NUFORC Sighting 37483

Occurred: 1995-07-21 23:15 Local
Reported: 2004-06-08 21:44 Pacific
Duration: 2-3 min.
No of observers: 4

Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Shape: Light


Bright Light over I95 (Philly) which shot off at an incredible speed and angle.

There were four witnesses to this sighting. Myself, my father-in-law,his friend and his friend's grandson. We were returning home from a Phillies-Cardinals baseball game. We were traveling south on I 95 approximately 2-3 miles before the I 476 interchange (known locally as the "Blue Route").

As we were traveling south on I 95 we all noticed a very bright light directly ahead of us on the horizon. Because of our proximity to the Philadelphia International airport, I believe we all assumed it was plane approaching for a landing at the airport. After about thirty seconds I remember thinking to myself,why hasn't the incoming plane closed in distance on us? It seemed we weren't closing the gap. (which I found strange because we were heading directly toward it. And it initally appeared to be coming toward us.) About 15-20 seconds later the gap between us seemed like it was finally closing. I then commented to the child in the group, "look here comes a plane in for a landing". Right after that the object shot off to left at an incredible speed on an approximate 60 degree angle. It was totally out of sight in a second or two. We all imediately rolled down our windows and looked up to try and track it. However, it was gone. One of the other witnesses said, "Did you see that? It was like it was yanked on a string! That isn't anything from this world!" I also remember was thinking to myself how bright the light was compared to what I remember normal landing lights on a plane to be. It was a brighter and whiter glow than you would normally see.

A final observation. There is a Boeing facility within a mile or two of where the sighting occurred. Was this some sort of experimental craft? I don't know... If it was, I can't rationalize why they would be testing it in such a densely populated area over heavily traveled interstate highway.



NUFORC Note:

Date may be approximate, but can easily be confirmed because of the baseball game. PD


Posted 2004-06-18

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