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Case NUFORC-42393
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Rocket-like UFO Seen Flying Over Suburban Philadelphia In Summer of 1966 In the Summer of 1966 [last half of June, July, or first half of August] I viewed an unidentified object flying over a site along the "Main Line" suburbs of Philadelphia.

EVENT DATE
Jun 30, 1966, 5:00 PM
LOCATION
Wayne, PA, USA
CATEGORY
UAP
DURATION
Half-minute or less

NUFORC FIELDS

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SHAPE
Cigar
DURATION (NUFORC)
Half-minute or less
WITNESSES (NUFORC)
1.0
CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)
NaN

NARRATIVE

To me, the object looked like a rocket, as it was flying low enough that I was sure it had no wings. However, it was not flying vertically [i.e. flying up]; rather, it was flying horizontally, parallel with the ground, as you would watch an airplane or helicopter flying over. Again, there were no wings and no helicopter blades that I could see. The object was cigar-shaped like a rocket or missile, even though it was flying over land instead of up.
 Like an airplane, the object simply flew over. Within a half-minute or less, it was gone. I assume the object must have made some type of sound [although I do not remember the sound], that caught my attention so I looked up to see it.
 I cannot give an exact date, but it was seen sometime between the middle of June and the middle of August in 1966. This is when I was attending a summer camp at the Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, about fourteen miles west of Philadelphia.
 The time of day was, as I recall, late afternoon.
 At that time, I was standing near one of the barracks/dormitories {I believe it may have been Wheeler Hall] of the Valley Forge Military Academy. I believe this was the barracks where my dormitory room was located.
 At the time, I was ten years old; I would turn eleven in the Autumn.
 I did not notify anyone of the siting. It went so fast, I had no time to call anyone. And, since the vehicle was gone after a few moments, it did not seem to be of much value to tell anyone.
 Since the object looked like a rocket or missile, I assumed it was of terrestrial origin. However, I did wonder why a rocket or missile was flying over suburban Philadelphia.
Witness indicates that date of sighting is approximate.  PD

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Data provenance: This record originates from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC). The dataset originated from Hugging Face (kcimc/NUFORC).

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