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UFO case file · UFO-28900

1956 Winter 6785836 Nr Philadelphia reported egg oval observation — 1956

CE1United States1956-01-01

1956 Winter 6785836 Nr Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Case description

On or during 1956, at or near 1956 Winter 6785836 Nr Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, the source reports the following sequence: LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Not Reported (Unk) 6. COURSE: Not Reported (Unk) 8. The Air Force is responsible for the investigation of unidentified or unidentified flying objects reported in the skies over the United States. I realize that this might be just another case of UFO reportage, as in the past, and there . more to give me confidence in what I saw. The objects 1 saw were about 1955. They were sighted over a period of approximately 5 minutes, as they crossed the southern part of the sky at an estimated speed of 400-500 mph. All of this was observed from the car on a highway near this town. I was not alone, but with my wife, and we have been trying to figure out just what it was we observed. But on this occassion, I am quite sure of what I saw, and I felt that I should make some kind of report of it, if you are interested. Output of the text in the document: about the size of a head peach, it had a light on it somewhere. i cant be sure, but i believe it might have been a little larger than a canteloupe. i guess about how a night light looks like a smaller bright oval light source in the darkness. i dreamed last night, and oh heavens the light on this thing just lit up the whole woods around me. the light was intense, bluish white, and the other side a reddish glow. i saw it move, at first slowly, then it seemed to shoot up into the sky and out of sight. my gosh the cold chills i got just thinking about it now. i don't know how long i lay watching this thing, must have been a half hour or more. i just feel so lucky to have seen it, yet at the same time, i wish i had never seen it. i feel my gir not be very trustworthy about what i saw as she would think i was just seeing things. i told her a little about it, but only enough to say there was a strange light in the woods i saw last night, and she said i must have been dreaming. but i know what i saw, and it wasn't any dream.

Recorded details

Local time
1955
Craft description
Egg / Oval
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
YEAR_ONLY

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