Oval over Akron, OH
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The report, as filed
((HOAX??)) i was outside of my house when i seen a oval of light circleing the sky.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2011-04-10 → 2011-04-27
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April 21, 2022 · 9:56 PM · CIGAR
Akron, OH
Ok....so I was getting out of an uber ride at the end of my driveway. I said thanks for the ride and started up my driveway going west, dead west... I then looked up at the giant maple in our backyard cause it's diseased and going to fall soon, at that point I noticed a weird shaped object, I thought mabey a cloud but it was very long and thin...it was long in an up and down way...like longitudinal....with a very defined shape....not like a cloud which have mostly soft edges..Its a beautiful night tonight , only a few clouds here and there. And because I live in Akron I then assumed that this bizarre shaped cloud was the goodyear blimp because at this time it had moved, it was moving. And then there was several lights in a row along the long part of the object. They didn't appear all of a sudden...they sorta faded into view. At this point I was sure it was the blimp....so I waited to hear the sound of the engines. There was no sound. The object was moving in a east by south east direction. I have no idea of altitude but. It appeared to be about as high as the (few) clouds there was in the sky. So at this point I'm like wtf...I pull out my phone (samsung galaxy note 20 ultra) which has a great low light camera to get a better look. I was able to get it in the screen and observe the object for about 6 seconds. OF COURSE I DIDNT GET A PIC OR VIDEO, but I did see that it definitely was cigar shaped and the lights that I had only seen about 8-10 of now appeared to be more like a lcd ticker display. I mean that it appeared to be a grid of lights...I think they were somewhat strobing....they were all white (about 5000k temp) . So at this point I was totally like 'whoa' there was still no sound then while I was watching it appeared to go behind a cloud...but there was no cloud. The object moved from about a 2 o'clock position to about a 12 o'clock position if I was facing south....lastly while I was observing whateber....I noticed a jet or plane that was much much higher....all I really seen was a blinking red light on that craft going the same direction pretty fast....I didn't hear any sound from that one either. I am a pretty good illustrator/ artist and I've sketched out what I seen, ill try to make an animation If I can. But thats about it....I do belive in angels and demons, that is, beings that exist in a different dimention or whatever. Just thought I'd throw that in. So yeah....CRAZY!!! Thanks
January 31, 2022 · 7:38 PM · SPHERE
Akron, OH
Was taking trash out and noticed a bright light in the sky. Looked up and thought it was a helicopter. Did not notice movement at first. Was in the north northeast part of the sky. Slowly moved in a generally west or southwest direction. Went in the house to get people to come and see it, they witnessed it as well but it had moved much further away and wasn’t as visible. The object was generally spherical but you could not focus on details of the object. It looked like a cloud or fog surrounded the object. It was self illuminated but, it didn’t seem to be reflecting light. The color was a bright white almost bluish with a slight purplish or red hue, but faint. Tried to drive to get a better view but never saw it again. The sky was completely clear, no high level clouds and no fog in the area that evening. There was no noise associated with the object. Could not tell if the object was very large and far away or smaller and closer. Was not starlink or space station, moved in the opposite direction of satellites/ISS. Was not a Chinese lantern. SpaceX launched that night but we are too far north to have seen anything associated with the launch.
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Akron, OH
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Akron, OH
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February 25, 2020 · 3:23 AM · TRIANGLE
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