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1. DATE.- TIME GROUP
May 1964 27/04,902
3. SOURCE

26

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4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

Varied

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visv2 1

7. COURSE

8 PHOTOS

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FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE)

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2. LOCATION

Plesasentville, Pennsylvania

10. CONCLUSION
UNIDEITIFIED

Case no resolved as conventional object or phenomena.
Carried as UNIDEVII FIED,

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Object was @ brillient white light in a dark field. The
brilliance was like that of a flash bulb and as large as the
moon or basketball higher in the sky. Observer caught a
glimpse of a yellovw-oranze gaseous btotton of a ball which
seemed streaked with blue. It moved at a hith rate of spezec},
Want out of sight in 1-2 seconds. Disappeared and reappeare
again, took after it for about 2 miles dowm the road. It wa
very lov over a field am clearly defined. It looked 11}
perfect circle of yellor-oranse light awd was standing stilt
Object was approx 25 deg off the groum,

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UFOs OVER NW PA. CITY
"> UNICAP INVESTIGATES

A few days later, we obtained a copy of "The Kane Repub-

gecal a@ newspaper in Kane, Pa. In the issue of October 20th,

it reported sightings In the Titusville, Pa. area. (Credit Louise
Holt.)

We wrote the Titusville Hisuid aad tacmved aa woos from
NICAP investigator William B. Weitzel, who was in the ares
making inquiries. He was kind ONT SP Seed ue ermorne
copies of several cases.

Maies g Light Seen At Hilltop Reported ... October 14, 1964
. Recent reports of UFOs have brought to light a sighting late
last May in Pleasantville by two borough residents.

Rev. H. Cyrtis Shaw, pastor of The First Presbyterian Church
in Pleasantville, accompanied by Walter A. MacDonald, reported

seeing a ‘'ball of fire’ on May 26 or 27 at about 11 P.M.

The two men had been working at the Presbyterian church
and were pulling out of Mr. MacDonald’s driveway after picking
up some equipment, when a large, bright whitelight, high iii
be mounted on a pole, appeared on the south side of State

treet.

Object thee - « « The object was approximately as
bright as a lightning flash ‘and lasted about four seconds, then
eer feapieaiitg on the north side of the street, Me. |
Shaw said.

Mr. Shaw followed the ball, now decreased in intensity to
about the brilliancy of the moon, as it moved west above State |
Street. Its color was yellowish at this time, it was reported.

The object traveled west out State Street, coming to a halt |
near White City Hill, where it hung suspended for a few minutes, |
then appeared to bounce twice. The watchers shut off the car |
motor and got out of the vehicle, intending to walk to the top of
the hill where the ball seemed to be stationed. |

Dwindles Rapidly ... Suddenly the ball “shot west at a,
fantastic speed,”” dwindling to a small pinpoint almost immediately. :
The effect was as if a camera shutter had been tripped and cut
out a large amount of light, he said. Weather conditions at the
time of sighting were reported to be relatively clear, and the
moon could be seen higher in the sky. The object was clearly
defined, and did not seem to have a halo, it was reported. |

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VENANGO COUNTY
PLEASANTVILLE. PENNSYLVANIA 16341

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB

Rising a little higher, it "shot" west (quite low and with incredible
speed, travelling horizontally, and disappeared from sight in about
5 seconds. I drove into Titusville chasing it but it was definitely

gone this time.

I didn't talk about this for three months except with Sia.

_ Then this, fall, the local Titusville Newspaper said they had a picture

of a UFO. I went 'to see it and it looked like a cloud. They said the
picture was taken below Oil City on Route 8, I believe. It looked like

| a cloud ' to me having no paticular shape.

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‘The reporter asked me why I had come in. I told nim briefly what

I had seen‘in'May.’::He'called a man from NICAP (which I had never heard

of) who came over to,the news office and talked with me a couple of

hours and paves me a copy of: "The UFO Evidence.”

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Not. Tone ago he eatied me and told me to get a copy of the latest.
issue: of, "True Magazine”. calling my attention to an article by, Major
Donald Keyhoe. L+ got’, ‘the’ Magazine and read it. nent I finished it
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“Most of. all I should ‘like to know what you think these white and
orange lights were that'iwe saw. NICAP has not been of much help i
explaining: them except to say that they are space ships from: Wastier |

planet.) If-this is possible I should like to know this also. 4

I am sure what we saw was ino balloan, plane, or bird unless some

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Peo. Ona detail I Toevecbad to mention. At no time did either of us
hear any sound that could be connected with what we were watching.

