several of these people were quite alarmed as mysterious balls of light approached very close to them that evening.

April 28, 2022-Towards Monroeville-The object observed that evening had a solid outline and was football shaped. The ends were somewhat pointed, like the ends of a football. There were many lights on the object, only some were blinking. There were 7 red lights in the center of the object. On top was a red, white, and yellow light. 3 red lights on the top. On the bottom were red, green, white, and red lights. The object looked quite large at that distance. The object was moving steadily through the sky   toward Pittsburgh. No sound could be heard from that distance. He watched the object for about 90 seconds. The object was lost from sight among the trees.

May 14, 2022-UFO Photographed from Latrobe over the Chestnut Ridge UFO Observed and Photographed Over the Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania-May 14, 2022 – Stan Gordon’s UFO Anomalies Zone

June 3, 2022-Pittsburgh area-At 4:30 AM, the witness noticed a bright light outside illuminating the area. About 50 yds away he sees a large solid round white light emitting a foggy bright glow illuminating the road and surroundings. It was just hovering. He heard no sound from inside the house. The object was about the size of a car. Witness watched it for 2-3 minutes and as he watched, it suddenly just vanished and was gone.

June 5, 2022-Greensburg, PA Route 30-About 5:30 or 6 PM the witness was at the red light and looked up into the clear blue sky toward the west. He noticed a silver, cigar shaped object that was motionless. He watched it while stopped for about 10 seconds and saw it when it suddenly just vanished and disappeared. The witness was certain it was not a plane and could not believe what he saw.

June 9, 2022-Latrobe area- At about 3:30 AM, the witness was awakened by his dog that seemed disturbed. The man thinking the dog needed to go for a walk opened the back door and observed a small bright sphere that was described as being about three inches in size, perfectly round and brilliant white. The object was about 5 feet above the ground moving in front of a tree in the fenced yard. The light from the object was bright however it did not radiate any light onto the surroundings. The object moved slowly just a few inches from the tree to the left side about a foot or two then stopped, and then lowered another foot before it headed back around the tree and moved off in the distance.

June 22, 2022- Greensburg- During the early morning hours, a resident in a housing development outside of town, was alerted by his ring security system of some movement near their home. When they looked at the video footage, they observed a strange small sphere of light moving around their porch.

June 22, 2022-Fayette county-In a wooded area, during the early morning hours a family notices a small sphere of light captured on a game camera.

06-28-22-Altoona, PA- This occurred about 5 miles from town at around 9:30 AM. The witness observed a large object below the clouds that was low over his car. The driver looked up underneath the object from the car window. It was a large solid round object of a red copper color with a hollow bottom and windows around it.

July 2022-During the first two weeks of July, daylight reports from several counties of wingless cigar shaped objects that in some cases just vanished from sight or in one case entered a cloud but never exited from it.

07-19-22-Elizabeth, PA-A man, and his son that evening observe a very large triangular object hovering about 200 feet over the Monongahela river. The object while hovering pivoted while being observed. The object was very large, and the corner tips of the object extended to both sides of the river. There were three white lights and one smaller red light on the object.  

07-28-22-Ligonier-At a rural location just a few miles out of town, at about 3 AM, a witness is awakened and observes a small bright blue ball of light about a foot in diameter. The sphere is about 8-10 feet away and bobbing up and down in front of the bedroom window. The  object is brilliant however it is not casting any light on the surrounding area.

07-30-22-Fayette County-Members of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society & Fay-West Paranormal were investigating in that undisclosed location where many strange occurrences have taken place between the Chestnut and Laurel Ridge and referred to as Area X. That evening they encountered two baseball size balls of light, one red and one white. One object was about 5 feet above the ground. The other sphere appeared to be on the ground. After a short time, the objects suddenly just vanished and were not seen again.   

08-09-22-Latrobe- At a rural area location a few miles from town, the witness who couldn’t sleep at 2:30 AM, looked out the window and observed about 200 feet away, a large object hovering somewhat higher than tree top level. The witness described the object as solid, big, and round and shaped somewhat like a cantaloupe. The object was a very bright orange and red color and glowed brightly. There was some minimal illumination extending beyond the object. There were small green and blue lights on the bottom of the object. They would alternate on and off, but never on at the same time.

08-09-22-This incident took place in a rural area of Greene county. This report was forwarded  to me by my research associate Jim Brown. This took place during the evening. There was no storm activity in the area at the time. Walking past a window, the resident observed a bright yellow white sphere about 20 feet away that was about 10 inches in diameter. It was stationary at the time. The witness called his son who also saw it. They went to another window, and they still observed it. He tried to take a picture with his phone camera, however he could not see the sphere on the screen, however he could with his eyes. They obtained a standard digital camera and once again, they could not see the orb, however they could see the surrounding trees.

They couldn’t understand why they couldn’t see it with both cameras. They then located an old film camera, and interestingly they could see the sphere and surroundings through that viewfinder. That camera is of course a different technology than the two other digital types. After about 5 minutes the sphere began to move off slowly then just stopped a couple seconds. The object then quickly rose in altitude and moved over the field and vanished.

