Have you seen UFOs parked in highway median strips?

I've seen two UFOs parked on interstate medial strips. One was on I-95 during rush hour traffic. People stopped to take pictures. There was a news helicopter over head. There were five lanes of traffic in either direction. Thousands of people had to have seen this. When we got home, we saw nothing about it on the news.

The other one was on the Blue Mountain Scenic Highway. Two cars were pulled over. No one in sight. Two other cars behind me also slowed down but none of us stopped.

No pictures. Camera was in the trunk. First time we couldn't stop because there were too many cars. We were in the middle lane. There was wall to wall traffic.

Second time it was almost dusk. The driver asked if we wanted to stop and everyone said no.

There were other people in the car both times. Both events happened in the late 80s, early 90s.

The one near Philadelphia (I-95) was huge, almost as wide as the median strip. The one in the mountains was smaller, maybe three or four car lenghts wide.

Has anyone else seen UFOs parked in a highway median?

[edit on 15-2-2010 by Waiting2]

You know how silly that sounds right? Ufos don't need parking spaces, they fly.

Do you have approximate dates of the events?

Those were absolutely not UFOs, as they were not flying.... they were obviously UPOs (Unidentified Parked Objects) . Were these toll roads? Maybe they were panhandling for toll money.

I've seen many highway light polls where the huge round series of lamps could resemble a UFO.
But haven't seen anything at eye level.

Originally posted by 1kftabove
Do you have approximate dates of the events?

They happened in the summer time. The first one (I-95) happened around 5 p.m. or so. We going northbound on our way to Philadelphia. We were in rush hour traffic. So many people saw it besides the three of us in the car. A news crew filmed it by helicopter. Cars slowed down on both sides of the road. I remember at least one guy had stopped his car, got out of it, and took pictures. Other cars stopped behind his. We felt it was safe to stop because there were so many witnesses. We tried to stop, too, but we were in the middle lane and couldn't get over because of the severe traffic. With all of the witnesses, news helicopter, man taking pictures, we expected it would be on the news everywhere. Nothing was mentioned during the 6:00 or 10:00 news on any channel.

The second one happened a few hours before dusk. The road is in the mountains. We turned a bend in the road and there it was. A few cars were parked. Two on our side of the road and one going the opposite direction. We saw no one walking around. An intense feeling of dread filled me. I was afraid something bad would happen to us if we got out of the car. The driver asked us if we wanted to stop, but I insisted we keep going. Two cars driving behind us slowed down dramatically like us, but kept on going. I turned around and kept watching it until we reached the next bend in the road and couldn't see it any more. I noticed the two drivers behind us did the same thing. We didn't stop driving until we arrived at our destination.

I think they both happened the summer of 1989. They did not happen on the same day.

A description? A drawing? Could it have been mistaken identity and that is why the news never reported it?

In the median strip of 95 from DC to Philly is a tunnel connecting the two cities,
it contains unslpiced telecommunication lines(Hotlines). Probably one of the first tunnels
i had heard of. Just makes me wonder if it is an access point to deeper installations that have been talked of.

Pics shouldn't be that hard, considering there ARE pictures, apparently, and you could have taken pictures too if you wanted.

Other than the lack of evidence, thank you for telling your story, you should have really reported it tho.

I always see UFOs in the middle of the road. Doesn't everyone? They're almost as common as shoes on the hard shoulder. I passed about 8 ufos just siting there by a roadside cafe, just this morning. I couldn't be bothered to stop, even though the photographs would have been some of the most important ever taken, cos I wanted a milkshake.

Originally posted by Blaine91555
A description? A drawing? Could it have been mistaken identity and that is why the news never reported it?

It was 3-D. Massive. Even if it was a hoax, they would have reported something so weird slowing down all lanes of traffic on I-95.

Originally posted by 1kftabove
In the median strip of 95 from DC to Philly is a tunnel connecting the two cities,
it contains unslpiced telecommunication lines(Hotlines). Probably one of the first tunnels
i had heard of. Just makes me wonder if it is an access point to deeper installations that have been talked of.

That's a good point. I never thought of that.

Most people talk about UFOs in the sky. The only ones I've seen are ones that were "parked." Somehow they seemed more ominous parked. I'm normally quite curious, but I wasn't about to stick around. I was definitely afraid, the second time more so than the first. I think because there were fewer witnesses.

I think many people see UFOs, but push it out of their memories as just a weird experience and forget about it.

Originally posted by SuperSlovak
You know how silly that sounds right? Ufos don't need parking spaces, they fly.

I know!

That's why it was so weird!

you say this happened in the 80's to early 90's...

was it before or after you visited the grey room in 1994?