Also--I could not say for certain that there was a definite connectic
between the brilliant light first seen and the clear silver white
basketball of light. It would appar that they were the same thing
or two of the same. I am more certain the yellow-orange lights were
the same as we saw it going west ahead of the car and apparently

it. stopped inethesfield between Pleasantville and Titusville.

We saw it standing still three times, and in motion two times.
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Report on telephone conversation with AD, First

United Presbyterian Church, ai. Street, Pleasant view, Pennsylvania,
phone el regarding his observation of 26 May 64, phone call was made
on 10 May 65.

GENERAL COMMENTS:
1. Object of phone call was to determine if possible, through the conversation,
of general eliability and exciteability of observer and to attempt to bring out
any inconsistancies and sonbwadiottons during the retelling of the story.
2. As stated in the original report the sighting was divided into three phases:

Phase One: @@QQ0000M onc 2 MSU prone GD, were

driving west on route 36-27 in fairly open country, when for three or four seconds |

they saw a very bright light, so bright, MMMM seia over the telephone
that they almet had to squint atit. He said he was sure it was close by because

it was in front of trees that were on the other side of the field. The Gi, intiden-
tally is a young man, who on 1 Jun 65 is being tansferred to another parish. The
light in the field suddenly went out.

Phase Two: Shortly after this, apparently just a matter of aminute or so,

both men saw a clearly defined light but not so bright as the first light, some-
what higher in the sky, higher than the treetops, to their right, definitely circular
outlines, but appeared as a reflective light, somewhat larger than the moon. If

this was the original light it mst have crossed the road. QQ said that it

might have crossed over the car. i aa =. was frightened. This second phase
occurred about 5 mile West of the original sighting. During the secmd phase
> got out of the car and saw the actual moon elsewhere in the sky. He said
the sky was very clear. Object was a clear silver white color. He originally

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stated the second phase lasted 12-15 seconds but agreed that since in this time

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He said it was very close to the car, so close that he had to look at a sharp
angle upward through the windshield to see it, he had started up the car again
and at this time object apparentlytook off at a high fantastic rate of speed. In
any case he lost sight of it.

Phase Three; He took off West in the car atempting to trail the object.

After proceeding two miles, during a part of which journey he was illegally

on blocked road that was under repair, he saw the object again. Now it looked
like a-circle of stationary yellow orange light, he thinks it was about 500

yards away, again they got out and watched for about two aiiutieg! They got into
the car once again and proceeded towardsthe object along dirt road which circles
the lot on which the light was either resting or hovering very low. Very shortly
thereafter (QM was hazy on wxact times and durations) he said the light
which now looked like a large setting sun, rose som 25 feet off the field. The
he said it rose a little higher and traveled West, horizontly with incredible
speed and ‘fh within 5 seconds.

2. He said he could have gotten terrific movies of it had he had a camera
because the light was so brihgt. There was no sound, havever the ight did not
give the impression of being attached to anything "just a big ball of light”.
Sky was almost complete clear with very little wind.

3. M@@MBB saia they had the feeling "they were observing something in another
world”.

4, MISCELLANEOUS COMMENTS RELATIVE TO SIGHTING: The light did not give of beams
of light, rather seemed to glow, it went from a dead stop to phenomenal speed.
the SM said "it seemed like the thing was looking at us”. At one time

he turned his headlights off because he was afraid of an attack. He said he felt
frightened, got very frightened and for five weeks after this when he took the
garbage out, etc and looked at the pine trees he had a chilly, erie feeling, sort

of expecting the thing to come back. It never did.

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5. The only other possible colleboration wes a QM, woo lives

close by who said she sew a bright light in the sky but merely pulled down her she
(A fine example of scientific curiosity)

6. QM also indicated that when the light was closed to the car it was lowér
than the top of a telephone pole and seemed to be swooping down.

7. Unfortunetely the @@P wes unable to couch enything in scientific terms.

He used vague descriptions and was not precise as to the motions of the light.

He was precise about the roads used and the distances his car treveled. It was
clear from the conversation that he had been deeply moved by the experience,

Also, that he didnot want any publicity since he isaware that it would due his .
reputation any good. He didn't talke about his experience with anyone for severa:
months but finally was inadvertently put in touch with a man from NICAP. This
sighting is now, therefore, in the WICAP files. |

9. I think it might be worthwhile for me to telk with QRMBpelso.

5. The only other possible collaboration was e SRAM, who lives

close by who said she saw a bright light in the sky but merely pulled down her shade.
(A fine example of scientific curiosity)

6. @@MMBMMA also indicated that when the light was closed to the car it was lower
than the top of @ telephone pole and seemed to be swooping down.

7. Unfortunately the Qj was unable to couch anything in scientific terms.

He used vague descriptions and was not precise as to the motions of the light.

