2024 Pennsylvania UFO and Cryptid Sightings Update
The year 2024 year has been continually busy with reports from the public reporting various unusual incidents. Residents from around the Chestnut and Laurel Ridge areas have been reporting not only UFO sightings, but cryptid encounters as well.
Daylight and nighttime encounters with small orbs of light low to the ground and at close range have been reported from several counties. Daylight reports of large cylindrical wingless objects observed at low level have been reported in past months.
Residents from the Derry area of the Chestnut Ridge as well as from other ridge locations have been reporting strange screams and howls from the woods unlike the sounds that they have been used to hearing from the local wildlife. Possible Bigfoot tracks have also turned up in various locations. Other possible Bigfoot activity has also been reported.
Interestingly, there have been several reports from widespread locations of possible “Thunderbirds.” Witnesses from both western and eastern sections of the state have provided detailed accounts of seeing these huge flying creatures. Most of the reports were in daylight and at close range and low altitude. I will provide more detailed information on these cases at a future time.
If you have seen anything unusual, please contact me so that I can compare the information with other reports. I can be called at: 724-838-7768 or contacted via email at: sightings@stangordon.info.
Many people were able to have a beautiful view of the Northern lights from many areas around the Pittsburgh area on Friday evening. The sky cleared in time for many residents to see and even photograph this rare observation as a result of an intense geomagnetic storm.
I have heard from several people who shared their experiences and pictures with me. I even had the chance to experience this interesting event as well. If the sky is clear, you might possibly see the Northern lights again tonight.
Northern lights photo taken by Connie Brinker near Scottdale, PA.
Photo taken by Brian Montgomery, Penn Township, PA (Westmoreland County)
Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society Team Investigating Recent Possible Bigfoot Tracks in Blair County
From: Researcher Stan Gordon
Photo of one of the tracks found in Blair County. Used with permission of Eric Altman
I was informed on April 26, 2024, by Eric Altman, Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society (PBS), that several possible Bigfoot tracks were found that morning in Blair County. The footprints were found in a forested area, south of Hollidaysburg by four men scouting the area for turkey for Spring gobbler season.
The men had walked approximately two hundred yards from where they parked their cars as they looked for turkey tracks. One of the men was quite surprised when he came across a large five toed human-like track on the edge of a muddy area. He called the other three men over to look at the track. A total of four tracks were located in that area. When the group returned home, one of the men contacted the PBS to report what they had found. Photos of the tracks were sent to Eric for his examination.
Two members of the PBS closest to that area were notified, and one investigator contacted the witness and conducted an initial phone interview. On Sunday, April 28th, a three member PBS team met the witness and two other people. The man took them into the forest to the track location. The location where the tracks were found was deep in the forest about two miles from the closest home.
It had rained Friday night into early Saturday morning, and when they arrived on scene, they found that one of the tracks had been washed out and could not be cast. Three tracks were still intact and were photographed and casts were made. The tracks were all located in a muddy area.
Each track had five toes and measured fifteen inches long and seven inches wide. The tracks were about two inches deep in the mud. While the tracks were curing and drying a search was conducted around that area to look for other evidence. No other evidence was found.
Photo of a casting of one of the Blair County tracks used with permission of Eric Altman
Dr. Jeff Meldrum and Cliff Barackman were contacted, and photos and video of the tracks were shared. The initial reaction from Cliff is that they are either a hoax or the real thing. Dr. Meldrum’s initial impression is that he saw no red flags and the tracks had potential and he would examine them closer on a larger computer screen.
Eric’s initial opinion was that the witness they met with was honest and very credible and quite excited about his findings. He kept stating that he had been hunting for over 50 years and had never seen, heard or had any experiences until April 26. Eric stated that although he is not a footprint expert, he felt the tracks were not human, not bear or other common animal and may in fact be Bigfoot Prints.
If you are interested in learning more about Bigfoot, check out the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Camping Adventure, a charity fundraising event by the (PBS). It is being held on September 6-7, 2024, in Fayette county. For more information: The PA Bigfoot Camping Adventure – Pennsylvania Bigfoot Camping Adventure
A Third Low Level Wingless Cylindrical UFO/UAP Has Been Reported in Daylight During April 2024 in Southwest Pennsylvania
From: Researcher Stan Gordon
Photo used with permission of the witness.
A third sighting of a similar UFO/UAP was reported on April 22, 2024. The witness was outside taking a walk at 3:35 PM, when he noticed something odd in the partly cloudy sky. The object was toward the east and appeared to be low over the Irwin or Jeanette area. This would again be over a populated location.
