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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
3,827 entries
September 19, 2019 · 10:15 PM · CONE
Huber Heights, OH
Standing outside looking to Northwest, saw bright object between 500 to 1,000 feet off the ground, extremely bright, white flying northwest from towards Dayton international airport, banking and climbing. There was no noise, no flashing lights, and moving to fast to be any aircraft or drone. I’ve been around aircraft and worked for the air force since 1976. Could not have been a meteor as stated it banked and rose before going out of my line of sight.
September 17, 2019 · 8:17 PM · DISK
ross, OH
none
September 17, 2019 · 7:29 PM · SPHERE
Mansfield, OH
Looked up and saw white/silver orb ascending swiftly before disappearing.
September 15, 2019 · 11:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Greenville, OH
Large, low flying (approximately 200ft. altitude) dark triangle slowly traveling northward, parrallel to route 127. 3 light, one at each corner of the triangle. These three lights on this craft werethe same color and approximate size of the stars on this starry night. My girlfriend and I have seen this same craft about a year prior slowly flying over nearby Covington, Ohio. We are near Wright Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio. My guess is this is prototype stealth spy drone ...very hard to detect, possibly flying low enough to be under radar. My girlfriend on the other hand thinks itsfrom outer space...who knows...
September 15, 2019 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Steubenville, OH
Source of report provides no information about sighting. PD
September 14, 2019 · 5:30 AM · CIRCLE
Troy, OH
A very large bright light in Eastern sky high in the horizon. It appeared as an off white light and was so large and bright I thought I was looking at a planet. When I looked closer, I noticed it was slowly moving in a southerly direction. As I continued to watch, within a couple of seconds I noticed it began to dim in brightness and looked smaller to me. Within a couple of seconds it disappeared. No cloud cover present in the area and it did not display characteristics of a plane.
September 9, 2019 · 7:00 PM · CIGAR
New Franklin, OH
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.
September 9, 2019 · 6:45 PM · CIGAR
Lakewood, OH
I would like to preface this account to state that everything happened so quickly that I can not say with complete certainty what I saw. The account below will be on the long side, but I am attempting to be clear in what I know for sure and what is a little hazy. The experience was very surprising and almost surreal. After thinking about the experience for the past week and talking with several people about it, I remain confident that what I saw is not explained by any object that I am aware of (bird, plane, helicopter, drone). In the early evening of Tuesday, September 19, 2019, I was out for a walk with my five-year old son. We were outside in part because there were thousands of dragonflies in our front yard and the yards nearby. I have never seen anything like that. When I got home from work, I had noticed quite a few flying around. Over the next hour or so, they became more and more numerous. Around 6:30pm, I took my son outside to see them. We then went for a walk down to Lake Erie. As we were walking back to our house, I kept looking around at the dragonflies which were everywhere. At 6:45pm (+/- 10 minutes), we were several hundred feet west of our house in a relatively open area. The sky was clear, with very few/no clouds. As I looked up in the sky, I saw a moving object in the south sky. I immediately noticed its very fast pace. I could not associate it with anything such as a plane, helicopter, or bird. My first thought was that it was a drone, based on its apparent size and distance away. We see small drones in the area from time to time, but they usually move somewhat erratically, slowly, and always seem to have blinking lights. As I tried to process what I was seeing, I realized that it was moving as if it was an arrow shot from a bow. There was absolutely no deviation from its course. I noticed no lights. The object appeared to me to be gray and elongated (in the direction of travel). I saw no exhaust or trails. I attempted to listen for a sound, but heard nothing discernible. When I first spotted the object, it was slightly east of due south. It was traveling east/north-east. I would say that it was at an angle of approximately 20 degrees above the horizon. There was no obvious change in its elevation during the time that I saw it. I followed its path until it disappeared from my view just north of due east. There are condo towers east of my neighborhood. They are approximately thirty stories tall. I lost sight of the object when it passed the towers and my sight of it was blocked. After it had passed, I tried to process what I had just seen. I sat down on a bench in our front yard with my son to continue watching the dragonflies. Approximately several minutes later (maybe more), I heard the noise of a large helicopter. Very soon a Chinook helicopter appeared from the east heading almost due west. We see one or often three Chinooks heading east or west out over Lake Erie (1000' north of our house) not infrequently. This one was probably less than 200' north of our house. I haven't seen one so close before. My son and I watched as it passed over, and I rushed to get my phone in camera mode. I was able to snap a photo of it when it was about to disappear behind some trees several hundred feet west of me. Since seeing this, I have tried to figure out what it was that I saw. The speed that it was moving was much greater than anything that I have seen before. I have watched the International Space Station pass over, and this traveled across the sky much, much quicker. My best estimate is that it traveled about two miles during the time that I saw it (5-10 sec...I can't be sure).