He was precise about the roads used and the distances his car traveled. It was
clear from the conversation that he had been deeply moved by the experience,

Also, that he didnot want any publicity since he isaware that it would due his
reputation any good. He didn’t talke about his experience with anyone for several
months but finally was inadvertently put in touch with a man from NICAP. This
sighting is now, therefore, in the NICAP files.

9. I think it might be worthwhile for me to talk with QR also.

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January 9, 1965

The Hon. Albert W. Johnson

23d District, Pennsylvania

1415 Longwo rth Aauas Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515

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_ We were sii Gine west on Route 36-27 towards Pleasantville when we > :-
“paw a brilliant globe or ball of white light in a field aver off to 8
Our left (South). We stopped and looked. It was erhape repre
Bway. Suddenly the light went out. We continyed into Pleasantyvi
‘gad paw a silver-white light (about the size of a basketball) above ~ =-.
: ‘tree-tops just to the right of us. It was not as intense es the.’ >”:
: ret light. We looked at it. All the windows in the car were down:
~ g® Ait could not be a reflection. Suddenly it went out. et

I turned and looked out the front window ‘ana caught a glimpse of
the bottom of a yellow-orange ball going west at fantastic speed. | ee i
(Z had the Suphibaion it had swept over the car). The bottoa of 2
this yellow-orange ball (or globe) was shot parough with blue and
Booked gaseous. I went after it but it was out of sight.

Route 27 was torn up and blocked off but I drove around the road
block hoping to see "it" again. We did. It was setting in a field
between Pleasantville and Titusville--yellow orange and looked clearly
defined (not having the gaseous look it had when motion}. We got
Out of the car and watched it. It appeared to "hover" for p perhaps. two
minutes. Then it rose up suddenly and shot away from us like a bullet. -
It looked to be from 4 to 6 feet in diameter in the field but disappeared
from view, going west in a straight line, in about b-5 seconds.

I should like any information you have about UFO's. I was 8 complete
skeptic until May 26. Also I should like to know if the Air Force does
censor all scene hae unless they can be explained as Maj. Keyhoe asserts;
After readine this article two questions came to mind. 1) Was the "diue-

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" Light® seen by John Glenn wher: he was orbiting ever explained?: 2) Was ;
, *%here an explanation for Scott Carnertar's radic failure? a

Maj. Keyhoe emphasis is wen planes; tapsules, and rockets. I assure
what we observed was for lower than anv nlane capsule or rocket or

loon. I had consider2d i Laon, Pun ys pe de >: the tremendous speed

and altitude (to say nothing of the. reculiar glowing yellow-orange
light} rules it out. pine aie RE :

2 J do not believe that censyrxhin ie tas answer. If this is some
governsent experimtnt they are shocking cititens.

Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Kindest regards.
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December 30, 1964

Project Bluebook
Wright-Patterson AFB
Ohio

Dear Sir:

Last May 26 about 11:00 p.m, Pe and IT were
driving west on Routes 36-27 when we saw a large globe of brilliant white
light in a dark field off to our left (south). It was close and either
on the field or just off it. Its intensity of brilliance was like that
of a flash bulb so its size was difficult to estimate. Suddenly the light
. disappeared.

Proceeding slowly west we again saw a ball of silver-white light
about the size of a large moon or basketball higher in the sky (above
the treetops) and stationary. The sky was clear and I stepped out on
the road and saw the moon high in the sky in back of us (east). The
round light above the treetops looked like a light might look if it
was reflected in a mirror. We watched this light with the right front
window rolled down. It lasted about 12-15 seconds then went out
abruptly. This was about .5 of a mile from the initial bright light
in the field west.

As I turned my head and looked out the front window I caught a
glimpse of a yellow-orange gaseous bottom of a ball which seemed streaked
with blue. It had to be low as'iI looked out the front window to proceed
west on the road. It was moving at a fantastic rate of speed. It got
out of sight west of us in 1-2 seconds (unless it went ap).

I took after it and had lost sight of it. About two miles down
the road (the last section of which was under repair and blocked off)
we saw it again. I had gone around the road block travelling west
hoping to see it again. It was very low over a field and clearly
defined. It looked like a perfect circle of yellow-orange light and
was standing still. It was probably 550 yards from us. We got out
of the car and watched. It was to the left of the road on the field.

After watching for about two minutes I told <gygamgimy I thoucht
we could get closer. About 100 yards there is a dirt road off to the
left which circles the field. We got into the car and started for the
road. Just as I began to turn off the main roat (Route 27 W) the sphere
ascended--perhaps 25 feet off the ground. I immediately stopped the
car. (It looked like a large setting sun).