The man grabbed his cell phone and was able to take one photo as the object passed behind some trees. What the witness observed was described as a silver-white cylinder. It had no apparent wings or tail. The object appeared to be more reflective than luminous. The witness said the object gave him the impression of something streamlined or possibly flat, and it looked possibly rounded at the front.
The witness is familiar with the air traffic that flies over this area regularly and commented that the object was moving from north to south. According to the witness, “it was traveling smoothly and silently, perhaps at the height of only 1,000-2,000 feet.” The man said the object was traveling to low in the sky compared to other aircraft he often sees. The object was described as moving low over the terrain, and that it seemed to be more gliding than flying and moving in a straight line. The object was traveling north to south.
While the witness acknowledged that it was impossible to judge how far away the object was from him, he estimated that the object might look similar in size to a large shipping container or a truck tractor. The witness mentioned that in the photo, the object looks possibly very large and above the clouds, however when he saw it, the object seemed to be of moderate size and not near the clouds. He lost sight of the object as it moved behind the terrain, houses, and trees. The observation only lasted several seconds.
The witness immediately called a friend who checked his FlightAware app on his phone. The only flight in the area detected at that time was moving south to north and at a much higher altitude that is used by commercial aircraft.
A photo analysis was conducted by Ron Lanham of Wild & Weird West Virginia. Ron indicated that he could not see any visible flight surfaces or vapor trails, and whatever the object was it didn’t appear to have the shape of a conventional aircraft. The object also seemed to be reflective and had an indication of being a solid object in frame.
You can read about the other recent sighting at this link.
If you witnessed these events, or anything else unusual, especially if you live in Pennsylvania, you can contact me via email at: sightings@stangordon.info, or via phone at 724-838-7768.
The 2024 Kecksburg (PA) UFO Festival Conference to Feature Raymond Szymanski-A Retired Senior Engineer/Scientist from the Air Force Research Laboratory at the ufologically legendary Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
2024 Kecksburg (PA) UFO Festival Conference Speakers Announcement
The Conference takes place on July 21, 2024, at 1 PM.
Raymond Szymanski
Award winning author, researcher, and lecturer, Raymond Szymanski, is the acknowledged expert on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) and its alien connections. In his first book, Fifty Shades of Greys: Evidence of Extraterrestrial Visitation to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Beyond, Raymond reveals compelling photographic evidence and research that supports long-held rumors of Wright-Patterson’s alien involvement. Forty years of employment at the fabled Air Force Base, where Roswell crash wreckage was examined, has given Raymond unique access to locations and individuals providing tantalizing information on Men in Black, rumored alien burial sites, and the famous but elusive Hangar 18.
In his 2nd book, Victoria’s Secret Truth, Raymond presents an in-depth, convincing two-year case study for Close Encounters of the 7th Kind that crosses multiple generations of the same family. Therein, Raymond shares all the evidence that includes medical, clinical, photographic, audio, and video, which allows the reader to arrive at unavoidable conclusions regarding alien contact, including ‘why’ they are abducting unsuspecting humans by the thousands.
The final entry in the trilogy is Swamp Gas My Ass (SGMA), the true exploits of two American heroes who intercepted the famous 1966 Michigan ‘Swamp Gas’ UFO, an interplanetary visitor that government officials tried to explain away as “marsh gas”. This and many other formerly secret military aviation history events are told through the recorded interviews and written memoirs of the two U.S. fighter-interceptor pilots who lived them. This book is featured in The Science Channel’s new series, Mission Unexplained, which began airing in June 2023, and Canada’s Cottage Channel, aired in April 2023.
Raymond has appeared on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens series; The Discovery Channel’s Expedition X Premier Episode (where host, Josh Gates referred to Ray as “my Wright-Patt guy”); Science Channel’sMission Unexplained; Dayton Fox 45 Morning Show, Youngstown NBC Morning Show, The Boom Boom Room with Ray Mancini, and has been quoted and amusingly misquoted in every major UK tabloid including The Sun, The Express, and The Daily Mail.
