Cheryl Costa's New York Skies: Pennsylvania's Top-Ten UFO Sighting Status and 2001–2015 Trends

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Cheryl Costa, a native New Yorker and veteran journalist who writes the New York Skies UFO column, notes that Pennsylvania is usually among the top UFO sighting states with counts rising around 2012–2014 and dipping in 2015, that the shapes Pennsylvanians report follow a pattern seen in other leading states, mentions a 2014 MUFON Erie conference hinting at a possible link between Big Foot sightings and an October 2013 UFO spike, observes Erie’s conference popularity since New York hosts no major UFO conference, cites April 2016 New York sightings including on Long Island, in Fairport, Broadalbin, and Buffalo, and invites Onondaga County residents to join a monthly UFO discussion group and to report sightings to NUFORC or MUFON with witnesses’ privacy protected, noting she is upstate-born, a veteran, and the writer of New York Skies.

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Cheryl Costa's New York Skies: Pennsylvania's Top-Ten UFO Sighting Status and 2001–2015 Trends

Cheryl Costa notes that Pennsylvania ranks among the top UFO sighting states, usually trailing New York but placing PA in the top ten, with counts from 2001–2015 fluctuating but showing a late upturn around 2012 and rising through 2014 before a dip in 2015, that the shapes reported by Pennsylvanians mirror those of other leading states, that a 2014 MUFON Erie conference suggested a possible link between Big Foot sightings and an October 2013 UFO spike (requiring more research), that the Erie conference was well-attended and informative and draws many Central and Western New Yorkers since New York hosts no major UFO conference, that she also cites recent New York sightings in April 2016—including a Long Island grouping of bright lights, a Fairport fireball, a Broadalbin fast-moving object, and a Buffalo high-altitude circular object observed with a telescope—invites readers in Onondaga County to join a monthly UFO discussion group, directs readers to NUFORC or MUFON to report sightings with witnesses’ privacy protected, and is a native of upstate New York, a veteran, and the writer of the New York Skies column.