30 Miles East Of Pittsburg, PASeptember 1955

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Summary

On September 25, 1955, at about 0020Z, a civilian saw three objects about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The sighting lasted about ten minutes.

The witness described three lights forming an equilateral triangle. A silver dollar held at arm's length would cover all three lights, which were estimated to be about 100 feet apart. The lights were bright red and flashing. The objects could hover, and their flight seemed controlled, as if it followed a set path. Their speed was about 20 to 30 miles per hour. They moved from north to east.

The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by three dirigibles (airships) known to be in or near the area at the time.

Reported location

30 Miles East Of Pittsburg, PA

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

PA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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BE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

. ["oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: 2 Xl (23:1 Oo Ww Ball

1 25 Sep 55 30 miles east of Pittsburg, Pa a Rtabably. Beas

| [5 OATETMEGROUP | 4 TYPEOF OBSERVATION |C Possibly Bolleon |
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1 (focal es iis les ely ie i XO Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 3 Probably Aircroft |
GMT 26/ 00207 0 Air-Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraht |
. | 5 PHOTOS - SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical |
2 : O Yes 0 Probably Noksd dl :

i fBMNo StUTiTas 0 Possibly Astronomical |
"| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (ngisle 1 | Aetna a RA SUR EME
Bb OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation {
. | 10 mins 3 N to E 0 Unknown |
"lio. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS fo
1 Three lights forming an equilateral triangle. Sighting was probably generated by, three

3 Silver dollar held at arms length would cover dirigibles known to be in or near area |
= | the three lights. Tistimated to be 100 feet of sighting at time of sighting.

~ lapart. Lights were bright red and flashing.

¢ |Objs had ability to hover and flight seemed

© | to be controlled. Flight pail was as though it :

¢ |was predetermined. Speed of “0 to 30 mph.

b | (vo cAsE IN FILE)

| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) aT

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