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UFO case file · UFO-15259

Robesonia, PA being encounter — March 28, 1973

CE3United States1973-03-28

ROBESONIA, PA, Pennsylvania, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Robesonia, PA being encounter — March 28, 1973
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — Robesonia, PA being encounter — March 28, 1973

Case description

Clyde O. Donahower and his wife reportedly watched an unidentified object come down on their farm at Robesonia, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1973. Hatch places the event at approximately 1:30 a.m. and lists four observers. The later account naming the couple does not identify the other two people or explain their particular observations. The object was described in the compact catalogue as a multicoloured saucer with thin, sticklike forms moving inside. A longer summary says it remained stationary for about half an hour. The couple contacted local authorities, but the object had reportedly gone before police arrived. There is no detailed description of exposed faces, clothing, a reliable occupant count or an exchange between the witnesses and the interior forms. Paris Flammonde’s UFOs Exist! and George Fawcett’s discussion of the 1973 wave form part of the publication trail; John Spencer later repeated the farm and police sequence. These short references preserve a report rather than a publicly reproduced police investigation. The four-person database count and the named couple should remain distinguishable. Neither the interior movement nor the landing classification establishes that identifiable nonhuman beings left the craft, and no recovered material accompanies the accessible summary.

Recorded details

Local time
01:30
Craft description
Craft / Vehicle
Entity description
Unknown
Coordinate precision
SOURCE_APPROXIMATE
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

Case videos and witness interviews

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Watch video · Preston Dennett

Film describes the couple and eight-year-old son; the imported count isfour. Do not silently resolve that count. The wife says the object might have hovered beyond the field and faded away rather than a witnessed takeoff.

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