Adamstown, Pennsylvania — 7 August 1869
A silvery object lands
At noon a luminous object was seen to descend from the sky to a dry, swampless area 200 yards north of the village, which is situated in Lancaster County. “It was square and became a column about 3 or 4 feet in height and about 2 feet in thickness.” The object reflected sunlight “like a column of burnished silver” but after 10 minutes it disappeared. Several people gathered at the spot where it had rested but there were no landing traces.
Source: Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania), 14 August 1869. Case: W431