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SUMMER 1933, CHRYSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIE, USA, SOMEONE:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

An anonymous individual called "Y" told to the newspaper Sunday Call-Chronicle of Allentown, Pennsylvania, for February 16, 1964, that he wanted no publicity about his 1933 sighting. He claimed that in the summer that year, at 02:30 a.m., he was driving to Nazareth and was between Chrysville and Morrestown when his car had a flat tire.

He was fixing it when he noticed a faint violet glow in a field to his right. Curious he walked there and soon came upon an ovoid craft, 10 feet in diameter and 6 feet high.

The violet light came from a slit in a one feet circular opening that resembled a safe's door. The man pushed it open, put his head through it to see inside.

The violet light, which he thought came from the ceiling, made it hard to see, but when his eyes adjusted, he distinguished dials, tubing, and walls looking as if made of marble, and a sort of "console" in the center. There were no windows. An odor of ammonia floated in the notably chilly room.

"Y" then walked around the object, felt the outside surface; which was slick, metallic and cold. He saw no occupants. After 10 minutes, he returned to his car, fixed the tire and drove home.

Though no occupant was seen, the craft description implies that it must have been a piloted craft, so the story entered ufology files as a virtual CE3.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. jv1:] JACQUES VALLEE:

[Ref. mb1:] MICHEL BOUGARD:

The Belgian ufologist indicates that during the summer of 1933, a man observed a weak violet gleam in a field between Chrysville and Moreston in Pennsylvania. He advanced in its direction and realized that it was an ovoid object, 3 meter broad and 2 meters in height, with an opening "resembling a safe's door". He pushed this door and found a cavity filled of a violet light and various "instruments" while a "ammonia odor" floated in the air.

[Ref. jc1:] JEROME CLARK:

Jerome Clark indicates that an anonymous individual called "Y" told to the newspaper Sunday Call-Chronicle of Allentown, Pennsylvania, for February 16, 1964, that he desired no publicity about his 1933 sighting. He claimed that at 02:30 a.m., he was driving to Nazareth when his car had a flat tire. He was fixing it when he noticed a faint violet glow in a field to his right. He was curious and walked to it, and soon faced a ball-shaped craft, 10 feet in diameter and 6 feet high.

The violet light came from a slit in a 1 feet circular opening. The man pushed it open, put his head through it to see inside. The violet light; which he thought came from the ceiling, made it hard to see, but when his eyes adjusted, he distinguished dials, tubing, and walls looking as if made of a marble material, and a sort of "console" in the center. There were no windows. An odor of ammonia floated in the notably chilly room.

"Y" then walked around the object, felt the outside surface which was slick, metallic and cold. He saw no occupants. After 10 minutes, he returned to his car, fixed the tire and drove home.

[Ref. go1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

The Belgian ufologist indicates that in the summer of 1933, in the USA, between Chrysville and Morreston (Pennsylvania), "a man observed a weak violet gleam in a field between Chrysville and Morreston. Advancing in its direction, he realized that it was an ovoid object 3 m in diameter and 2 m in height, with an opening resembling a safe's door. The witness pushed this door and found a cavity filled with a violet light and various instruments while an ammonia odor filled the air."

The source is indicated as"Michel BOUGARD: 'La chronique des OVNI' Delarge 1977, p. 245".

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Chrysville, Pennsylvania on Summer 1933, at 02:30 a.m., a witness, Y, who desired no publicity, claimed that as he was on his way to Nazareth, his car had a flat tire. As he was fixing it, he noticed a faint violet glow in a field to his right. Curious, he walked toward it and soon found himself facing a ball shaped craft 10 ft in diameter and six ft high. The light was coming from a slit in a circular opening that on close examination proved to be slightly ajar. With he a push, Y opened it and put his head through the one-foot circle to observe the inside. The violet light, emanating, he thought, from the ceiling, made it difficult for him to see, but as his eyes adjusted, he discerned dials, tubing, and walls seemingly of a marble-like material as well as a kind of "console" in the center. There were no windows. An ammonia scent permeated the room, which was notably chilly; Y then walked around the object and felt the outside surface, which was slick, metallic, and cold. At no time did y see the craft's occupants. After 10 minutes he returned to his car, fixed the tire, and drove home.

Albert Rosales comments that it is technically a type G event.

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Jerome Clark, The UFO Book, Encyclopedia of The extraterrestrial.

[Ref. jb1:] JEROME BEAU:

The source is indicated as "APRO, juillet 1964".

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that in the summer 1933 at 09:00 in Chrysville, Pennsylvania, USA, "a man observed a faint violet light in a field between this town and Morrestown. Walking to it, he found an ovoid object three meters in diameter and two meters thick with a circular opening similar to a vault door. Pushing it, he found the room full of violet light and observed many instruments, no occupant. Smell of ammonia."

The website comments: "An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One violet star, about 10 feet across, was observed by one 18-year-old witness."

The sources are indicated as "Data-Net Report, Data-Net Report; Vallee, Jacques, A Century of Landings (N = 923), (in JVallee04), Chicago, 1969; Schoenherr, Luis, Computerized Catalog (N = 3173); Rogerson, Peter, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports; Eberhart, George M., A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1980; Hall, Richard H., From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), UFO Research Coalition, Fairfax, 2000."

Points to consider:

Fortunately, Jerome Clark, meticulous researcher, gives essential information that the other ufology books and website do not give: the date of the report, in 1964, and the nature of the report, which is a newspaper published anonymous story.

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Probable hoax.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

• [---] ? Article in the local newspaper Sunday Call-Chronicle, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA, February 16, 1964.
• [---] ? Article in the ufology bulletin APRO Bulletin, APRO, USA, July 1964.
• [jv1] * "A Century of Landing 1868-1968", compiled by Jacques Vallée in his book "Passport to Magonia", Henri Regnery publisher, USA, 1969.
• [mb1] * "La Chronique des OVNI", book by Michel Bougard, Delarge publisher, France, page 245, 1977.
• [---] ? "World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports", compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K.
• [---] ? Data-Net.
• [---] ? "Computerized Catalog", compiled by Luis Schoenherr.
• [---] ? "A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies", book by George M. Eberhart, Greenwood Press publishers, USA, 1980.
• [jc1] * "The UFO Book, Encyclopedia of The extraterrestrial", book by Jerome Clark, Visible Ink Press publishers, USA, page 586, 1998.
• [go1] * "Chronologie OVNI", web page by Godelieve Van Overmeire, Belgium, at users.skynet.be/sky84985/a1939.htm
• [---] ? "From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946)", by Richard Hall, UFO Research Coalition, USA, 2000.
• [ar1] * "1930-1964 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2005, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1930.shtml
• [jb1] * "1933", web page by Jérôme Beau, RR0 website, circa 2007, at rr0.org/data/1/9/3/3/index.html
• [ud1] * "Summer 1933 - Chrysville, Pennsylvania, USA", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2008, at www.ufodna.com/uf18/uf8/188939.htm

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