NUFORC Sighting 81963

Occurred: 2011-06-28 14:55 Local
Reported: 2011-06-28 14:28 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 3

Location: Erie, PA, USA

Shape: Cigar


Reflective cigar shaped craft sighted over Erie, PA; gone in seconds.

Leaving the local landfill today, my friend and I saw a flash of light just north of us, and overhead. At first we thought it was an old airplane, the kind that was just made of all sheet metal, because the reflection off of this object was extremely bright, almost blinding.

As I pointed out to my friend that I didn’t think it was an airplane due to its movement (of which there was none, it was just hovering there), it rolled (it was almost like a tumbler rolling in midair), and spun overhead. With that simple twist, it became a bright circle, and it shot ahead of us towards the lake.

Within seconds the point of light was across Lake Erie, towards Canada, and could not be seen anymore. It left no trail, no sounds, nothing.

The person I was with is a skeptic, and even he was dumbfounded as to how it could just disappear without a trace.

I was able to snap a photo on my cell phone camera, right when it was doing its little tumble. It is not the greatest, but you can tell there is definitely something there.

Posted 2011-07-04

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