Maybe everyone that witnessed it was called back to that grey room? Or maybe you are delusional, but i want to believe you...

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I was asking if you could draw a picture of it as you remember it. Sounds like you got a good look at it. You should be able to.

Originally posted by Gamecock
you say this happened in the 80's to early 90's...

was it before or after you visited the grey room in 1994?


Maybe everyone that witnessed it was called back to that grey room? Or maybe you are delusional, but i want to believe you...

These two sightings happened before the grey room. I think they happened the same summer. Either 1989 or 1990? I'm not sure.

I was hoping if I posted this thing about the "parked" UFOs that that might trigger a memory in someone.

A "parked" UFO would certainly be an anomaly since UFO's seldom land for anything, ever. Usually a UFO needs to crash for it to leave sky-height. I'm not saying that I don't believe your UFO tale, Waiting2, but I find it less plausible that you experienced 2 parked UFO's in so short a time span and have no actual evidence yourself to back it up.

For instance, people coming into direct-contact - or even near-contact - with a UFO often suffer from permanent radiation burns. Often, if the recipient of these burns is under the age of 20 they die, or are hospitalized afterward.

Now, Waiting2, if you have truly been so near a parked UFO, you said within five lanes of traffic, meaning less than 100 ft, then you too would possess these radiation burns, or some telltale that such a craft had been in your presence. Especially considering your second account and how close you were then.

Either you should posit some proof of these accounts (like a drawing of the UFO, or a picture of your radiation burns) or you should do some more research into a topic before posting about it.

Your account lacks all credibility, which makes me question your credibility on the "Grey Room" incidents as well. Please provide some more proof of your claims. If you are truly seeking to jog the memories of others' who might have witnessed your events, then you need to offer them more proof before they will accept your claims.

~ Wandering Scribe

Ok im not going to burn you for not having any pictures... yet, because you have yet to tell us your age.

Were you a child in 1989 (as I was) and your parents were driving the car?
Or Were you an adult in 1989 and you chose to ignore it?

If you were a child, perhaps you mistook a filming of a movie or television show?

If you were an adult- If I - saw a Ufo parked on 1-95 (btw I commuted from DC to Philly every weekend for 2 years) I would of been in shock and would of literally stopped my car in the middle of traffic and gone out to investigate.

Now- If you were an Adult- where specifically was it on 1-95- here is why
From Wilmington Delaware to Philadelphia there really is no median- it is all separated by a barrier. There might have been a median in 1989 but still... its pretty dense traffic congestion. Where exactly did you see the Ufo?

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Thanks for pointing out the simple geographical, and psychological possibilities of being an adult or a child Xynephadyn. I didn't even consider those when I replied. They are good questions to have answered though. You've got a sharp mind.

- Wandering Scribe

A NEW PARALLEL TUNNEL: In 1985, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Act 61 ("Turnpike Organization, Extension, and Toll Road Conversion Act"), which authorized construction of a second Lehigh Tunnel tube as part of $807 million in bond-financed projects. These projects were to be financed by a series of toll hikes scheduled between 1986 and 1992. In July 1988, the PTC awarded bids for the $37 million Lehigh Tunnel project to two Pennsylvania firms (McCormick, Taylor, and Associates of Philadelphia and GSGSB of Clarks Summit) and one firm from Nova Scotia. Groundbreaking for the tunnel took place on February 14, 1989.

The new tunnel, which was bored 94 feet west of the existing tube, was to be used for southbound traffic, while the existing tube was to be used for northbound traffic. At a length of 4,380 feet, the new tube was 81 feet shorter than the original tunnel. Working around the clock in three shifts, crews holed 3,550 feet through the north side of Blue Mountain and 675 feet through the south side. A one-day strike on December 5, 1989 did little to slow progress on the project.

I am not familiar with the locations, but I found this. When I first read the post it made me think that you saw tunnel boring equipment.
Link to article

The Lehigh Tunnel is a pair of tunnels that carries the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (Interstate 476) under Blue Mountain north from Interstate 78 to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area between MP 70.7 to 71.5. The tunnel was called the Lehigh Tunnel to avoid confusion with the existing Blue Mountain Tunnel on the mainline. The tunnel was "twinned" in 1991 to allow two lanes of traffic in each direction. It has an unusual appearance, as the original (northbound) tunnel is rectangular, as it used the older dig-and-blast technique, while the new tube is circular, having been constructed using the New Austrian Tunnelling method, in which a machine resembling an oversized electric shaving machine head was used to bore into the mountainside.

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I can't find the exact machine used in the project link to more tunnel boring machine pics