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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
November 8, 2017 · 5:00 PM · FIREBALL
Strongsville, OH
During rush hour right before sunset, in the sky, I think to the west I saw about eight different ones, all about the same shape what looked to be streaming the sky, heading down, not up..looked to be round at the tip and light streaming behind it. all connected. It looked like in a movie when it shows an astoid (very small) hitting earth, that is what it resembled. There is a NASA center over in that direction, so i thought they were doing some kind of experiment? There were some above my head in the sky and to the west?
November 6, 2017 · 10:00 PM · FORMATION
Magnolia, OH
Witnessed 3 large formations of 4-5 objects with flashing lights and 3 smaller formations containing 2-3 objects...all appears flashing lights then one by one they shot straight up in the sky very high until out of sight, VERY ViSIBLE ...3 large and 3 smaller objects.
November 5, 2017 · 5:35 PM · SPHERE
Cincinnati, OH
A very bright and large yellow-orange sphere appeared suddenly along the south side of a strong storm system around early sunset on the first day of daylight savings time. ,The sighting occurred over the Ohio River, near Columbia-Tusculum. It moved from the Southwest to the northeast at a very quick speed, and after sustaining light for about 10 seconds, its light output dropped to nearly a pinhole for 3 seconds, before disappearing completely. One observer is a retail associate and jewelry designer, age 20, and the other is a classical musician and hospitality professional with two degrees, age 30.
November 2, 2017 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Canal Fulton, OH
I have never seen anything move so quickly and quietly across the sky. All of the neighborhood dogs have been barking all night.
November 1, 2017 · 7:18 AM · CIRCLE
Cleveland, OH
The UFOs came from east to west of downtown Cleveland, the height was about 6,000ft, the speed was about a helicopters speed. Here's what happened: I looked up at the sky and the UFOs almost 20 of them visible to me, were behind each other in a very organized way. As the group of UFOs were moving, they had a blue looking light next to them. While the rest of the aircrafts/UFOs were leaving I tried to take pictures of them, but I only caught two on my camera; they headed north above Lake Erie, my estimation is that they went up to 10,000 ft and higher where it isn't visible to a human eye. I tried to record all this and when I went back on my gallery the video was gone, I was pretty sure I took. My friend sent me the pictures she took, instead. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he seemed to us to be quite serious-minded. PD
October 27, 2017 · 10:00 PM · CIGAR
Campbell, OH
My husband first saw the cigar shaped object in the sky. He ran in and got me. When I made it outside all I could catch was the back end of it going over the tree tops. Through the trees I could see a dim flickering, almost like the paper lanterns, there was no sound, and the object was huge, at least the size of a greyhound bus. This has been about the 3rd time since the beginning of summer since we have seen these objects. Was not able to get clear video.
October 25, 2017 · 9:00 PM · CIGAR
Georgetown, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 24, 2017 · 12:15 PM · FIREBALL
Columbus, OH
I just got off work and was driving on Stelzer rd and it was raining, I saw a blue flash and then about 2 to 4 seconds later another Bright Blue Flash it lit up the sky, I thought maybe a plane crashed, but it was like a neon Blue so bright you could see the clouds and it was pitch dark. I have a coworker who saw the same two blue flashes. It was south over the horizon, I think it was two meteors that hit.
October 23, 2017 · 12:30 AM · LIGHT
Mason, OH
Beam of light going in a counter clockwise circle. Did not appear coming from the ground. Stopped at exactly 2am. No noise.
