UFOMYST
CaseCylinder1997

Allison Park (Hampton Twp.), PA, USA

As I was driving near the site of a radio tower under construction, I noticed a black, barrel shaped object hovering near it. I stopped

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 360s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1997-07-11
Where
Allison Park (Hampton Twp.), PA, USA
Shape
Cylinder
Duration
6 min.
Geo
40.560, -79.959 · exact
Slug
cylinder-over-allison-park-hampton-twp-pa-1997-b23d90
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1997

    The Phoenix Lights

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In context

  • This is one of 1 reports logged in Allison Park (Hampton Twp.), PA.
  • This case is one of 40 Pennsylvania reports filed in 1997.
  • Cylinder craft made up 1.4% of 1990s reports, vs 1.6% across the whole archive.

Report

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