NUFORC Sighting 27926

Occurred: 1998-08-07 14:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-03-01 02:28 Pacific
Duration: 40 - 50 Seconds
No of observers: 1

Location: Dickson City, PA, USA

Shape: Chevron


2 chevron UFOs head directly toward each other, then do a "loop-de-loop" around one another, and continue on their original headings.

It was on or around 1998 (I do not remember the date), during a "warmer" month (Spring, Summer or Fall. I would say Summer). The time of day was approximately early afternoon. I was working on the second floor of a two-story building of a satellite office of a major corporation in Dickson City, Pennsylvania. I was sitting at my desk, which faced a row of large non-shaded windows. As I looked up from my work, I saw out the window an object that was moving nearly laterally through the sky.

The object was dark in color (I would say flat black.) It’s size I would estimate as that of a small plane (say a Lear Jet) I saw no details, no markings, no marker lights, no windows, etc. The object did not even appear to have any reflections or glare. It was chevron in shape, like a wide "V." (There was no "tail" or any other protrusions.) Each of the 3 "tips" of the "V" came to a point, with the widest section being (using this example) at the nadir of the "V." I would say the angle of the "V" was about 100 degrees.

The object was moving (nearly) from left to right from where I was (now standing) by the window. It was approximately one quarter, to one half mile away from me. It was "flying" with it’s "wings" perpendicular to the ground (like a plane would normally fly), and the bottom point of the "V" was pointing in the direction of it’s movement (like it was the "nose" of the vehicle).

There was no exhaust or contrail.

The sky that day was partly cloudy, with a good base to the clouds (in other words the clouds did not vary much in elevation, the base of each cloud was at pretty much at the same elevation). The sky was light "sky blue" in between the clouds. Other than the clouds, the visibility was unlimited.

I do not know the objects elevation, but it was flying just below the cloud layer, because the craft would every now and then "skim" the bottom of the clouds.

Its speed appeared to be approximately, one and a half, to two times the speed that a "Piper Cub" type airplane would fly at, at that distance and elevation.

It was completely rigid in its motion. In other words, it did not increase or decrease elevation, or speed. It made no wobbles or movements of pitch, yaw or roll. There was of course, no flapping motion (it was NOT a bird in my opinion). It’s flight was completely steady.

From the moment I first saw it, I watched it for about 10 seconds, then turned to go to my office door to see if anyone else was close enough to call over and see it with me. No one was there, so I immediately went back to the window. I was away for approximately, 3 or 4 seconds.

When I got back to the window, it was a little further along its flight path, traveling in the same manner as I have already noted.

Then I noticed another object, exactly the same type as described, coming from the other direction (180 degrees from the first objects direction), and it was traveling in the exact same manner as the first. It appeared to be on an exact collision course with the first object.

When the objects got almost "nose-to-nose" with each other, they proceeded to do one "loop-de-loop" around each other.

The "loop-de-loop" was accomplished by each craft, by increasing elevation. (If you remember the old "Hot Wheels" toy car TV commercials with the yellow "Hot Wheels" track and how the miniature cars would do a loop around the track, that is how these objects each appeared to travel around each other, but in opposite directions.) The "loop" was not vertical. The plane of the loop, would have been at about a 50-60 degree angle, using the ground as the base level for the angle. (The objects were still at their approximate elevation, just that the angle of the loop’s plane, compared to the ground, would have been about 50 to 60 degrees.) The size of the diameter, of the circular type loop that each did around each other, I would estimate to be approximately twice the length of the distance between wing tip to wing tip, of one of the objects.

After completing the "loop-de-loop," each object continued flying in the same matter as I originally described, on each of their respective original courses.

I watched each object until both were out of sight.

The entire event, lasted from first sight to last sight, approximately 40-50 seconds.

Immediately after seeing this, I quickly noted the time, date, and estimated the angles, etc. Then I sent email to a local TV station, asking if the weather department knew the elevation of the cloud layer that day above Dickson City, PA was. The station never answered my email. So subsequently, I was never able to calculate the altitude, distance, or speed of the objects. Moreover, since then, I cannot find my original notes. This is the FIRST TIME I am reporting this to anyone.

Thank you.



NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. PD


Posted 2003-03-21

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