He has made guest appearances on: Coast to Coast AM with George Knapp; Open Minds w/Alejandro Rojas; Midnight in the Desert; The Light Gate w/Preston Dennet & Dolly Safran; Fade to Black w/Jimmy Church; The Unexplained; Military X-Files; The Danny Gordon Show; Spaced Out Radio; Strange Dimensions; Aquarian Radio; Sacred Matrix Radio; Veritas Radio; The Dave Glover Show; Radio Wasteland; Beyond Reality Radio; Michael Decon Show; Passion for the Paranormal; Timeless Esoterica; The Edge w/Daniel Ott; Night Dreams w/Gary Anderson; Fenton Files w/Lorien Fenton; Martin Willis Show;Meanwhile, Here on Earth w/Peter Robbins, and a hundred other shows deserving prominent mention.
Ray has made well-received presentations at: 2023 MUFON Symposium; UFO MegaCon in Laughlin, NV; Children of the Stars Conference in Milan, Italy; the Los Angeles UFO and Paranormal Research Society (UPARS); the Denver Paranormal Research Forum; the Florida Paranormal Research Group; the Arizona, North Carolina, and Michigan MUFON Chapters; Engineers Club of Dayton (loaded with former intelligence personnel-yikes!); International Dark Sky Park in Mackinaw City; and a hundred other public appearances across the country and many national and international Skype appearances. Raymond is featured in the 2022 Hillsdale College documentary, Aliens in the Arb. (Hillsdale College was the site of 1966 SGMA event.)
Raymond holds a Bachelor’s in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the University of Detroit (1975). In 1983 he completed his graduate studies in Computer Engineering at Wright State University. From 1983 -1993 he led the Ada Joint Program Office’s Evaluation and Validation Team sponsored by the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He served two years as the first Director of the WPAFB Installation Civilian Wellness Program, impacting the lives of 12,000 base civilians. In addition to dozens of annual performance awards received in his distinguished career, Raymond received two of the highest Air Force Civilian awards: The Air Force Civilian Achievement Award, and the Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award. In his spare time, he ran 16 marathons, including the 2010 and 2015 Boston Marathons. He retired in 2011 as a Senior Engineer/Scientist from the Air Force Research Laboratory at the ufologically legendary Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Ray’s talk for the Kecksburg UFO Conference is titled: The Lighter Side of Flying Saucers: Official Explanations, Debunkers, and the Media.
Stan Gordon- UFO-Bigfoot Researcher and Author
Stan Gordon was trained as an electronics technician who specialized in radio communications. He worked in the advanced consumer electronics sales field for over forty years. Stan has been researching UFO sightings, Bigfoot encounters, and other mysterious events in Pennsylvania since 1959. Since then, he has been involved with the investigation of thousands of unusual incidents. For many years, Stan led teams of scientists, engineers, and research specialists to investigate mysterious occurrences across Pennsylvania. He is the primary investigator of the 1965 UFO crash incident that occurred near Kecksburg, PA.
Stan has been taking calls on UFO sightings and other strange reports from the public since 1969, and he continues to receive unusual reports on a regular basis. He has given illustrated lectures both locally and nationally on the topics of UFOs, Bigfoot, Cryptids, and strange encounters since the late 1960s. Gordon is a former PA State Director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and was its first recipient In 1987 of the MUFON Meritorious Achievement in a UFO investigation Award. He was listed in the 2005 FATE Magazine special, The 100 Most Influential People in UFOlogy Today.
He is the producer of the award winning UFO video documentary, “Kecksburg The Untold Story.” Stan is the author of four books, Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook, Really Mysterious Pennsylvania, and Astonishing Encounters: Pennsylvania’s Unknown Creatures, and Stan’s 4th book, “Creepy Cryptids And Strange UFO Encounters Of Pennsylvania.” His books are available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
Stan appears frequently on radio, podcast, and television programs discussing his research on these topics. He has been interviewed for TV and radio programs nationally and internationally. Stan has been seen on the History & Discovery Channel, SyFy Channel, Travel Channel, Fox News Channel, Destination America Channel, and Unsolved Mysteries, as well as numerous other TV programs. He has been a guest on the Coast to Coast radio show several times. For updates on upcoming events and reports visit Stan’s website: www.stangordon.info.
Stan will present to the conference audience an update on some of the very detailed UFO, Bigfoot, and cryptid encounters reported by the public. Many of these cases have occurred in Westmoreland County and the Greater Pittsburgh area in recent years and months. Some of these incidents occurred in daylight at very close range.
Connie and Chris Brinker (Directors of FayWest Paranormal)
Connie and Chris and the following team members will present a program about an active, remote area in Fayette County known as Pennsylvania’s Area X. At this location, various types of strange occurrences such as cryptid encounters and small balls of light low to the ground are continuing to be reported. Bigfoot sightings have also been reported nearby. Photos and videos will be shown that documented some of these incidents. The team members have all experienced some very strange incidents at Area X, that they will describe to you.
