Fireball over Lordstown, OH
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meteorite type observation ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of re-entering space debris. PD))
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2004-06-23 → 2004-07-10
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November 26, 2019 · 7:55 PM · TRIANGLE
Lordstown, OH
I was driving along the Ohio Turnpike around 7:55pm on 11/26, with my family. We were headed to Pittsburgh to visit the in-laws for Thanksgiving. As we were headed east, having just passed the Lordstown Assembly plant, I looked out the driver side window and spotted a couple of lights to the NE. I kept glancing over and noticed that they were not blinking. As I was driving, I asked my 12-year old, who was seated behind me to look out her window and verify she could see the lights, as well. She confirmed she could see them also. The lights were heading S by SW, and we could now see 3 white lights. I was still waiting for some blinking to confirm a commercial aircraft, but all we saw were the 3 white steady lights. The sky was very dark, with heavy cloud cover. Additionally, the moon was at about .4% as a waning crescent so this added to the lack of illumination in the sky. We continued to watch the object as it flew towards us at a relatively slow rate of speed. It did not match the speed of the planes we saw landing at Detroit Metro, or Cleveland on our way out of town, or in Pittsburgh afterwards. As I watched the approach, I could make out a dark triangular shape, but was challenged in documenting much further as I was driving, and my wife was getting irritated with the amount of attention the object was getting from me. I asked my daughter to try and take a picture with her phone, but it was fruitless with an iPhone, through a window on a dark night. When we got to my in-law's I hopped online to see which bases were in proximity. The one that popped for me was Wright-Patterson, just outside of Dayton, lying to the SW of our location and in the direction the object was heading. I am inclined to believe it was military and that the lunar phase and additional cloud cover made for an opportune evening for a clandestine flight. However, it was unidentified, and with the amount of black triangle sightings reported over the years, I thought I should share.
February 20, 2016 · 8:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Lordstown, OH
I took the dog out for a walk around 8:00 p.m. I stopped to check on my neighbor. He said that he was watching a UFO. I could see it as well. It was an extremely large light that appeared well above the skyline near the Mahoning County border. He said that he could see windows around the bottom of the craft. He pointed out a second craft that I could see as well. Both crafts looked to be the size of a football field. My neighbor and I agreed upon size. We discussed that we had both noticed these two craft hovering in our area for several weeks. My neighbor said that he had informed the police and a local business over who were also watching the craft. They left due to the frigid temperatures. That was a few days ago. This evening was warm, so we were able to watch it for a great length of time. The flight pastern would just float and hover. My neighbor said that it would nightly make a large circle around Carson Salt Springs Road. I tried to take several photos using my cell phone. However, my cell phone suddenly died as if the battery was dead. I tried to turn to it on, and I saw that the battery was in the red. I ran back to my place to plug the phone in and it came on as showing that the battery was nearly fully charged. I ran back and tried it again and it died. My neighbor said that the same thing happened to him. He went into his place to retrieve his camera. I called a family member to inform them of the sighting. I eventually went home. However, the two objects remained in the sky when I left. My neighbor left to get a police officer from a neighboring town.