Unknown over New Lebanon, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
We were sitting outside having a holiday cookout and I saw a very strange looking aircraft directly to the North and it was traveling at a high rate of speed to the West. I instantly pointed it out to the 4 other adults present and everyone thought it was the strangest thing they've ever seen. The shape was almost undescribable as it looked like a main craft on the top carrying a large object underneath it around the size of a car but shaped completely different. It seamed to change a few different shapes and it appeared to have some sort of orange boosters at the very top. We did not hear a single noise. I snapped a few pics on my galaxy s22 ultra but tried to take them quick on 100x zoom as it was moving out of view quickly so I couldn't get a completely focused picture. The first picture was with the tree in it where I tried to snap a pic before it went behind the tree and you can barely see it in the corner. I then had to run to the end of the driveway to snap the other pictures on 100x zoom to see past the tree. Also, this was traveling directly west away from the direction of Wright Patterson AFB. [NUFORC annotation: Balloon - Possible]
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175971). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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