Two Vehicles Stall On Pennsylvania Highway As Cylindrical UFO Passes Low Overhead (July 2, 2024)
From: Researcher Stan Gordon www.stangordon.info
On July 3, 2024, I received a UFO/UAP report from researcher Jim Brown in Fayette County. Jim has been a research associate of mine for many years. Jim is a very scientifically oriented investigator, and he designs and builds some high tech instrumentation that is useful in investigating various types of anomalous activity. Jim’s Homepage -aka – DESTINATIONS (jimsdestinations.com)
Jim has investigated numerous UFO/UAP and cryptid incidents around Fayette County. There has been a long history of anomalous incidents that have reportedly taken place specially along the section of the Chestnut Ridge that passes through that area.
Jim made me aware that he was investigating an interesting UFO/UAP incident that had taken place on July 2, 2024, on a busy highway not far from Smithfield , PA. Two vehicles driving along that roadway had both stalled at the same time as a solid cylindrical wingless object passed low overhead. Jim was able to arrive at the scene while both vehicles were still without power and was able to conduct an initial interview with both drivers.
The following is the report that Jim Brown has now completed on the case.
Object Sighted Near Smithfield, Pennsylvania
(This is a computer rendering of the UFO created by Researcher Jim Brown and used with his permission. This is not an actual photo of the object.)
Date:7-02-24 Time: Approx 11:15 AM Name / Contact information withheld by confidentiality level
Weather: Mostly clear, some haze in the distance over the mountains. Temp: upper eighties.
The witness (“John”, not his real name) contacted me via website and reported the following description of what he encountered. He was driving south on Rt 119, about one mile south of Smithfield when his car stalled out. He said it was like he just turned it off. At the same time, he saw a large black object overhead. His best estimate put it at about three hundred feet above him and very large. It seemed to hover for just a few seconds then moved off toward the mountains which put it behind some trees that were over the highway. He lost sight of it at this point. He had his camera on the seat beside him but didn’t have time to get a picture before it shot away. He could make out the object through the tree branches where it again had stopped and was hovering. He took his camera and got out to try to get to a spot where he could get a better view.
About two hundred yards ahead there was an open field which allowed for a better view. By now the object had moved again and was now about a mile away. It would hover for a few seconds then move again. The general direction was east, which put it farther away each time it stopped. He took a few pictures with his iPhone, but the distance showed only a dark object with no detail. ( The pictures have been sent to me to see if I could enhance them in any way.)
John then returned to his car and noticed another motorist stopped behind him. He went back to see if this guy had seen what he just witnessed. The second guy (“Joe”, not his real name.) had also experienced car trouble and he too saw the large object. His view was also obstructed but saw enough to give a description. The two witnesses compared notes, and both saw essentially the same thing. It was at this point John, who lives near Smithfield and knew I was investigating these things, contacted me via my website. I happened to be online at the time and was made aware of what they saw and the issues with their vehicles. I messaged back and asked about symptoms. Both said the cars would not start and said the batteries appeared dead.
Since their location was only about three miles from me, I grabbed a few things and met them on 119. By now it was about 12:00 PM. When I arrived, I examined both vehicles for any obvious evidence. Neither showed any residue or any other obvious issues, I checked for residual magnetic effects, none were found. John said right before his car died his radio became “staticky”. Joe said his radio was not on, consequently he could not confirm the static John heard. I checked both radios and they were functioning normally when I examined the cars. At this point I suggested they try again to start their cars. Both started after a few tries and ran normally. The second witness had already called his auto club, and a tow was on its way. He called them back and cancelled the request for service.
The second witness, Joe, was not from this area but gave the following account of what he could make out through the trees:
“It was dark gray, almost reminded me of a piece of pipe that was hollow inside. There was some stuff inside the end, but I couldn’t make out what it was. The thing moved ahead of me and stopped over a car that was in front of me. That car stopped too. It was maybe one thousand feet ahead of where I stopped. I couldn’t get my car going and it looked like the car in front of me was having the same trouble I was. I could see the object seemed to be over the other car, but I couldn’t tell what was going on up there. I just knew something caused my car to stall out and I needed to get it off the road, so I didn’t cause an accident, I didn’t pay a lot of attention to the object in the sky.” (The car he was watching ahead of him was John’s car. )
I questioned this motorist to try to get more details, but his vantage point was not that good. Like John, his view was partially obstructed by tree limbs over the road. He estimated the object to be about fifty feet long and ten feet in diameter, or as he put it, “A piece of pipe that size.” The second witness (Joe) was from out of state and had to keep going. I did obtain contact information and promised to keep him informed as the case progresses.
I had a preliminary description from John who was stopped. He made a sketch of the object as he observed it through the trees. This sketch will be made a part of this report as it progresses. John described the object as a cylinder about 10 – 15 feet across and about thirty feet long. He said it was about three times longer than it was wide. In the end he could see there was some kind of equipment or pointed objects. There was also a haze around the end of the object that partially obscured his view inside. The haze was a pale green fog that seemed to partly obstruct a clear view of the end of the object. He could see only one end; the other was pointing away from him.
John’s contact information was obtained, and I took a couple pictures of the area for background and to create a computer rendering of the object in conjunction with an upcoming follow-up interview with John. The case is still active, and no conclusions have been made at this time.
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Interview with John. 7-12,24. John provided a few more details related to the object. He stated it moved sideways not in the direction it was facing when it relocated. When we discussed the reference the second witness made to a pipe, John stated that was true, but that it was also not round; he stated it was somewhat flattened. I decided to work with John and attempt to recreate what he saw. I also had John’s original photos and had tried to enhance them, but the distance and contrast did not allow for any detail to be recovered from those images. I also took a couple pictures of the scene where John saw the object looking through the tree limbs.
I also made contact by phone with the second witness and again reviewed the sighting from his perspective. The results indicated few changes in detail from his original comments as stated above. He reported no new effects, and he had his car checked by his mechanic who found nothing abnormal nor any reason for it to stall due to mechanical issues.
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July 29, 2024. Computer illustration is completed. John reviewed it and is satisfied that what was seen is a good representation of what he saw that day. Working with John’s original sketches and the description of the object we used a paint program to create a more life-like image of the object as John saw it. This image is attached to the report here.
I also have John’s photos he took of the actual object on the day of his sighting, however due to distance and resolution no detail could be extracted from the images. The object simply appears as an elongated spherical dot over the horizon.
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