UFA Sighting Report:

UFO Sighting Report

Date: = ; &n= bsp; = ; 15 July 2009

Location: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; 3 Miles South of Greencastle, PA

Time: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; 5:30 AM (exactly)

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Lighting Conditions: &nb= sp; = Generally dark with a hint of dawn on the extreme eastern horizon.

There was= a large, bright half-moon that was very high in the sky (~80

degrees of azimuth) to the Southeast; several bright s= tars were visible

although most were obscured by scattered high-level cl= oud cover.

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Weather: &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; Generally clear skies with very light clouds between 20,000-30,000 feet

and a second layer of scattered clouds higher up (~50,000-60,000 feet).

There was= no significant wind at ground level but the scattered clouds

above were moving briskly towards the southeast.

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Other A= ircraft Visible: = ; A large commercial jetliner (737,757, 767 scale) was visible at a bearing

of about 120 degrees true at an estimated 35,000-45,00= 0 feet in

elevation. The aircraft’s structure and contrails were visible to the eye as

were the white strobe warning light and red & green running lights.

Observers Background:&= nbsp; I am a retired Navy Commander who served in the Navy for 21 years on

both submarines and surface combatants. I have been involved in both nuclear power and nuclear weapons and maintained security clearances above the TOP SECRET level. My most senior assignments were at= Fleet Forces Command (U.S. Atlantic Fleet HQ) NAVSUPSYSCOM as Director of Supply Chain Management for all Navy and Marine Corps conventional ammunition. My educational background is in chemical, mechanical and petroleum engineering= and I hold a Masters in Business Administration. Currently I work as General Manage= r for an industrial manufacturing company. I have excellent vision, am taking no medications, have never had delusions or mental illness and am not a stereotypical “UFO fanatic”. I have a significant knowledge regarding aircraft available in the current military inventory and have observed aircraft exceeding mock 1 in relatively close proximity. I have observed a night-time launch of the space shuttle when my submarine was in Port Canave= ral, FL. I have not observed a definitive UFO or made a UFO sighting report previously.

Sequence of Events:&nb= sp; =

Initial Observation:&n= bsp; = ; I existed my front door at exactly 5:30 AM to star= t a typical 5-mile walk.

I always = check my watch to verify my start time. It was still fairly dark

outside with only a faint hint of sunrise on the extre= me eastern horizon. I

immediately noticed a very bright group of lights to t= he southeast

at approximately 140-degrees true and about 10-degrees= above the tree-

line. Th= ese lights caught my attention because I had never seen anything

like them before as they were extremely bright. To my naked eye, they

appear= ed as three glowing balls that were close together or perhaps

touchi= ng. At first I though I must be seeing the moon through clouds but a= s I glanced up I could see a very bright half-moon well above and to the left of the object. I also not= iced several stars were out and that there was a large commercial jet at about 100-degrees true and very high up (~35,000-40,000 feet) that was traveling east-to-west. As I glanced ba= ck at the three lights I observed that they had traveled a significant distance i= n just a few seconds and seemed to be moving at great speed. I couldn’t see any typical aircraft lights (white strobe or red/green running lights) and had a gut feeling that this was an unusual event.&nb= sp; I bolted into my house to get a pair of binoculars. This initial observation took 5-7 seconds.

Second Observation:&nb= sp; = I had a pair of 10 power binoculars readily available for an upcoming

hunting trip and it took me no more than 10 seconds to retrieve them and

return to my front porch. I relocated the object in the sky = at about 190-

degrees true, about 15 seconds after first seeing the object. Obviously it

had moved from the southeast horizon to southwest very quickly. I

observed that it was about 25,000 feet in altitude = 230; about the same

height as a few light clouds that were close by the object. I also

estimated it was 2-3 miles to the south from me horizontally. As soon as

I looked at the object in 10-power, it was clear there were 6 distinct bright lights. I looked hard for any visible stru= ctures (wings, fuselage, etc.) but saw nothing, nor could I see any typical aircra= ft lights (white strobe or red/green running lights). The lights were circular and arran= ged in a symmetrical pattern of a circle or an imaginary hexagon with each light b= eing centered over each of the corners (see diagram). The lights were all the same size = and color (white & yellow) and were moving together. It could have been six objects mov= ing in formation but my impression was that the lights were located on a single ob= ject.

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Not seein= g any distinguishing features, I put down the binoculars as I

wanted to try to gage the size of the object using any available reference.

At this p= oint, it had been about 20 seconds since I first saw the object. It

had continued moving west and was at about 220-degrees= true and still at

~25,000 feet. <= /span>I quickly estimated it had traveled about 10 miles in 20

seconds. This computed to 30 miles per minute or 1,800 MPH. Clearly

it was moving at 2-3 times the speed of sound and conf= irmed my

impression of extremely high velocity (I had directly observed military

aircraft at supersonic speeds below 500 feet in elevat= ion in the past …

the military can do this on the open ocean just not ov= er populated land).

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I then co= mpared the object to the half-moon still to the southeast and

above the object.&nbs= p; In comparison, the object would have covered 25% of

a complete FULL MOON in size (see diagram). It also equaled the half-

moon in brightness when seen with the naked eye.

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I also re= membered the large commercial jetliner to the southeast and

thought to compare size with this as well. The jetliner was still plodding

along at 500MPH or so and had moved about 10 degrees to 130-degrees

true. I could see the jet’s struct= ure clearly and estimated that the diameter of the object with 6-lights was approximately 2.5-3 jet-lengths or 250-300 yards across … obviously v= ery large.

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; I had a thought that perhaps I was seeing the international space station

or Hubble telescope and that I was catching a reflecti= on off of solar

collection panels as sunrise hit one of these orbiting structures.

Final observation:&nbs= p; &= nbsp; I had been observing the object for about a total of 30-35 seconds at this

point when the object came to a rapid stop … or = at least stopped moving

west. I = then looked through the binoculars again and picked up the 6

distinct lights in view. After 2-3 seconds all 6 lights rot= ated about 30-

degrees to the left, like a door knob that was being turned. The object

then began to climb vertically … it was no longer moving west, just up –

straight up. I also observed that there were definitely clouds above the

object telling me that it was not in fact in orbit aro= und the Earth but in

fact in our atmosphere and between cloud layers. It appeared the object

was accelerating quickly, as within 4-5 seconds it loo= ked to have shrunk

to less than half it’s original size. Within another= 3-4 seconds I observed

it breaking through the upper cloud layer and it immed= iately shrank from

view.

Comments: &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; The total observation period was about 50 seconds with a 10-second

break while I retrieved the binoculars.

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; I did not hear any sound from the object (like a sonic boom) but I also

did not hear the commercial jet when it passed overhea= d about 2 minutes

later. O= ne possible explanation is that higher level winds were moving

briskly to the southeast and taking acoustic energy aw= ay from me. Also,

there was a loud freight train about a mile away that = was generating a

significant volume of low frequency rumbling masking n= oise.

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This obje= ct was definitely moving at a high rate of speed, appeared to be

substantially larger than man-made aircraft and was maneuvering. It

moved from the eastern horizon to the western horizon = in about 25

seconds and then straight up and out of site within an= other 10-15

seconds. Initially, it was somewhat below the commercial jet (also

moving west) but the object was moving much faster. It took the jet 2-

2.5 minut= es to traverse the same distance that the object traversed in ~25

seconds.

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The brigh= tness of the 6-lights was so intense that it was impossible to see

structural details beyond the glare.

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The objec= t was definitely between cloud layers and not in orbit around

the Earth.

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