Phenomainon
PCF-106634 · case file

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

1990 Summer · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA · 1 sources

The record

Witness and grandfather observed two black/grey objects appear suddenly above the road approximately 15-20 feet in front of them, hovering 15-30 feet above the ground and spinning. Objects had a bubble-like top with an edge and multicolored lights around the edge. They hovered for a few minutes, then moved slowly down the street following the road downhill, maintaining the same altitude above the road surface. When they reached the bottom of the hill, they shot off into the sky at great speed and disappeared. The sighting was also reportedly covered on local news.

Characteristics
Shape
Square/triangle with bubble-like top
Nature
UFO
Sound
None
Weather
Clear, dusk
Site
Residential street, front porch of grandfather's house on a hill
Size
Approximately mid-size car
Duration
7.5 min
Time of day
Dusk
Local time
Evening, dusk
Theme
orbs_spheres
Source records · 1

The unmodified record(s) the master event was assembled from.

NIDS-DOCNIDS-DOC:00056fd4:126 fields
city
Harrisburg
date
1990-06-21
site
Residential street, front porch of grandfather's house on a hill
shape
Square/triangle with bubble-like top
sound
None
state
Pennsylvania
country
USA
weather
Clear, dusk
date_raw
1990 Summer
incident
Witness and grandfather observed two black/grey objects appear suddenly above the road approximately 15-20 feet in front of them, hovering 15-30 feet above the ground and spinning. Objects had a bubble-like top with an edge and multicolored lights around the edge. They hovered for a few minutes, then moved slowly down the street following the road downhill, maintaining the same altitude above the road surface. When they reached the bottom of the hill, they shot off into the sky at great speed and disappeared. The sighting was also reportedly covered on local news.
svp_code
MA
time_local
Evening, dusk
trajectory
Stationary, then slow movement down the street following the hill, then rapid ascent and disappearance at the bottom of the hill
case_source
NIDS
size_meters
Approximately mid-size car
time_of_day
Dusk
source_quote
All of a sudden two objects appeared in front of us just above the road which was about 15 to 20 feet in front of us... they were hovering above the ground maybe 15 to 30 feet, and spinning. I could tell they had a bubble like top with an edge and multicolored lights around the edge.
catalog_entry
NIDS-DOC:00056fd4:1
location_text
Harrisburg, PA
witness_count
2
source_doc_sha
00056fd4c30f6e92d1a19358cba9692965134576ef84e0b1784cab0bbd5a112b
light_emissions
Multi-colored lights around edge
witness_sex_age
Male, approximately 12-14 years old at time of incident; grandfather (age unknown)
duration_minutes
7.5
witness_reactions
Witness stood and stared, asked grandfather what to do; grandfather told him to stay on the porch; witness ran inside to tell grandmother after objects departed
nature_of_phenomenon
UFO
Geography
Satellite basemap of the case location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Sources
  • NIDS-DOC
    NIDS-DOC
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