Cigar over New Franklin, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On September 9, 2019, in New Franklin, Ohio. about 7pm my daughter and I saw, what at first we thought was an airplane. It had caught our attention because of how wide it was. We realized it didn’t appear to have wings. It was moving from the west, heading east. It was pretty high up in the air but very visible. It was silver and shaped like a cigar. It was traveling at a very steady, fast pace. We were able to see it fly as it flew the length of the sky. There did not appear to be any windows. The sky was very blue and clear at the time. We could not hear any sound or see any visible exhaust.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #148755). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-09-06 → 2019-09-23