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The witnesses were outside walking a dog when the object was first seen.
"I got a pair of binoculars to get a better look," the reporting witness stated. "I could see a dark outline of the object and it appeared to be a diamond shape with multiple colored lights in a cross-like pattern."
The witness and his wife observed the object for about an hour.
"It slowly headed west away from us. It would move slowly and then hover for a while and then move again. We have seen unexplained lights in the sky before, but nothing like this. This was a solid object with definition."
Ligonier is a borough in Westmoreland County, PA, population 1,573. No images or videos were included with MUFON Case 47550.
The witnesses at Ligonier, PA, described a solid object with flickering lights that moved and hovered in the sky for about an hour. Image: Ligonier, PA.Credits: Wikipedia.
A Pennsylvania witness at Greensburg - about 18 miles west of Ligonier - reported a "slow flying, diamond-shaped" object with three white and one orange light at its four points and a blinking red light at its center about 6:30 p.m. on January 9, 2013. This story was filed as: Low flying diamond UFO reported over Pennsylvania town.
Case 45118 was closed by Pennsylvania MUFON as "information only." Cases are typically closed with that designation when MUFON is unable to make contact with a witness for further information.
Pennsylvania UFO coverage includes:
* Erie County witness 'overcome with fear' watching rectangle UFO
* Pennsylvania witnesses report orb movement over Danville skies
* Large triangle UFO reported moving over Carbon County Pennsylvania
* Low flying diamond UFO reported over Pennsylvania town
* Video: Christmas Day UFO hovers over Pennsylvania town
* Pennsylvania witness says black triangle lacked 'normal lights'
* Pennsylvania witness 'blinded' by light from cigar-shaped UFO
* Large object reported hovering over small Pennsylvania town
* Erie witness: Two objects emitting 'vertical beams of light to ground'
* Pennsylvania witness reports three unidentified lights over Baden
* Second witness testifies to Western Pennsylvania UFO sighting
* Third witness testifies in November Pennsylvania UFO sighting
* Second Pennsylvania witness comes forward in low flying triangle UFO case
* 'Glowing objects' reported hovering over Pennsylvania highway
* UFO reported hovering low over Pennsylvania highway
* Four cigar UFOs reported hovering near PA-DE state line
* Under 50 feet: UFO glided silently over Pennsylvania neighborhood
* Pennsylvania witness says objects hovering for several days
* 'Spherical object' reported moving over Pennsylvania highway
* Pennsylvania witnesses videotape 'two glowing red orbs' hovering over field
* Pennsylvania witness describes 'massive, circular' UFO moving overhead
Pennsylvania is a current UFO ALERT 3 rating, with a high number of UFO sightings nationally. Pennsylvania had 26 reports in April 2013 - the 5th highest reporting state while California had 47 reports - the highest reporting state in the nation.
You can read more details about other recently reported cases at the UFO Examiner home page.
The following is the unedited report filed with MUFON. Please keep in mind that most UFO reports can be explained as something natural or manmade. If Pennsylvania MUFON State Director John Ventre investigates and reports back on this case, I will release an update. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com. - EXAMINER.
