NUFORC Sighting 42563

Occurred: 1996-08-15 17:00 Local
Reported: 2005-02-28 08:22 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 9

Location: Clymer, PA, USA

Shape: Other

In August in 1996 I attended a picnic at a friend's farm in Clymer PA and observed a bullet shaped craft.

While attending a late summer picnic at a friend's farm in August of 1996 I witnessed the appearance of a bullet shaped craft travelling southwest to northeast in a beautiful and clear, cloudless sky, with 8 other people.

The others looked up but did not want to believe me that this was a classic and very real ufo! They tried to explain it away as a balloon or blimp of some kind, even though there was no gondola attached and the object moved purposefully in a very straight line.

The craft was approximately 500 to 1000 ft high and I'm estimating that it was about the size of a standard passenger bus. It was metallic, shiny and reflected the sun on it's surface but it was a semi-dull shine, and not of mirror reflecting quality.

On the surface of the object were two lines that seperated it into 3 sections: pointed nose section, middle and rear. There were no other distinguising features on the object either; no windows or door apertures could be seen.

When the object passed us overhead we had a clear view of the back which was round, perfectly smooth and also featureless; no exhaust could be seen, No motor or propeller could be seen either and no sound at all - it was completely silent.

An amazing sight, to be sure, and one which I will never forget.

Posted 2005-05-24