FORM 112 - MADAR SIGHTING
INFORMATION REPORT
MILLERTON, PENNSYLVANIA - OCT 11, 2020
I. DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT
October
11, 2020;
Millerton,
Pennsylvania
5:58 am EDT.
The "ham
operators" who
run MADAR node
104 were
alerted when
their DAS
alarm sounded
at 5:58 am
EDT. and they
responded
according to
standard
protocol. They
immediately
went outside
the "radio
shack" and
observed a
bright object
above the
clouds. There
was heavy
cloud cover
that morning
and the
witnesses
thought the
object they
were seeing
above those
clouds was
actually the
moon. Later,
the main node
op realized
that the moon
would have
been on the
other side of
the facility
in the NW.
II - MADAR
DATA
The initial
alert from the
witness’s at
site 104
registered at
10-11-20
09:58:06 UTC
(5:58 AM local
time). The
alert ended at
10-11-20
09:58:13 UTC
(7 seconds
later). MADAR
Node 82,
located in
Pine City, NY,
5 miles NE of
Millerton, PA,
had normal
readings at
the time of
the alert, but
at 10-11-20
10:03:18 UTC
(5 minutes
after the
alert in
Millerton) had
a field
reading spike
of 11.62
milligaus.
This is higher
than the
normal
readings for
that node,
which normally
run in the low
single digits,
but below the
threshold of
the alert
level, which
is set at 25
milligauss. An
alert,
therefore, was
not triggered
on the Pine
City node, and
did not
register as
such on the
MADAR online
data page. If
there was an
object that
triggered the
alert in
Millerton, PA,
and that
object was
traveling NE
at 60 mph, it
would have
reached Pine
City in 5
minutes, and
could have
been the cause
of the
magnetic spike
registered on
MADAR Node
82.
MADAR
Operations
Center
confirmed the
spike at Pine
City of 11.62
milligaus at
6:03 am,
and at
significant
change in the
compass
headings, MSV
protocols
being 3
degrees or
more. The
field readings
from node 104
at Millerton,
Pennsylvania
at 5:58 am had
been high
enough to
trigger the
device and was
no doubt a
response to an
unknown object
nearby or even
possibly right
over the
Millerton
site.
III - THE
INVESTIGATION
On Oct. 26, a
MUFON field
investigator
conducted the
investigation.
MUFON Case:
111,788.
IV -
CONCLUSIONS
At 5:53 am, 5
minutes prior
to the
sighting time,
the weather at
Elmira Corning
Regional
Airport, 12
miles to the
N, was
reported as
temperature
56°, winds
from the NNE
at 12 mph,
overcast cloud
ceiling at
3,000 feet,
and visibility
of at least 10
miles. Case
Disposition:
UAV Object
Identification
(If
Applicable):
Unknown. The
Stellarium
computer
program was
used to obtain
the moon's
celestial
coords for the
date in
question and
confirmed that
the moon was
located where
the observers
had confirmed
it to be and
not where the
anomalous
object/light
was observed.
Fran Ridge
MADAR
OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR
ENDREP