Formation over Canal Winchester, OH
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2013-09-25 → 2013-10-12
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July 5, 2023 · 10:45 AM · CHANGING
Canal Winchester, OH
My boss and I both saw what appeared to be a large black ball floating rant high in the sky the nothing of Jimmy 5th. We called our other two co workers to come over to witness what we were seeing. We all watched it change shape multiple times and go from right to left covering 30 or 40 miles in just a few minutes. Witnessed a military refueling plane fly past the object and seemed like they didn't notice it, but it was good for size comparison. The object was at least as big as a large car, if not bigger. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
November 8, 2020 · 6:44 PM · DISK
Canal Winchester, OH
My neighbor and I were outside. I saw object coming from the East moving towards the West. Object had no red, green or strobe like an airplane. No sound either. It was around 5-10 thousand feet in the air. It was moving slow about 200 knots then slowed down almost to a complete stop above both my neighbor and I. It then continued West and speeded up then it vanished. I have been watching the sky since I was 10 years old. I am 58 now. I own 2 advanced telescopes. I have NEVER seen a UFO until yesterday. I have seen in the past Apollo, Apollo- Soyuz, the space shuttle, ISS all time, countless asteroids and countless satellites but NEVER anything like this pulsating orange / yellow object in the sky. I also have it all on video.
January 25, 2019 · 6:45 AM · OTHER
Canal Winchester, OH
I was driving to work on 1/25/19 around 6:45am going east out of Columbus on State Route 33 in Central Ohio. I noticed there were 3 bright lights to my southeast in the sky. At first, I thought it was a set of military helicopters because Rickenbacker Air Force Base is close by. I see helicopters flying in a straight line formation all the time. As I got closer to my exit, I continued to notice the lights. I took the Diley Road exit off State Route 33 and come to a stop at the light on the exit ramp. At that point, I started to really pay attention to the lights. There were defiantly 3 lights and they were in a perfectly straight line. 2 were brighter than the third. The one I could see on my left was the brightest. There was no sound and the lights did not move for the 2 minutes I sat at the light waiting to turn. At that point, I decided to take a picture. As I continued on my way to work, I had to stop at a stop sign 1 minute from the stopligh! t on the exit ramp. At the stop sign, I was still facing the same southeast direction. The 3 lights were in the same area of the sky, not moving, and making no sound. After I made a left turn at the stop sign, I was traveling north and no longer facing in the direction of the lights and could not tell if they were still there. I have never seen a UFO and not 100% sure I believe in them. I have seen lights in the sky before, but I can always figure out what I am seeing. This time I could not tell what I was looking at. I couldn't get over the fact that they were in a perfectly straight line and not moving at all. I drive this route every day and have never seen anything like this. I honestly can't say what I was witnessing, but I do know that it was unusual and just gave me that feeling it was not normal.
July 17, 2017 · 1:30 AM · CIRCLE
Canal Winchester, OH
I was walking at 1:39 am, looked up, and saw an orange circular object appa
September 4, 2014 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Canal Winchester, OH
It was the size of a large stadium, 3 stories tall. Triangular in shape with lights at the 2 back corners. Would have thought it was a stealth fighter but it was very large, flying low, slow and seamed to be cruising at a low altitude not taking off or landing in my view. Flew east to west and the Columbus airport is NW and the air base is south west. Flew between the two airports. Couldn't have landed at these two airports do to its size, but was flying low below the radar, so to speak.
June 7, 2014 · 10:40 PM · SPHERE
Canal Winchester, OH
Just after dusk, saw a glowing reddish-orange sphere about the size of a small car, suspended approximately 150 to 200 feet above next door neighbor’s house for about 2-3 minutes. The object made no noise. It moved higher into the sky while heading west and then turned northwest toward the local airport at about 50-60 miles per hour.