Sphere over Canton, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
I could only see one sphere while I was taking pictures but caught lots on video and pictures.
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 2013-12-25 → 2014-01-11
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November 6, 2023 · 11:35 AM · CIRCLE
Canton, OH
I took a picture of my deck & backyard. A bright, large, orb, or UFO was captured. I have taken many pictures like this before, looking out this same window, in similar lighting, but never had this occured previously. [NUFORC annotation: Reflection - Certain]
May 23, 2023 · 10:31 PM · CIRCLE
Canton, OH
Orange-ish ball of light passed in a virtual line south to north following I-77 near the football HoF. Moved slowly, checked flights nearby and saw none on radar. No noise heard as it passed by. Didn’t record until tail end after checking flights. Is not high in atmosphere.
March 20, 2023 · 9:10 PM · SPHERE
Canton, OH
I stepped outside my front door onto my front porch to place a "porch camera" I use to see guests arrive and check Amazon delivery, doordash etc. I looked up and immediately noticed very bright burnt orange orbs slowly flying in a loose formation of 3-4. I took out my phone and opened my front door and yelled for my children to come and look at what I was seeing and I started recording. As I was recording we noticed more of the same orbs begin to appear from behind the housetops in a similar fashion to the original three, all going in the same direction and completely silently, as the first group slowly flicked out of view. I called the non emergency number in my area and officers were dispatched to my home and also viewed the video I captured but nothing came of it. I have the video saved and even uploaded to my Facebook and YouTube.
February 28, 2023 · 7:34 PM · SPHERE
Canton, OH
On the evening of Feb. 28, 2023 I was outside feeding my animals when I noticed 2 spinning lights in the western portion of my field. The field has some open areas and other areas that are overgrown with brambles and saplings. The weather was in the 40s(f) and the sky was partly cloudy. The objects were not extremely high in the sky, nor were they close to the ground. They were between the two points. The visible stars were much higher than the objects. To give you a better idea of the location of the objects in the sky, I took 5 videos and there were moments when the objects faded for a moment because they were moving behind the young trees. I was standing on the ground and recording the objects on an iPhone. The objects caught my attention because they were bright and located lower in the sky. I enjoy observing the moon and stars over the field, but would not consider myself an amateur astronomer. I just enjoy looking at the sky and am familiar enough with the sky above my field to know that the bright objects were something I hadn’t seen before. If visualizing a clock, the top object would have been at approximately 11 o’clock and the bottom object at approximately 4 o’clock. The top object seemed to be smaller and not as bright as the bottom object. I didn’t even realize there was a top object until I changed my position in the field. I was facing west in the center of the portion of my field where a mowed area meets a more overgrown area. When I turned to the left and started to walk, that is when I saw the second object. Both circular objects had a second, internal circle that was spinning and reminded me of spinning gears, similar to the gears in a watch. The gears were spinning clockwise. I wasn’t able to clearly see the internal gear-like circle until I used the zoom feature on my iPhone. The objects were stationary at some points (internal circle continued to spin at all times), slowly moving toward the right and left at other moments, and moved slightly up and down at other times. During this period, I heard groups of dogs that started to bark and also heard coyotes yipping. The group of 10 cats that have appeared at my house at various times that I care for stayed away from the field. This is highly unusual because they will always follow me when I walk in the field. I additionally heard either police or ambulance sirens, but I doubt that had anything to do with the objects (but who knows?). The objects were still in the sky when I decided to walk back to the house. I’m not sure if this is related, but to my right I suddenly saw a bright light for a second or two. The location of the road that runs along my house would make it impossible for the light to be headlights. I was worried that someone was shining a flashlight at me which would mean someone had to be on my property in the dark. This has never happened before and I live in a very safe area. However, it IS within the realm of possibility. Seeing the light was so unusual and it scared me. I quickly walked back to my house, which is 4 acres from where I was standing in the field. I stood by my house to see if I could see the light again, or a trespasser. I didn’t see anything besides for the two objects. When I went inside the objects were still present. When I was outside on the evening of March 1, 2023, the objects were not in the sky. A few days ago I decided to watch the videos I took and do some research. I discovered several articles from London outlets, that were written a few years ago, about several boys from Glasgow who recorded mysterious objects in the sky. The pictures in the article looked exactly like the objects that I witnessed. In conclusion, I have no idea what I observed. I do know that it was unusual and something I hadn’t seen before. It appeared that something was bothering the animals in the area at that time and I’m not aware of anything else unusual that was happening. However, it is possible that the coyotes were bothered by something other than objects and their yipping triggered the dogs and the cats. I am interested in an opinion regarding the possible identification of objects by someone who is educated in such objects. PS: I just read the authorization portion and at this time, although I might change my mind later, I am going to send a screenshot of the objects instead of releasing all of the videos. I just captured the screenshots and edited them in the following way: 1)I enlarged the images to make viewing easier, 2) I used the “sharpness” tool of my IPad to make the images clearer. The internal portion of the objects that was spinning appears to be blurry in the screenshot (but not the video) which is most likely due to the motion. [NUFORC annotation: Planet/Star - Probable]
February 19, 2023 · 7:35 PM · LIGHT
Canton, OH
From the west it looked like a missle was fired and the exhaust stayed for a short while then disappeared.
October 25, 2020 · 8:40 AM · CIGAR
Canton, OH
I witnessed a strange aircraft flying east over I77n just nort of north canton ohio me marker 115 Cigar shaped object flew over highway and suddenly stopped, it hesitated about 2 minutes then flew west in a straight line and disappeared, now this is north of akron canton airport and there is a national guard base in the area I witnessed object.