September 8, 2019 · 10:05 PM · FIREBALL
Jackson, OH
While on 279 heading to Jackson Lake, seen a large orange and yellow "fireball". It quickly moved using a downward and to the right very fast and disappeared in the sky. I also lost cell signal for several miles and I usually do not lose a signal.
September 5, 2019 · 11:30 PM · LIGHT
Jackson Township, OH
This light flashed red and white (possible other colors) Moved slightly at times. An airplane is in my video that crossed the sky as well. I came in after about 15 minutes. Not sure how long it was out there. I did video for about 5 minutes
September 5, 2019 · 11:00 PM · CHEVRON
Painesville, OH
I was letting my dog out so she could pee, when i looked up in the sky and noticed what appeared to be a Christmas tree shaped object in the opening between two trees. Confused, I got my binoculars out and zoomed in on the object which was turning on its axis and blinking red, blue, orange, white and yellow lights at the same time. The it took the shape of a ball and the lights went around the edge of the ball. I called dispatch to see if anyone had called about this, and no-one had. They sent a patrolman to my house and to his surprise he saw the exact thng I have described. So not only did I observe it for approx. 20 mins., so did an officer of the law. AND we were both totally sober.
September 5, 2019 · 7:33 PM · DIAMOND
Canton, OH
Pilot called to report a diamond-shaped aircraft that passed directly above his home at exactly 7:33L. He said that aircraft was moving northbound very fast, not a balloon, and had spinning metal panels. He made the report to the air traffic controllers at the Akron-Canton control tower. The controllers did not observe anything pertaining to this report.
September 3, 2019 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Madison/Painesville line, OH
We were driving towards home on Dayton Rd. In Madison. Off to the West, appeared to be close to the Madison/Painesville line, I saw two lights, at first glance, thought they were stars but then noticed they just looked a bit different and too large. Within seconds the lights slowly moved towards each other, then merged into one and then faded out completely. Did not see them again. The light was not bright like that of a plane, it was more ambient. Hard to describe, but definitely was odd. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 31, 2019 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Lobeland, OH
2 white Lights moving in circles each one reappearing after 1 has finished looping lights stop for 5 seconds after both cross and lights stop longer when recording at a park.
August 30, 2019 · 12:15 AM · TRIANGLE
Fairborn, OH
When I first noticed the object it appeared to be low in the night sky as I was driving on 675N it was crossing my truck from east to west. It was a V-shaped craft with 2 white lights on both wings and 1 white light in the front and 1 flashing red light behind the front light. It made a wide U-shaped flight pattern and came back towards my truck while descending, At first, I thought it was going back to WPAFB to make a landing, but it just kept dropping down and then I thought it might be crashing. But the craft came to a stop just over top of the tree line next to the 70W freeway. It stayed there for the remainder of the time motionless as I was driving past it getting onto the 70W interstate. I stuck my head out of my passenger side window to look at the bottom of the craft and it was in a wing shape and appeared to be black on the bottom. I didn't hear any noise coming from it, but I was in a tractor trailer, so hard to tell if it was making any noise. CLICK BELOW FOR YOUTUBE VIDEO LINK OF UFO SIGHTING. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycVTA7BsK9I LINK TO MAP LOCATION. 675/70 INTERCHANGE (UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF MAP) http://www.dot.state.oh.us/maps/2019CityMaps/Dayton.png We spoke via telephone with this witness, and we found him to be seemingly quite sober-minded and sincere. We suspect that he is an excellent, and reliable, witness. PD
August 28, 2019 · 8:40 PM · LIGHT
Frazeysburg, OH
I was outside at night and focused on a star. It seemed to be getting brighter and brighter without actually moving. It seemed like it was getting closer. It was yellow/orange and it was getting really intense. At that moment I saw something out of the corner of my eye and when I looked it was another star/light with the same coloring and the same intensity. As I shifted back to see the other, it was very apparent that It was dimming a bit and then it just flew off quickly. At this time there were other planes that were active and by comparison the light was way faster. I was very confused and then I focused on the other bright light. This light got brighter then dimmer and much like the last light flew away quickly. None of these lights crossed paths.
August 28, 2019 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
Eastlake, OH
Ex wife called me to inform me she saw something. She was at the shore of Lake Erie 7:30pm Aug 28 2019. she saw a bright light hovering. The light darted across the sky and stopped. After that behind a cloud she saw 9 light dancing.
August 26, 2019 · 12:56 PM · FIREBALL
Warren, OH
Near military airbase, high in sky, object explodes & crashes to the ground, followed quickly by military jet
August 25, 2019 · 8:50 PM · LIGHT
Lexington, OH
I run a Facebook news group and have had several people report seeing a blue light in the sky southeast of Lexington. They are also reporting their house lights vehicle lights dimmed or blocked off then back on during the sighting of the object.
