Smithfield, Pennsylvania. September 17, 1909 A man named AJ Thompson saw strange lights in the sky. He thought they were an airship hovering over his property. The sighting was witnessed between 10 pm and 11 pm. Thompson recalled he could distinguish the stars and the sky beyond it. It was…
Category: Strange Lights
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: September 30, 1896. A ball of fire, the size of the sun was flashed out into the blackness from the southwest and hung for a full minute in the heaven. Those who saw it say it died away slowly; not with the flashing brilliancy and sudden extinguishing of…
June 13, 1894 Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California: A Three Light, Triangle Shaped Object Seen When Viewing Mars The 1800s brought improved optics and powerful telescopes, advances in radio technology, and an increasing interest in Mars; Earth’s closest planetary neighbor. While professional and amateur astronomers focused on looking at Mars,…
1947. It is the dawn of the nuclear age and events during the summer of ’47 would change the way we look at the sky and interpret what we see. On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold, from Boise, Idaho unknowingly ushered in the era of the Flying Saucer. On that…
September 1, 1908: Hawaii A mysterious flying craft with white, blue, and red lights, was seen by officers on the U.S.S. Justin between Koko Head and Diamond Head, Hawaii. The craft’s lights were said to be brightly burning in the night sky. The event was so mysterious, the officers questioned…