Sphere over Chardon, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Blue orb hovering over trees, then crosses feild.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2001-02-17 → 2001-03-06
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October 8, 2018 · 6:30 AM · LIGHT
Chardon, OH
Heard dogs barking next soor. Woke up & saw bright light, like search light in sky above treeline. So bright, it illuminated clouds behind it. Seemed like it got brighter. No noise. Thought it was a helicopter search light but stationary. Then as soon as decided to get in my car & look at closer - it rurned off like a flashlight.
May 25, 2018 · 8:15 PM · OTHER
Chardon, OH
We noticed an object flying in the sky from west to east that look like a normal jet with a secondary set of wings up front. The wings up front were smaller than the wings in the back. This object was flying low at 5 to 10k feet and it was abnormally loud at a lower frequency, almost like low level rumbling thunder. We both tried to get cell video, but it was so fuzzy you couldn't tell in the video. I searched all over the net and could not find one example of anything that looked like this. It was not refueling in mid-air, only one body was sighted.
January 28, 2017 · 8:29 PM · LIGHT
Chardon, OH
I was on the second floor of my home, sitting on a couch that looks out a east facing window. I noticed a bright light sitting directly above the tree line of my front yard. I went to the window to take a closer look to see if it was a plane or a drone. The light did not waiver and sat, about the size of a beach ball in one spot. At this time it was 8:29 p.m and snow was densely falling outside. The light was bright enough to be clearly seen, even in the adverse weather. I opened the window to listen for sounds such as a helicopter or airplane but none were present. It felt as though the light was watching me and I was watching it. I shut my blinds and continued to watch the light through them. Suddenly 2 more beach ball sized lights appeared. One was positioned about 75 feet away from the first light, but hung at the same level. The second was about 100 feet over to the right, and hung lower than the other two. I called down to my husband, and joined him a! t the window on the first floor of our home. We watched the lights together for about another minute, and then all three started moving toward the left, northbound up the street and out of sight. I am a 64 year old librarian and my husband is a 69 year old retired brick mason and decorated Vietnam combat medic. We have resided in our home since 1987 and have never witnessed this phenomenon before.
November 17, 2015 · 7:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Chardon, OH
Low-flying triangular object seen slowing flying east over Chardon, Ohio, at 7:20 p.m. on November 17, 2015. White lights outlined the triangular craft with a red blinking light in the center. It made a sound in the atmosphere like an airplane, but it was flying too slow to be a plane. Drone? Military aircraft? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 14, 2015 · 10:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Chardon, OH
Perfect triangular shape with fainter white lights at all three points. A very distinct red slowly blinking light on the bottom of the craft with a good amount of distance between the red light and any of the white ones. It moves pretty slow to the northeast with no sound. I watched it for about 7 minutes. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a plane especially because planes have a couple different colors of blinking lights and this craft was low enough that I could see detail. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD