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A Hynek Classification of Close Encounter is usually an incident involving an object less than 500 feet from the witness.  The size of the object,  viewing conditions, or stereoscopic vision (depth perception)  may render the object in greater detail and still qualify the sighting as a Close Encounter even though the object may have been beyond 500'.  The incident depicted in the logo was encountered during an intense storm near Princeton, IN,  Aug. 1973.

Saucer Blocks Road Scares Witness
July 2, 2018
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania


Fran Ridge:
July 2, 2018; Millerton, Pennsylvania
05:36 local time, MADAR Node 104 detected an anomaly.

CMS search turned up a significant sighting three hours earlier:
July 2, 2018; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
2:40 am local time.  A female witness was leaving her boyfriend's house late at night to return to her home and 
was reaching the top of a hill and suddenly observed a strange object further down the road. Almost in the middle of the road the huge object or vehicle was essentially taking it all up.  She had thought at first that maybe it was some late night street cleaning or construction vehicle. When she got closer she then thought maybe it was a tank, and got scared, wondering why a tank was in her city. Then getting even closer she recognized the saucer shape, and it didn't have any visible wheels. It was motionless the whole time she was driving towards it. When she finally got close enough to make it out to be a UFO she freaked out and had a panic attack.  Taking up what seemed like three lanes, it was gray and dull metal, not shiny. She didn’t see any windows on it from the angle she was observing from. She turned around and left the area.  ("I couldn't have drove past it anyway as it was blocking the whole street.") She called her boyfriend several times, body shaking and driving reckless and when she finally got ahold of him she was crying and frantically trying to explain what she had just seen. She was too scared to continue going home so she ended up just going back to his house and continuing explaining what she saw and then took him to the spot within 5 minutes of leaving and it was completely gone, the giant thing just disappeared. When she observed the object there was no one anywhere else in sight. (C.M.S. Case number - 93046) [Note the characteristic CE time in "wee hours". Witness filed online report but never responded to investigators for an onsite investigation or filled out any questionnaire. Listed as Insufficient Data but I feel that the witness was afraid to do anything further and should still be contacted if at all possible. - Fran Ridge]

Fran Ridge:
Additional potential sighting of interest:
July 2, 2018; Erie, PA
11:30 PM. The witness works at a bayside outdoor bar as a doorman. He was collecting cover charges from patrons as they entered the bar and appreciating the bayfront skyline, most notably the Port Erie Bicentennial Tower which dominates the skyline view of Dobbins landing which is the name of the district. He reported a blinking and hovering light which appeared over the tower and then floated over Presque Isle. (MUFON CMS)

Detailed reports and documents
20180702-cms-log (MUFON)
20180702-madar-data.htm
20180702-nuforc-log (NUFORC)
MADAR-UFO-In-region.htm



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