October 23, 2017 · 12:15 AM · FLASH
Columbus, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 21, 2017 · 10:15 PM · SPHERE
Willamsburg, OH
UFO SIGHTING WILLIAMSBURG, OHIO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017. Saturday night, myself, my two kids, my boyfriend, and two friends went camping in Williamsburg because we had heard that there were strange lights out there the last couple of nights. We didn’t actually expect we would see any- we set off with binoculars in hopes of at least seeing some meteors from the peaking meteor shower. We did see some meteors and one glowing orb that we could not explain. Witnesses were comprised of a librarian (myself), my 11-year-old son, a civil engineer, an in-home care provider, and a college history professor. My 12-year-old daughter was also present, but in the car on her phone and not witness to the object. The engineer has a coworker who lives and deer hunts this area and he is the one who shared the strange experience with us so that we could investigate on our own. None of us had ever seen an unexplained object before Saturday night. The object was an orange-red orb that was slowly traveling through the night sky. At least, it was slower than a plane we saw pass by in the vicinity. Overall, it traveled from left to right over top of the house (XXXX Bass Rd. Williamsburg, OH 45176) across the road from the field we were parked in. While travelling left to right it also bopped up and down sometimes, almost as if it was following the coils of a giant invisible slinky. A few times the light blinked out a few seconds and then came back on. There was some cloud cover that night but it was to our backs, not in the area we were viewing. I have sent a screenshot of the google map where we were to the email indicated on the online form. I would be interested to hear back if anything else was seen in our area, or nearby areas, that night. I hope this is helpful.
October 21, 2017 · 10:05 PM · OVAL
Pickerington, OH
First noticed 4 or 5 orange globes flying fairly low about 22:00. They were followed by a cluster of approximately 16-18 orange globes, then tapered off to single globes spaced one after the other. All were heading East from West. Some glowed, others were solid in their orange color. None had flashing red, green or white lights as is typical on aircraft. Continued for approximately 35 minutes. I did not notice any sound at all. I was driving home from my office. I'm a mental health counselor. The skies are somewhat cloudy, though a few stars can be seen. Visible stars were considerably smaller than these globes, a different color and all together different in appearance by comparison. Temperature is 62 degrees.
October 19, 2017 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Circleville, OH
Driving home we saw a light above some tractors that were prepping the field for next harvest. Mistaken for a helicopter at first and was just a few hundred feet above the equipment in the field. We saw one bright light, then a second one appeared next to it. Then one disappeared, and another appeared. Then the first one and then all three at once. All of this happened quite slowly. I slowed down to try and get a video, as I did this all 3 lights showed and dissolved inside each other. This was a sighting of a lifetime and I am so glad my fiancé and I got to share the experience. I truly want to see this again.
October 19, 2017 · 8:15 PM · SPHERE
Portsmouth, OH
A series of extremely bright orange lights appeared and reappeared at different points close to each other. Approximately 6 different lights were seen. This was the brightest, prettiest colors I have ever seen. I was traveling north on US-23 when I saw them to the west. I slowed to nearly 30mph to observe them as they put on what seemed like a show. They then all went dark. I traveled approximately 15 miles farther down the highway when they appeared again, but this time only two or three lights were there. They glowed and dimmed for approximately 30 seconds before finally disappearing not to be seen again.
October 19, 2017 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Williamsburg, OH
About 6 orange lights off to the east north east from downtown Williamsburg. Lights were stationary. Lights would eventually go our one by one.
October 19, 2017 · 8:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Williamsburg, OH
19:30 - We saw three uniform bright lights relatively close together that made a perfect triangle. They didn’t move. One at a time but in a rhythm, each one blinked out. They appeared to be over/near Mt. Orab. 20:00 - We saw 6-8 lights, about the same color as the lights we saw earlier, but different sizes and scattered around one general area (Mt. Orab direction). We were driving so I didn’t get to see how or when they blinked out. 20:05 - Once home, we could not see those lights anymore. However, looking straight up, like directly above us, very faintly we could see 4 tiny shimmering white lights that formed a perfect square. The lights flickered in unison. They were so faint, it was like you were looking at them through clouds but the sky was clear last night. Then they just disappeared.
October 18, 2017 · 9:00 PM · TRIANGLE
East Liverpool, OH
Driving down my alley we spotted 3 Orange lights moving across the sky. They formed a triangular shape very spaced out. They moved over the hill and disappeared. 2nd time I've seen this in almost the same area. Very clear night.
October 17, 2017 · 8:45 PM
Bethel, OH
4 Orange glowing lights in sky. At first there were two, appeared to be a low flying plane but after looking for a few seconds one of the lights went away and another appeared just above where the two were. Then two more appeared totaling 4 in the sky and they would go on and off, change positions. Witness provides no contact information. PD
October 17, 2017 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Mt. Orab, OH
Saw the lights first, while driving into town, then we got home, we drove to the back of our property and turned out the car lights and only had to wait a few minutes. It starts with what looks like strobe lights in fog. Multiple little strobes, then we see the lights appear, and then a one light comes out of another, then another. They appeared above and below as well. Multiple lights in multiple positions, now way to know if it was one, or many.
