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| Occurred : 11/30/2001 23:30 (Entered as : 11/30/01 2330) Reported: 12/3/2001 9:43:09 AM 09:43 Posted: 3/21/2003 Location: PA/NY, PA Shape: Circle Duration:2 hours |
| Mysterious circle made of clouds around the moon To Whom It May Concern, My name is ((deleted)), I am not really sure whom I should contact to report this properly, so if you are not the right department, can you please be so kind and tell me where should I report this. On November 30, 2001 Saturday evening about 2330 hours in Langhorne Philadelphia, PA, my girlfriend and I were walking her two dogs and I looked up to look at the moon which was nearly full and was located almost directly above us. I noticed that there was a mysteriously looking circle of clouds around the moon. If you would look at the moon, the radius of the circle would be about the size of a pinky. Its colors were also unusual to see in a dark sky, you could make out colors of red and green, sort of like a fading rainbow. We also noticed that it changed its diameter a couple of times on a small scale. Immediately I called my mother who lives in Northeast Philadelphia, and she confirmed seeing the same thing. To my surprise when I called 3 of my friends in Brooklyn, NY, they said that they saw the mysterious circle as well even though they were about 80 miles away from where we were. Inside of the circle there was no sign of other clouds at all, but outside of it there were some scattered, but the circle itself was separated from them. It finally started to fade away around 0200 on Sunday morning, December 1,2001. My girlfriend's sister had also noticed this phenomena who was in Northeast Philadelphia at the time. I was also wondering where I can find out if more reports were made regarding this event. I am aware that reports were made in the past years of mysterious clouds appearing, and some thought it was UFO's. I am looking forward to hearing back from you. Sincerely, ((name deleted)) ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the witnesses were observing a "Moon dog," caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere. PD)) |