North Rome, PAOctober 1953

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Summary

On October 3, 1953, between about 8:00 and 8:15 p.m. local time, a civilian saw an object near North Rome Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The information reached the Air Force through the FBI.

The witness saw the object from outside his home, about two miles away in a northwesterly direction and about 15 degrees above the horizon. It looked stationary at first, but when checked against a fixed object it moved slightly sideways and up and down in a small area. It hovered like a helicopter. It looked larger than a star and gave off an orange pulsating light. No sound was heard, and no exhaust was visible. It was watched for about 15 minutes.

The object was also seen by the witness's wife and others, who agreed with his account. Both the witness and his wife recalled seeing the same object in about the same place on earlier occasions. The Air Force listed the case as astronomical, identifying the object as the star Arcturus, which was low in the sky in position to set around that time.

Reported location

North Rome, PA

Date of incident

October 1953

State / country

PA / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

CES i NUR PE VERE tod sot Sai Wi me CRRA at ‘ we - | i 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION Sy . = 00 local 3 Oct 53 04/0100Z North Rome, Pa 3. SOUR CONCL 4 - ” — ASTRONOMICAL: ARCTURUS CIVILIAN Arcturs at 5 deg elev, 295 deg az in position to set at 2000. + NUMBER OF OBJECTS Sighting characteristic of astro body. ONE A . S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 15 min No sound, stationary orange light pulsating, larger than star, slight movement in close area, observed on previous 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION occasions. ground visual 7. COURSE stationary 8. PHOTOS O Yes @ Ne 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 0 Yes p QO Ne : FORM Cs § FTD ser 63 0-329 (TDE) previews editions of this form may bo used. ; ;