Connie has been having Paranormal experiences since she was a little girl, with objects moving in her parents’ house without explanation. She always had a love for ghosts and hauntings, and always had a curiosity for other areas of the Paranormal, as well. In May of 2021, she had a sighting that changed her way of thinking. Connie has since started researching all fields of the Paranormal.
Chris began his interest in the paranormal, watching “In Search of…” and the typical teenage ‘all things spooky’. After he started dating Connie, they started returning to places that they had experiences, prior to meeting each other. Chris is the skeptic of the group and is always trying to debunk claims, but has had his own experiences in different areas of the Paranormal, that has made him a believer.
Thomas Mihok-Investigator with the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society and FayWest Paranormal
Tom Mihok is a Cryptozoologist and paranormal investigator. In 2004 he formed the Penn Hills Paranormal Society. His group investigated hauntings and reports of paranormal activity for both private residences and businesses. Tom has investigated some of the most active haunted locations in the country.
In addition to being a member of the Fay-West Paranormal group, Tom is also a field investigator for the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society. In addition to being interviewed on numerous podcasts and speaking at paranormal events on a wide range of subjects, Tom can also be seen in the Small Town Monsters series, “Sasquatch Unearthed: The Ridge.
Eric Altman-Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society and a researcher with FayWest Paranormal.
Eric Altman is a Cryptozoologist and Paranormal enthusiast specializing in researching the Bigfoot/Sasquatch phenomenon with a combined 43 years of study, field research, and investigations. Eric is a well-respected field investigator, contributing author, founder, and Director of the Pennsylvania Cryptozoology Society, one of the founding members and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society. Eric was also the host and co-founder of Beyond the Edge Radio, a live weekly radio program covering a variety of paranormal and fringe topics for over 12 years from 2007 to 2019.
Eric has and actively investigates cases, sighting claims, and continues to conduct fieldwork dating back to 1997. He has investigated and assisted in investigating hundreds of Bigfoot sightings, encounters, and claims in Pennsylvania and across the country. Eric served as host and organizer of the East Coast Bigfoot Conference from 2000 to 2011, and the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Camping Adventure, an annual charity fund raising event from 2017 to 2019.
For over 23 years, Eric is a much sought-after public speaker on the topics of Bigfoot and other paranormal topics across the country. Eric has appeared in various documentaries, films, and television programs about Bigfoot on the Travel Channel’s Paranormal Declassified and the Discovery plus series “Fright Club” and the Recent Small Town Monsters 6 episode series “Sasquatch Unearthed: The Ridge.” Eric has written for and contributed to numerous books and magazine articles on the subject of Bigfoot. He has been interviewed as a featured guest on hundreds of national radio programs and podcast shows. He has also been featured in national and local newspapers, magazine articles, and various forms of print media. To learn more about Eric, visit his websites https://www.ericaltman.net. https: www.pabigfoot.com and https: www.pacryptosociety.com
Kevin Paul-Paranormal Researcher and Author from Greene County, Pennsylvania
A descendant of some of the prominent first European families to settle in what is now known as Greene County, Kevin Paul was immersed at an early age in local folklore and its application to everyday life in rural southwestern Pennsylvania. A lifelong experiencer of the unexplained, he is the only researcher and investigator to focus exclusively on the 578 square miles that comprise the creepiest corner of the Keystone State. His interest in studying the paranormal began in 1966 when headlines about the Mothman sightings in Point Pleasant, West Virginia first appeared in local newspapers.
He is a graduate of West Virginia University and has worked in production agriculture, conservation of natural resources, agricultural marketing, and sales. His farm background and family history are blended with folklore to create a distinctively different and low-tech approach to the research and investigation of paranormal activity.
In addition to doing presentations at regional conferences he has appeared on Richard Syrett’s Strange Planet, Gary Anderson’s Night Dreams Talk Radio, James Creachbaum’s The Hitman’s Paranormal Radio Show, Heather Moser’s The Lore You Know, the Mysterious RadioPodcast, the California Haunts Radio Podcast, The BUMP Podcast, The Wellhouse Exorcism Podcast, The EsotericBook Club Podcast, the This Uncanny Earth podcast, and others.
While he continues to work in support of local small farms and urban agriculture, he also enjoys relaxing with his wife, reading, listening to music, collecting vintage small engines and garden tractors, and traveling the back roads of America. His program is titled, “Politics and the Paranormal in Greene County Pennsylvania.” It will be an overview of types of strange activity seen in Greene County, the effect of the culture industry on paranormal investigations, and possible explanations.