Kecksburg (PA) UFO Festival to Bring Out of This World Fun-July 22-24, 2022

Kecksburg (PA) UFO Festival To Bring Out Of This World Fun-July 22-24, 2022

Stan Gordon standing next to the mockup of the Kecksburg UFO on the Kecksburg V.F.D. grounds.

The Kecksburg UFO Festival is returning this year with fun for the entire family. The event will be held July 22-24, 2022, on the Kecksburg Volunteer Fire Department grounds, at 5128 Water Street, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666. The phone number for information is: 724-423-9540.

Friday night is half food price night to enjoy the fire departments legendary burgers, fresh cut fries and hot dogs. There will be music by DJ Mike. There will be ongoing events both outside and inside. Friday night the ground hours is 6-11 PM, and the hours inside the social hall is 6-9 PM.

Inside the social hall you will find arts and craft venders. Also, you can talk with UFO, Bigfoot, and Paranormal researchers who will have display tables. All of the speakers who will attend the Sunday conference will have tables inside as well. There will be more arts and craft venders outside along with many attractions for the adults and children such as a blacksmith, wood carver, and food vendors.

Saturday the ground hours is noon until 11 PM, and the social hall hours is noon until 9 PM. Some of the Saturday features will be the parade at 2 PM, The famous bed race at 4 PM, The Shanklin Family bands from 7-10 PM, and fireworks at 10 PM.

Sunday at 12:30 PM the Kecksburg V.F.D. features their famous, “UFO Hot Dog Eating Competition.”

The UFO-Bigfoot-Paranormal Conference will take place Sunday from 1-4 :30 PM in the EMS building on the Kecksburg V.F.D. grounds. A donation at the door is appreciated to help support the fire department.

The speakers at this years, conference include Stan Gordon- UFO-Bigfoot investigator and author. This year marks 63 years of his research. Stan will give an update on some of the most interesting, strange encounters that have taken place in Westmoreland county and the greater Pittsburgh area in the last few years and recent weeks. Stan is the principal investigator of the 1965 Kecksburg UFO incident. He continues to receive and investigate current UFO, Bigfoot, and cryptid encounters. His website is: www.stangordon.info.

Eric Altman- is a Cryptozoologist, specializing in researching the Bigfoot/Sasquatch phenomenon with a combined 40 years of study and field research.  He is a well-respected field investigator, contributing author, founder and Director of the Pennsylvania Cryptozoology Society and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society.  Eric was also the host and co-founder of Beyond the Edge Radio, a live weekly radio program covering a variety of paranormal and fringe topics from 1997 to 2019. Eric will give an illustrated presentation about the strange ongoing happenings along the Chestnut Ridge.

Dave Spinks- Air-Force veteran and retired Federal law enforcement officer has been investigating researching and documenting the paranormal for the last three decades. During his thousands of investigations, he has had death defying situations and hair raising accounts that pushes the boundaries of belief while answering man’s three greatest questions, What happens when we die? Are we alone in the universe? Are there unknown creatures walking among us? He will present a program called West Virginia and Southwest PA and Modern UFOlogy.”

Patty A. Wilson-Author, historian, and paranormal researcher Patty A. Wilson has lived her entire life in Pennsylvania researching, investigating and writing about Pennsylvania’s extensive paranormal history.  She works in the field of psychology and has been investigating the paranormal and documenting it for nearly thirty years.  To date, Ms. Wilson has written 28 books including Haunted Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania’s Lost Treasures. Her program is called, “Haunted History”–Ghost stories often come with historical legends, folk tales and rumors attached, but how do you weed through them to find out what actually happened at an historical site? 

There will be additional parking for the festival this year. For more information go to: www.kecksburgvfd.com or 2022 Kecksburg (PA) UFO Festival Conference Speaker Lineup – Stan Gordon’s UFO Anomalies Zone

UFO Observed and Photographed Over the Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania-May 14, 2022

UFO Observed and Photographed Over The Chestnut Ridge in Pennsylvania-May 14, 2022

From: Researcher Stan Gordon www.stangordon.info

Enlargement of the object used with permission of the witness

On the afternoon of May 14, 2022, a witness was in his vehicle sitting in a parking lot in the Latrobe, Pennsylvania area when he happened to look up into the sky. That is when he observed an object that was moving at high altitude among the clouds.

The object was moving over a section of the Chestnut Ridge  east of Latrobe. What caught the attention of the witness was that the object at first seemed to be moving slowly across the sky then suddenly there was a burst of speed as the object moved out of sight. He was only able to observe it for about 20  seconds.

The witness stated that the object whatever it was appeared black in color, but he could not determine the shape at that distance. He felt that the object would have been quite large for him to see it and photograph it at that altitude. The object can clearly be seen in the photo.

