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‘Brilliant red-orange’ UFOs reported moving over Scranton

A Pennsylvania witness at Scranton reported watching four UFOs flying in formation, according to testimony in Case 70991 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

Skyline view of downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Skyline view of downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

The witness was driving a boat in Lake Wallenpaupack when a passenger noticed four orange-red glowing lights emerging from over the mountain about 9:15 p.m. on September 22, 2015, and alerted him.

“They where flying in different formations,” the witness stated. “They were coming in our direction. A fifth one showed up off some ways to the right of the others. The four all merged together and shot off behind the clouds to the west. The fifth one followed.”

Five objects flying over Scranton, Pennsylvania, on September 22, 2015 were described as bright brilliant, red-orange objects. Pictured: Downtown Scranton. (Credit: Google)
Five objects flying over Scranton, Pennsylvania, on September 22, 2015 were described as bright brilliant, red-orange objects. Pictured: Downtown Scranton. (Credit: Google)

The two continued to watch the sky thinking they would appear again from behind the clouds, but they did not reappear.

“Bright brilliant, red-orange objects. No blinking lights or red green lights as on a regular craft. They were round, circular-shaped. Passenger went for camera, but battery was dead. No time to retrieve mine and was driving the boat at low speed and it was dark. The sunset around this time is 7 p.m. There was a moon out and it was partly cloudy that night.”

Pennsylvania MUFON is investigating.

Scranton is about 130 miles northwest of Philadelphia. (Credit: Google)
Scranton is about 130 miles northwest of Philadelphia. (Credit: Google)

Scranton is the sixth largest city in Pennsylvania, population 76,089. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

Roger Marsh

Roger Marsh is a UFO writer and content developer. He is Director of Communications for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) where he manages media contact, rights and permissions, and content development for television, film, documentary, radio, print and stage. Roger is a MUFON case researcher for History channel’s “Hangar 1: The UFO Files.” He is editor of the monthly international MUFON UFO Journal, executive producer of the weekly “MUFON UFO Traffic Report” radio show; serves as the MUFON webmaster; reporter for the daily “UFO Traffic Report” in web and audio formats; and publisher of the “MUFON Books” imprint. He is the author of Sacred Dialogue, editor of Silent Invasion, and co-editor of Ron Paul Speaks. Roger was featured in the 2015 season premiere episode of Destination America's "Monsters & Mysteries in America." Roger and his wife, Joyce, live in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, restoring a 1910 Pennsylvania four-square.

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3 Comments

  1. what, precisely, was the reason for inserting the wikimedia shot of scranton’s skyline, and google maps streetview of (downtown?) scranton into the article? and for that matter, google maps route from philly to scranton?
    otherwise, enjoyed the report.

  2. I also live in Scranton, Pa& I see ufo’s on a daily basis. Every night in my yard u will see UFO’s flying in the sky. It aggravates me because it messes w all of my home electronics every damn night, my TVs, iPad, phone, sons Xbox, etc.. They always mess up all electronics! But Scranton is def a hot spot! Even as a young child I can remember seeing strange things in the night sky above our home.

  3. I just saw a UFO over Scranton, with the same colors. it’s just over 1PM now. At first i thought it was a balloon, but it made an L shape movement across the sky and it glowed a few times, with blurs I took my phone out and after i took two photos it went up into the clouds. It wouldn’t show up on the camera, as i took the pictures, so i thought i was just not seeing it myself, but should see it on the photo taking closer look with zoom, but nothing showed up on any of the photos i took.

    I’ve lived in Scranton for 13 years now, and often look up at the sky, this is the fist time i see one, but i am not usually out late at night.

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