Palmer Township, PA - Other

Saturn-shaped object appearing over the Pennsylvania night sky in the fall of 1954

It was a crisp fall evening, and my parents and I were returning from a movie (the movie has since faded from memory, but the incident that would occur later has not, and it likely never will).

We pulled into the drive of the house in which we lived at the time, in the same way we always did. Soon we were on our way to the porch, headed for the front door, when I heard my mother exclaim "Look, what's that in the sky over the neighbor's house?".

My father, who was very fatigued, first scoffed at the notion, but then, as he was about to say something, he was cut short by awe, and fell silent for a moment. A second later, I heard him murmur "I don't know what that is..."

I knew my father was not one to be surprised, so I took a look as well. When I turned, I saw something that bewilders me to this day. The object was shaped like the planet Saturn, however both the 'ring' and the sphere were one piece. The peculiar craft spun in a jerky fashion, and the color was a soft luminous green, similar to that seen on glow-in-the-dark toys and LED clock screens. The object came from the north, and was moving in a southward direction. The craft made no discernible noise. We watched the craft for 3-4 minutes until it changed course, seemingly veering west, until it seemed to ascend and disappear from view.

After the incident, we went inside and we all discussed the bizarre occurrence for a few minutes, until my mother said "it's bedtime", which prompted me to go upstairs, where I drifted slowly to sleep.

Thus ends the odd affair, something I will not soon forget, and something that I hope can help prove what I know is true, the fact that there is life in this universe aside from our own.


((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. We have assigned above an arbitrary date, which reflects "fall of 1954." PD))