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1. DATE 2. LOCATION ~~ ~ 112. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
2 > Titn ~ 195 Mak é 2S} Ori «: ; any syviva ni . Oo Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIWE GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Pessibly Balloon
: S O Was Aircraft
Local : 1>Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar Q Probably Aoacals
CMT 25 /33535Z Q Air Visual D Air-Intercept Radar Qc Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probebly Astronomicai
D No Civilian CG Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
OD Insufficient Dete for Evaluation
a - . = 0D Unknown -
3o to 5 minutes tnreed ¥ to E

lo, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

11. COMMENTS

three objects, circular, slightly oval) Near vicinity of vreater Pi
then elongated when disappearing, burgh airport. Light planes
size of hasehall, color white silve avea Gvalvated as Sible
ish. Two objects in lead one folloyw-
ing. Red light flasked once on trail-
ing object. If 33 vectored to area
‘eported many #F-84 National Guard
liny Light a/c in area, 2 hrs after
Signiting reported.

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REFERENCES | Control number, directive, previous report, dc., as applicable)

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‘thig trreatigator has been wnshle to determine what was responsible for the
Sighting by Mrs. Maifmm. E<perieace has shown that the arec in which Mrs. Mi
lives is responsinle for the majority of tae “Mlying Suicer” reports received by
-@his station. The steel mills in the MeKecepart area produce vast quaitities of
dust, Wiich, with the proper of tullicht ami artificial illunination

\. [* often produce peculiar sights. )I consider 1t very probable that this is voat

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1. Deseripticn of cbjects:

a. Round at first, flattening out us distance incressed. |
De Size equivalent to orange or crapefruit held at arms length.
ce White metallic.

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2- Description of course of objecta:

. a. Observer glanced up and saw it.
ee be 35-K0 denrees above harizon. Acimrth 270 degrees. sw G UG
Ce 35-40 degrees above horizon. Azimith 090 degrees. iz,

>. de jects appeared to be climbing straight ahead of their course.
* @e Passed cut of sight.

4. Time and date of sighting;
Ge oho0z, 27 June 1957.
b. Dusk

Se 40 Degrees, 20 mimites North; 79 Degrees, 47 minutes West.

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7. Weather and winds-eloft conditions at ihe time of sighting.
ae Clear with a few clowis visible to the cast.

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| ae 866 Your P-85 type aircraft and one T-33 vere airborne at the time. {ys°

» 13. Captain Pol 8. Nedashkevich, Assistent Nase Cperations Officer: If received
the report of this sighting at 1530 EST on 27 June 1957, and proceeded to contact
Mes. Wea, for on copointment. I interviewed Mrs. MMMMMMMeon 25 dime 1957 antl
I also interviewed Mrs. BROUPBOER, who had been
| present at the time. its that there wus a natural explanation for the
| aighting. She dia not wish to make a formal statement or to be involved in anywey.
| She @i4 concur with the statement made by Mrs. SR. a RG | pressed me

I then contacted the Ground Observer Corps but there was mo record of a sighting
by any of their merbers. Contact with Air Traffic Control revealed that the Greater

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in the control tower ct the time stated that the only wmisual blip on his radar scope

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surned out to de an inbound F-84F. He believed that this mint have been the cause
of gome of the confusion. Upon contacting Silvertone, I received the report that
they had investigated the report cf the Greater Pittsburgh control tovear ond had
‘ectored Vanguard Target and Vanguard J) to the scene. The plicts of theses aircraft
ceported that the lights from the steel mills in the McKeesport areca might nave been
-esponsible for the reports. S/Se¢% Harry MeIntyre stated that he hed worked the
“adar scopes that night and had been mable to find enytiing wrsusk +2 at micht
.ceount for the reports. Contact with the Weather Burexi revealed that no weather
alfoons hed deen released in the area at the times in question. mia. was reported

y Me. Robert Fulton, Coserver at Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Weather Bureau.

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sitting on the porch in dack oF the house. I glanced
object. It looked very wumiswal bdecause

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it large and round end I could see it clearly. It didn't look
like anything I hed ever seen defore. It looked like what I bad
seen in the movie’UFO, I said jokingly "Look a flying saucer.”

in back of 1% and I became excited and
au, "What are they?” I said this several
sav them and couldn't recognize them either.
what they were. I ran out in the yard to
@ reddish burst of light from one of then.
»..Tnen I saw a silver or metallic clean.
so interested. Then I thougut I'd better
I ran into the house for a camera. when
there but I couldn't get the camera ;
camora because I wanted to keep wotching
until they vere out of sight.

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the size of an orenge or a grapefruit.

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