Two similar and detailed UFO/UAP observations have been reported within days of each other and about twenty miles apart in the Greater Pittsburgh area.
April 8, 2024-Daylight UFO Over Route 30, Irwin/North Huntingdon PA area
I received an email report on 04/09/24, that two people riding on Route 30 in the Irwin/North Huntingdon area observed something unusual in the sky at 11:30 AM. They were traveling on Route 30 westbound and entering the right ramp to enter the turnpike to head toward Ohio to view the eclipse. The driver happened to look up and noticed something unusual through the upper left side of the windshield.
That is when she observed a large, smooth white cylindrical shaped object that seemed quite low in the sky above the business district of Route 30. The driver stated to me that “This was close.” The object seemed to be at an altitude similar to what a medical helicopter might be operating through. The sky conditions at the time were very cloudy with white clouds. The object, however, could be clearly seen against the cloudy background. The witness stated that other people had to see it since it was over a very populated area.
The driver kept glancing back and forth at the object, and yelled out to person in the passenger seat, “what is that? Look at that, what is it?” The passenger actually had a better look at it at times and told the driver that the object to her did not look flat or even round but skinny and white. the object was rounded on the front end but seemed flat on the back end and that section of the object looked squarer in shape. The object was described as looking solid white, no wings or protrusions of any kind, no lights, no markings. The passenger was able to view it continuously for a brief time, whereas the driver could only take quick glances while driving.
The driver also mentioned that as the object rose higher into the sky, the more the white exterior color seemed to increase in brightness. When the object was first seen, it was more in a vertical angle, but then it took on a more horizontal angle slant to the right. It looked like it was in a slight floating smooth motion, then it changed its angle slightly and looked more like a tic-tac as it moved higher and in a left to right motion as it kept rising. The object was observed as it became just a dot in the sky and just seemed to vanish. She assumed the object went into the cloud cover, but she was not sure if that was the case. The total viewing time was 5-10 seconds. The driver said she was in near shock after seeing the object.
Photo of a wingless cylindrical object taken on December 29, 2023, near Irwin, PA. The photo is used with permission of the witness
April 14, 2024-Pittsburgh (Oakland) Daylight Low Level UFO Observation.
At 6:35 PM, the witness who lives in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, had just opened the back door of her home and happened to look up in the sky over her neighbor’s house, when she observed a very bright metallic silver cigar shaped object moving extremely fast across the sky. The witness stated that the shape was not like a blimp, this this object was sleek, shiny, and narrow. The front and back ends of the object were rounded, and the object was wingless.
There was no gondola on the object. The witness said that the object was low enough that she should have been able to see some identification markings on its surface, but none was observed.
The object was huge and completely silent. The witness is familiar with the aircraft that fly over her area regularly from Allegheny County airport, as well as the frequent trips of medical helicopters from the local hospitals. She has in past years seen blimps pass over her area going to the various sporting events. She is familiar with the sounds they make. The object she watched was completely quiet.
The witness estimated that this object was about three times longer than the blimps she has seen. She also estimated that it was only about two hundred feet above the ground, and at an altitude lower than the helicopters fly over her area.
At the time of the observation the sky conditions were very dark and cloudy. There were also high winds in the area. This object moved in a steady straight line over the nearby homes at an extremely fast speed. The object was watched as it moved off in the distance, however the view was blocked by a tree.
Addendum:
Observations of similar wingless, cylindrical objects have been reported for years across Pennsylvania and other states as well. There has been a history of similar sightings reported from the Irwin/North Huntingdon area specially in the last year.
UFO/UAP sightings have continued to be reported throughout the winter and spring of 2024 in Pennsylvania. The public is also reporting various other anomalies as well.
If you witnessed these events, or anything else unusual, especially if you live in Pennsylvania, you can contact me via email at: sightings@stangordon.info, or via phone at 724-838-7768.
Stan Gordon will have a display of Bigfoot and UFO information and give presentations at the 2024 Chico Outdoor Expo on April 13-14, 2024, at the Westmoreland County Fairgrounds.
If you like hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking, and other outdoor activities, then you will enjoy the 2024 Chico Outdoor Expo.
Stan Gordon Will have display tables of Bigfoot and UFO information and also give a Bigfoot and UFO Presentation at 3 PM each day (TIME CHANGE), in the HuntChef Building, at the Westmoreland County Fair Grounds. Stan will be there during the hours of the Expo. Stan will also be doing book and DVD signings.