August 24, 2019 · 9:40 PM · TRIANGLE
Cleveland (West Park), OH
Saturday, 8/24/19, 9:40pm EDT over the West Side of Cleveland. I was sitting outside doing a fire pit in my back yard with one of my neighbors. I'm in the West Park area of Cleveland, but almost in Brook Park, not far from Hopkins Airport. My neighbor was sitting facing the right direction, ENE, to see it first. I was facing N. She said, "Hey, look at THAT, behind the trees!" There was a triangular formation of 3 steady solid red lights. I'd guess ENE at about 55 degrees on the compass, and maybe 25-30 degrees above the ground. I think the triangle was pointing down, with the 2 lights on top, and 1 below. Was so excited, I don't remember for sure, but definitely was a triangle. She can't recall either. The formation finally came over the trees, but was much higher up, going WSW about 250 degrees and seemed high in the sky. They were completely silent. Took maybe a minute or less to transverse the sky, I don't know how high up they were. I would say the triangle was the width of 2 full moons. The formation broke up into the lights being side by side after being just overhead, but a little to the north, and got dimmer and somewhat translucent as it went toward the WSW. 2 more red lights came from the ENE, side by side, and went the same way, then 2 more dimmer ones the same way. Then my neighbor then said, "Look", pointing slightly in the WSW direction, I couldn't see it. maybe my eyes couldn't adjust looking over the bright fire pit, but she said a round red light maybe 20X as big, she called it "the mother ship" but she said it was very dim and could hardly see it herself, with the other red lights surrounding it, all moving WSW and just faded as to the WSW she said. I thought all the lights were faded and gone by the tine she seen the big dim one. Looked to me on the ones I could see, they were going just maybe slightly north of Hopkins Airport and still high in the sky. The West Side and maybe downtown had to see it. I tried video recording it on my phone, but my screen was pitch black, phone not good in the dark. Later on I seen at one point I got 2 faint dots, what I assume were the top 2 lights, the bottom light must have been hidden by the trees. That's all I got as nothing showing in my viewing screen to aim at as it was moving.
August 24, 2019 · 9:10 AM · CYLINDER
Xenia, OH
Was in my work vehicle heading south on us-42 when I noticed a silver object in the sky that appeared to resemble an airplane. I then paid no attention to it until I was on the exit ramp from 42 to u.s. 35 East. I glanced up at it and examined it a little further, I then noticed it hadn't moved anywhere for at least 30 seconds. Upon further examination I noticed that I could see the nose of the object it was not conical it was round. I then noticed that the area at the rear of the object was not tail shaped but had a black point that protruded in the opposite direction of the nose. The sky was extremely clear at this moment I could see no other objects in the vicinity for referencpe. This craft or object was at approximately 5000 feet altitude. The object did not move if it did move then it moves slowly in relation to my vehicle traveling 65 miles per hour. Unlike the speed of an airplane which exceeds the speed of a vehicle when the perspective is from the ! vehicle. About a half mile down from the exit on 35, I then exited off the highway onto lower bellbrook road. At this time I was not in sight of the object and was anxious to get around the curve of the exit ramp so that I could get another look at it by then I was pulling my phone out to take a picture. Once I came to a stop sign I glanced back up in the sky where the object had been and it was no longer there. It being an extremely clear sky I looked and looked for the object again. There was absolutely nothing in the sky any longer. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 23, 2019 · 11:00 PM · OVAL
Geneva, OH
4 lights racing across the sky above our house. Lights had the appearance of search lights. The lights would tear across the sky and then gather together and then take off again. Tried to video, but camera could not pick up the light. Advertising lights? PD
August 21, 2019 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Jackson, OH
Flashing lights, red ,green, yellow and white, sometimes moving super fast but not far in movements of up down and side slight up but to the left or right,also movements of down in same way over 2 hours watching the fast movement was not constant and it slowly faded out of eye view.
August 17, 2019 · 12:53 PM · CHANGING
Akron, OH
I have no idea who I should get ahold of to help out with my video. On Aug. 17, 2019, at 12:53 pm my friend was outside my house and with his cell phone started taking a video of the sky about 00.07.51 seconds long. He came into the house to look at his video and saw something in the video that he didn't see while filming it. He caught something that flew by so fast it was gone in a blink of an eye. When the counter gets at 0:0:1:08 you have to watch really close to see it pass by. We also put the video on my laptop so we could see it in 360 degree and paused it you can see a bright hole in the sky where it comes from. We have shown a few people the video and there is no one who can explain it and I have no idea what it could be. I think you would really be interested in viewing my video and helping to figure out what it is. Would really appreciate any feedback or help in any way. I know he caught something that we can't explain. It seemed like a smoky object that changed its shape and it was see through.