SEPTEMBER 1974, GIBSONIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA, A YOUNG COUPLE:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
US ufologist Stan Gordon wrote in 1975 in the MUFON ufology magazine Skylook that in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, on September 1974 in the evening, a young couple were driving down a back road when they saw a tall figure of human shape, dressed in a silvery metallic suit, standing by the road.
As the couple approached, he raised his hands, in which he held a cube shaped object. From that object, a beam seemed to emanate, and the car lights and engine failed.
An hour and a half later a similar incident occurred nearby to a man in a truck.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-000252
Date of event:
September 1974
Earliest report of event:
1975
Delay of report:
5-16 months
Witness reported via:
Not known.
First alleged record by:
Ufology magazine Skylook.
First certain record by:
Ufology catalogue.
First alleged record type:
Ufology magazine.
First certain record type:
Ufology catalogue.
This file created on:
July 30, 2007
This file last updated on:
July 30, 2007
Country of event:
USA
State/Department:
Pennsylvania
Type of location:
Near isolated road from car.
Lighting conditions:
Night
UFO observed:
No
UFO arrival observed:
No
UFO departure observed:
No
UFO/Entity Relation:
None
Witnesses numbers:
2
Witnesses ages:
Not reported, young adults.
Witnesses types:
Not reported.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
1
Type of entities:
Humanoid
Entities height:
Tall
Entities outfit type:
Outfit.
Entities outfit color:
Metallic silver.
Entities skin color:
Not reported.
Entities body:
Not reported.
Entities head:
Not reported.
Entities eyes:
Two, large, black.
Entities mouth:
Not reported.
Entities nose:
Not reported.
Entities feet:
Not reported.
Entities arms:
Two.
Entities fingers:
Not reported.
Entities fingers number:
Not reported.
Entities hair:
Not reported.
Entities voice:
None reported.
Entities actions:
Stood near road, held a device that emitted beam.
Entities/witness interactions:
Beamed and possibly stopped car and car lights.
Witness(es) reactions:
Observed, went, 1 witness wants to go back, the other is too afraid.
Witness(es) feelings:
Frightened, curious.
Witness(es) interpretation:
Not reported.
Explanation category:
Extraterrestrial beings or victims of a prank. Insufficient information.
Albert Rosales indicates in his catalogue that in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, on September 1974 in the evening, a young couple were driving down a back road when they saw a tall figure of human shaped dressed in a silvery metallic suit; he stood by the road and as the couple approached he raised his hands, in which he held a cube shaped device.
A beam seemed to emanate from the device and the car lights and engine failed. An hour and a half later a similar incident occurred nearby to a man in a truck.
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is Stan Gordon, Skylook # 89.
Points to consider:
It is regrettable that not much information is currently available to me on this case; which shows a rather unimpressive degree of strangeness and the of a UFO sighting.
Because there is not enough information, it is not possible to do more than to propose that the couple either met an extraterrestrial being that blocked their car using some unknown advanced technology; or that someone dressed in aluminum foil played a trick at them with a flashlight and had the driver involuntarily stall the car under fear.
List of issues:
Id:
Topic:
Severity:
Date noted:
Raised by:
Noted by:
Description:
Proposal:
Status:
1
Data
Severe
July 30, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
2
Ufology
Severe
July 30, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Nature of primary source unknown: investigation report? Newspaper article?
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Extraterrestrial visitors or victims of a prank. Insufficient information.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[---] ? "Gibsonia, Pa: UFO, Creature Sightings Reported", article by Stan Gordon, in the ufology magazine Skylook, USA, #88, page 12, 1975.
[---] ? "HUMCAT", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, USA, circa 1977.
[ar1] * "1974 Humanoid Reports", compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2001, at www.ufoinfo.com/humanoid/humanoid1974.shtml
