UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2009

Westover, PA, USA

09/19/09 Westover, PA Light with beam coming out of it. lasted about 1 min ((NUFORC Note: Missile launch. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

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: 60s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (74 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2009-09-19
Where
Westover, PA, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
1 min
Geo
40.750, -78.671 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-westover-pa-2009-7d430f
Wave

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In context

  • One of 1 documented reports from Westover, PA in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Pennsylvania logged 166 sightings in 2009.

Report

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