Light over Lordstown (near; on I-80), OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
It appears there is a military site in the general area. The light appeared fairly high and plummeted to the ground extremely rapidly. When it got close to the ground, it appeared that some more minor force of dim light shot back up into the air in the same path of the original downward trajectory.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #125241). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2016-01-02 → 2016-01-19