April 13-14, 2024, event hours-Saturday 10 AM-7 PM and Sunday 9 AM-5 PM.
Stan Gordon Returns to the Coast to Coast radio show– March 25, 2024 (1-3 AM Eastern)
I have been invited to appear again on the national Coast to Coast radio show hosted by George Knapp. The interview will air Sunday, March 24th from 10pm to Midnight Pacific time or Monday morning, March 25th, from 1-3 AM in the eastern time zone.
The show can be heard live over many radio stations across the country. In the Pittsburgh area the show is carried by WJAS 1320 AM or 99.1 FM.
I am sure that we will be discussing many of the very strange UFO/UAP and cryptid cases that have been reported in Pennsylvania.
The Winter Of 2024 Continues To Be Active with UFO/UAP and Cryptid Reports in Pennsylvania
From: Researcher Stan Gordon
The public is continuing to report sightings of strange objects in the sky as well as observations of mysterious creatures during the winter months. I am still gathering details on some of these cases.
In the Laurel Highlands, witnesses observed a strange animal described as looking like a cross between a cat and a dog that appeared to weigh about thirty pounds. The creature had very skinny legs and tail and was an odd salmon color. It had a severe under bite and the eyes were on each side of the head.
In early January, two people looking from Ligonier toward the Chestnut Ridge, that evening observed a bright amber colored object that looked like an exceptionally large bright star that was hovering. As they drove down Route 30, Two more similar looking lights appeared that then gave the impression of a V or boomerang shaped object in the sky, The passenger in the car was pulling out a cell phone to take a picture when all of the lights just suddenly vanished.
Some possible Bigfoot activity was reported from various locations in southwest sections of the state as well. According to Eric Altman, Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society, During February and March, researchers from the PBS reported more strange activity taking place in the area that they call Area X in Fayette County. They have reportedly seen luminous orbs of assorted sizes and colors and hearing strange very loud and long howls emanating from the woods. They also have been hearing odd metallic sounds as well. Other odd incidents have also taken place and some of this activity has been recorded. I will provide more details in future reports.
Even stranger are two reports of huge flying creatures that were reported from different locations from across the state. Those reports of possible, “Thunderbirds” both took place at low level, at close range, and in daylight. I am still waiting for more information.
If you have seen anything unusual, I can be contacted via email @ sightings@stangordon.info or via phone at 724-838-7768.
An Update and Possible Explanation for the February 14, 2024, Sightings
From: Researcher stan Gordon
Photo of the object seen in the sky from southern Maine on February 14, 2024. The photo is used with permission of the witness.
Since receiving the sighting reports of an unusual object in the sky that was observed from Pennsylvania, several other states, and Canada on the evening of February 14, 2024, I have been looking for information that might provide an explanation for this occurrence.
It seemed that it was more than a coincidence that space launches from separate locations were conducted on that same evening and that there might be some association with what had been reported.
Since the late 1960s in Pennsylvania, I was able to explain some UFO sightings as relating to various space activities such as the re-entry of space debris, or high altitude experiments that often originated from the NASA facility at Wallops Island, Virginia.
It has been more difficult to track down the source for this recent widespread observation. The searches by myself and others in the hours following the sightings turned up no information indicating any correlation between the launch activities and the reports that were coming in.
During the next few days, some additional reports began to show up on some other websites. However, no explanations were provided. What was reported by many of the witnesses was the slow movement of a luminous hazy object moving across the sky that emitted a mist or haze.
Late on the evening of February 19th, I received an email from a person who had read my article on this case and provided me with some information. She found a YouTube report from a fellow known as “Ian the Space Nerd” who had posted a video of an object recorded on his camera that same evening and during the same period as the other reports. The location was in Southern New Hampshire. Ian appears to have a lot of knowledge about space related activities. He indicated that what was seen was a Falcon 9 de-orbit burn.
What I saw on his video looked very similar to another Pennsylvania video I had also viewed that was recorded on the same day. Photos I had received from witnesses from distant areas, taken that evening of the object, also looked remarkably similar to what was seen on the videos.
I began to do some more research on the Falcon 9, a two stage reusable rocket designed and manufactured by the SpaceX company. I was also able to locate a photo of a previous Falcon 9 de-orbit burn event that also looked remarkably similar to the photo taken by the observer in Maine.
It seems possible that what created that spectacle in the sky on February 14, 2024, might have been a Falcon 9 de-orbit burn.
