NUFORC Sighting 29798

Occurred: 1960-08-01 12:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2003-07-18 18:25 Pacific
Duration: 1 hour
No of observers: 2

Location: Allentown, PA, USA

Shape: Cylinder
Characteristics: Aura or haze around object

Historical color video of major USA event shows presence of UFO

This week I saw a color video on TV of the opening day of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. I think that was in 1960 or earlier. Up in the sky over one of the cloverleafs was a shiny metallic object much like a blimp but it had no gondola and at one tip was a circular area of air turbulence. I had heard from someone in college back in 1966 that a UFO had hovered over the PA turnpike on its opening day. The PA turnpike was a big event for the people of the region and the UFO presence a few hundred feet up made it all the more noteworthy.

NUFORC Note:

Date is approximate. We believe the Pennsylvania Turnpike was operational at least as early as the late 1950's, although it may have been formally dedicated at a later date. I travelled over it enroute from the Midwest to NYC in 1958, and perhaps even earlier. PD

Posted 2003-07-23