October 17, 2017 · 8:15 PM · LIGHT
Batavia, OH
Bright orange lights along tree line direction NW. One light would slowing dim out and another would come in moving in a northern direction. At one point there was a row of 3.
October 17, 2017 · 2:22 PM
Bay Village, OH
At 2:22 AM, I woke up to a sound as if someone was running a back hoe. The house was vibrating and I could also hear what sounded like a helicopter. I looked outside, didn't see anything but the noise lasted for 20-30 minutes at least. Later this afternoon, I contacted both of my neighbors whom also heard the sounds. One neighbor had her bedroom become brightly lite. The other neighbor heard the same sounds but assumed it was a crew working on the roads. I contacted the service department in our city and they said there was no work at 2:22 AM. I called ODOT, department of transportation and there was no work being done in our immediate area or near by that the sound could travel. A few years ago, I had a UFO fly over me in the back yard early in the morning and reported it to Mufon. It was triangular and had white lights. It was extremely low, just above the tree tops going towards the lake.
October 16, 2017 · 9:42 PM · SPHERE
North Dayton, OH
I don't know whether what I saw this night was real or something I worked up a bit in my head. Since August 2017, I have seen red/orange orb UFO's flying near, and even directly above, my home in north Dayton. But on this night in October, an approximate date and time, I was outside alone and saw from the west the now-familiar bright red glow (which, as it begins to move into view, appears incredibly large) as if one of the objects was about to approach from due west as was their most common direction of approach. But this night the bright red glow did not seem to be moving, or moving west to east; instead, it appeared to be stopped 600 hundred or so yards west of me, low enough that it was actually hovering only around 10-12 feet above the ground in a neighbor's yard. While the the object appeared just as large as had all prior objects, this particular one was not only stationary, lower (at under treetop level), there were two other unusual occurrences. First, there were shadows which seemed superimposed over the brilliant red light. These shadows moved like humans except with jerkier movements; two or three were tall while one was short. Second, while there was (as always) no sound produced by the object, while these shadows seemed to move in front of the red light, I heard what I can best describe as "whispered internal static" -- it was not something heard aurally, but more like feeling vibrations and recognizing these as speech, somehow. Though the red orbs have never made me the least bit nervous before, this night, after the object again lifted into the air following its traditional path of flight, I watched it only until it was about halfway through the route before going inside. I wasn't nervous as much as I was confused by what I'd seen. I didn't trust myself and so I almost immediately decided it must have been neighbors with a Chinese lantern. If it was, the lantern was as large as a one-story, 1800-square-foot house and the neighbors' shadows were somehow being projected as exceptionally tall, except for the one smaller one. And, when I truly looked, there were no neighbors outside any house but mine that night; but, for some reason, that explanation made the most sense to me at the time. Before I came into the house, as I watched this orb first lift above tree level while moving northeast, then straighten its path to move directly west-to-east, a family member came outside. I told him the neighbors were setting off Chinese lanterns. "That's not a Chinese lantern," he replied. "And what neighbors?" I have started to occasionally see these red orbs nearby again, starting in February; they had been absent since that last prior sighting in October. And no, it was not a Chinese lantern; but, everything except the orb itself I'm going to say could have come from my imagination.
October 16, 2017 · 8:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Cincinnati, OH
Two lights (orange above and red below) moved faster than a satellite perpendicular to me and my daughter relatively high in the sky, then moved towards us more quickly, then turned and went away from us diagonally relatively slowly before disappearing. No sound. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
October 16, 2017 · 8:00 PM · FLASH
Bellbrook, OH
While stepping out to have a cigarette I look due east and saw bright orange lights that flashed like the front of the car from Knight Rider from left to right as soon as it flashed one time like that all the sudden it started immediately to the left of its original spot flashed like the front of the car from night rider from left to right as soon as it flashed one time like that all the sudden it started and immediately to the left of its original spot. This was a left to right sequence of lights all Orange. Then it disappeared and never flashed again.