Harrisburg, PA abduction report — December 4, 1988

A police officer at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, reported an encounter on December 4, 1988, involving a humming cylindrical or cigar-shaped object above power lines. Its length was estimated at about 75 feet. The report included burns and a powder or dust found on cars, described in the catalogue as potassium chloride. The digest does not preserve the circumstances in which the residue was collected or the sequence in which the physical effects were noticed. A possible taking experience was also associated with the event, but no remembered entry, occupants or onboard procedures are included in the brief source. The visible object, its humming sound and the reported aftermath are therefore the main surviving elements of the encounter, with the unrecorded interval left unspecified.