The picture was examined by research associate Jim Brown (www.jimsdestinations.com) who has been analyzing UFO pictures and videos for many years. The photo appears to show a solid black, upside down, domed shaped object with a flat top.

Photo of the object over the Chestnut Ridge used with permission of the witness

The following is Jim Brown’s analysis of the photograph.

UFO Image submitted for analysis.

The image as submitted was processed, and the following EXIF data extracted:

Main Information

Photometic Interpretation : Unknown (34892)

Make : Apple

Model : iPhone 13 Pro

Orientation : left-hand side

XResolution : 72/1

YResolution : 72/1

Resolution Unit : Inch

Software : 15.4.1

Date Time : 2022:05:14 15:59:45

YCbCrPositioning : centered

ExifInfo Offset : 210

Sub Information

ExposureTime : 1/737Sec

FNumber : F2.8

Exposure Program : Program Normal

ISO Speed Ratings : 32

ExifVersion : 0232

DateTime Original : 2022:05:14 15:59:45

DateTime Digitized : 2022:05:14 15:59:45

Component Configuration : YCbCr

Shutter Speed Value : 1/737Sec

Aperture Value : F2.8

Brightness Value : EV10.0

ExposureBiasValue : EV0.0

MeteringMode : Division

Flash : Not fired(Compulsory)

FocalLength : 9.00(mm)

SubjectLocation : 1988,1549,2263,1351

MakerNote : Unknown Format : 1674Bytes (Offset:738)

SubSecTimeOriginal : 885

SubSecTimeDigitized : 885

FlashPixVersion : 0100

ColorSpace : sRGB

ExifImageWidth : 4032

ExifImageHeight : 3024

SensingMethod : OneChipColorArea sensor

SceneType : A directly photographed image

ExposureMode : Auto

WhiteBalance : Auto

FocalLength(35mm) : 77(mm)

SceneCaptureType : Standard

Unknown (A432)5,4 : 299253/190607,9/1,3/2,14/5

Unknown (A433)2,6 : Apple

Unknown (A434)2,43 : iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 9mm f/2.8

I cropped the image to reduce overall file size and enhanced it by:

1. – Enlarging the object in the image by 500 % to show greater detail.

2. – Increasing the dynamic range across the area showing the object.

3. – Applying false color to increase contrast depth on the object itself.

The results of the processing show some artifacts created by the original compression. For example, note the top of the object and how it appears lighter in the enhancement.  In addition, a slight halo can be seen surrounding the object. This effect is not seen as readily in the original image.  A probable cause of this effect may be artifacts that are being introduced into the enlargement process.  This gives a false coloration along the top of the object.

Another clue that indicates compression is file size The original image is only 52 K, which is very small for an original photograph.  This is a common tactic used by phones to reduce file size. But in doing so, any subsequent enhancement, even using the Weimer Method which attempts to determine intermediate pixel weights, will be subject to loss of detail in the enhanced image.

With these caveats in mind, I went ahead and processed the enhancement. The results are seen in the attached image file being returned with this document.

I did a pixel weight scan in both horizontal and vertical across the object.   This, plus the shutter speed data in the EXIF file can rule out any form of motion blur.   The object as seen is in focus and not blurred due to camera movement.

I did a second pixel weight scan across the dark line at the top of the enhanced image.   This line appears to be a phone cable or similar utility line above the vehicle. While definite distances are estimated, one can assume that the line is 50 – 100 feet away from the camera. The pixel weight scan matches the scan across the object. This would indicate the auto focus was at a point where both the object and the cable were in the same depth of field. Such data rules out a small object near the camera; the object in question was a considerable distance away.

The main issue is the resolution. Due to compression and artifacts in the image no details are present. This makes a final determination of exactly what the object is impossible to determine.  Also note that the presence of clouds prevents any definitive shadows on the object; source light is diffused.  The witness stated the object was moving slowly then jumped quickly out of sight.  While this may be true, the single image here does not show any movement. Thus this aspect cannot be confirmed nor refuted since the single image shows only a single frame.

Image Enhancement used with permission of Jim Brown

The object in question appears solid, however no definitive conclusions can be made based on the data as provided.

Phone Disclaimer applies here.  As with all images captured on phone cameras, the compression factor prevents ruling out hoaxing. While no intent at faking anything was detected, the resolution prevents actually confirming the validity of the image.  Conclusions are based on these limitations and cannot be considered definitive.

Jim Brown

Independent Research Associate

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Addendum:

UFO sighting reports from Pennsylvania have continued throughout 2022. Some of these incidents have been explained. Sightings of the Starlink satellites have frequently been reported as they pass over.

There have also been reports of large, structured objects observed in some areas. UFO sightings have been reported in the Latrobe area, and from locations around the Chestnut Ridge. In recent weeks, daylight sightings of a very large solid object observed at low level were reported in the Ligonier area. There have also been close range observations of small spherical luminous objects low to the ground.

If you have seen anything unusual give me a call at 724-838-7768 or email: paufo@comcast.net.