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UFO case file · UFO-4635

West Leisenring disc-shaped object report — May 21, 1971

CE3United States1971-05-21

West Leisenring (near), Pennsylvania, United States

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Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — West Leisenring disc-shaped object report — May 21, 1971
Illustrative reconstruction • Watchers Project — West Leisenring disc-shaped object report — May 21, 1971

Case description

At about 1:10 a.m. on May 21, 1971, a motorist returning home near West Leisenring, Pennsylvania, rounded a rural bend and reported a saucer-shaped object hovering around twenty feet above the ground. It had a dome, a projecting antenna-like feature and an opening illuminated with orange-red light. After watching for approximately two minutes, he said he saw a human-sized figure moving back and forth in the opening. Its clothing appeared grey-white and metallic, with a hood covering the head. The fuller catalogue account goes beyond this initial sighting: it describes a similar figure near the car, a clicking or explosive sound, an impact that threw the driver across the interior, and the vehicle moving forward as he escaped. A later hospital visit and pellet-like wounds became part of the reported aftermath. These are attributed statements within Stan Gordon's case material, referenced to MUFON UFO Journal number 189; they do not independently identify an assailant or prove that the object caused the injuries. The illustration keeps the reported motorist, craft and hooded doorway figure together in the initial observation phase, without staging the violent portion as established fact.

Recorded details

Local time
1:10 a.m.
Craft description
A man was returning home when as he was rounding a bend in a rural road he noticed an unusual object hovering about 20 feet above the ground. The craft was saucer shaped with a dome on top and an antenna like protrusion. After two minutes the witness saw a figure walk back and forth in the opening of the object.
Entity description
After two minutes the witness saw a figure walk back and forth in the opening of the object. The figure was dressed in a gray white metallic suit with a hood and was about six-foot tall. (Stan Gordon, Mufon Journal # 189).
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