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July 8, 2017 · 1:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Columbus, OH
Possible abduction? Hard to say.. But here is an account of the incident. I fell asleep on my couch in Columbus, OH at around 1:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on 7-8-17. Then I woke up on my back, inside of what I equated to being an enclosed tanning bed-like apparatus. It felt as if I was traveling at a high rate of speed and the ride was very turbulent. I began to look around and one of the things I remember seeing is a worn down "yellow labeling" on the inside of whatever the hell I was enclosed in. The next thing I know, at least my head was no longer enclosed as I saw an alien take an object and touched my forehead with it and I was "out cold". I woke back up on couch in the exact same position I fell asleep on with my CPAP on just as it was prior to this "possible abduction". I had no fear, not sure why.. In the ensuing minutes after waking up I tried to make sense of what had happened. There was no missing time, I was back up within a half hour. Had a sick like feeling in my stomach, open waking up and its been on and off all day. Description of the alien I saw: Structurally, it was similar to many of the common air craft aliens we see in our American pop culture documentaries (Short around 3 feet, thin body, big dark eyes, funny shaped head) accept this one had rather dark scaly skin, not true gray. One the the things that stood out was the wide of its arm and forearm, it was the equivalent of a broomstick width the arm was the same width as the forearm. I was unconscious seconds after he put the object between my eyebrows and forehead. Other information about me which you may or may not find relevant. Since the age of 8 years old I have been an experiencer of sleep paralysis -entity attacks, but even before this the paranormal world seemed to antagonize me at a really young age. I can remember some things just before the age of two. I've had thousands of negative nocturnal (non physical) attacks by paranormal entities, like smacking, prodding, choking and senses manipulation (I've also had a few positive ones like when I was tapped on the shoulder after falling asleep while feeding my infant son a bottle which caused the nipple to go adrift from his mouth. Lately, I'd say within the last year, I've seen very bright lights in my dreams on more than one occasion. I have been "spiritually probed" several times, mostly in the back of my head - cerebellum, but also in the navel and unfortunately my fudge tunnel a time or two. I'm not psychotic or mental, I've never done drugs, and rarely consume alcohol.
July 6, 2017 · 9:41 PM · CIRCLE
Dayton (near), OH
I'm nearly 40, with a doctorate degree and a former university-level research assistant to a professor of astrophysics. On this night, ny father was sitting outside on our back patio in the dark, only a porch light illuminating the area. My mother and I were indoors, talking, sitting at the kitchen table. That room has windows which face north, one of which overlooks the back patio. That window was partially open, as was at least one other. At approx. 9:48 pm EDT, my father shouted something unintelligible (to me) through the open window nearest the table where I sat inside the house. My mom understood what he'd said, telling me of my father, "He's demanding I come outside!" After that, I heard him as he continued yelling to my mom to come outside "right now" to see something. I will outside, instead, anticipating an announcement to the effect of, "There's a skunk in our yard! (There is long precedent for this sort of statement). I walked to the door, and as I crossed the patio toward my father, he pointed toward the sky (it being nearly entirely dark, this was not terribly useful and I did not even know he'd done until I saw a photo taken that night). I asked where to look, and then he explained to me where to look in the sky: toward the far northwest to the west side of a large tree in our backyard. Once I turned to look in that direction, it was easy to see the object to which what he'd been referring. It appeared to be quite large, utilizing nearby homes and trees as a point of reference, and was a vibrant, brightly-colored object which appeared nearly round in shape. It seemed to glow, and that glow was quite intense, the entire object a uniformly-brilliant red-orange and lacked any discrepancy in intensity over its entire visible surface. It appeared to be relatively large, greater than the size of any plane (civilian or military) I've yet to see under similar circumstances. It appeared, initially, to be flying a bit lower than even the typical passenger planes which I see daily as they fly to and from a nearby airport. The only crafts I've seen in such a low flight paths have been F-15s & F-16s flying during either the local, annual air show, or else flying in and out of nearby Wright-Patterson AFB. This red object moved quite rapidly, heading east with its initial path seemingly parallel to the earth. After about 30 seconds, it disappeared from my view as our backyard tree obscured my line of sight entirely, then returned to view. When it did, it appeared to remain moving forward from West to east, still traveling parallel to the ground for about ten seconds. Then, it suddenly appeared smaller (from which change I'd generally infer either a change in size, luminosity, or distance from the point of observation, but whatever occurred did so seemingly instantaneously). Then, still appearing smaller, the object apparently gained altitude, rising from a former point about 35 degrees above horizon to ~45 degrees above horizon, and then, at zenith, the object seemed to cease moving completely. It did not move nor vary in size or light intensity for several seconds, then began moving in a manner completely different from how it had moved before stopping. It repeatedly moved in what appeared to be a linear, upward direction perpendicular to the going (without any associated forward or backward motion), did the same moving downward, eastward, westward, or at varying angles; it seemed to move closer at times, farther away at others, each of the perpendicular motions made occurred without the object also moving in any direction parallel to the ground, yet other times it moved forward (west to east) or backward while apparently accelerating or decelerating. It also would simply cease moving and remain static, as well as move in sharply curving and angled paths as it appeared to simultaneously move up or down. It remained the same shade of glowing, vivid reddish-orange throughout, its light initially seeming to vary in intensity relative to its distance from me, but after the first 60 seconds or so, these changes in light intensity seemed to lack any correlation with the way it appeared to move. It was during the sequence of rapid, varied movements that the object again appeared to completely cease moving, and, while remaining stationary, appeared to divide into two of itself, yet both objects appeared identical in shape, and color/luminosity. There was no visible division of the first object; it simply appeared to change from one object into two, the second appearing (at first) as if conjoined with the first object, as initially, a small portion of the edge of its upper left (west) quadrant appearing to either overlap or be contained within the edge of the lower right (east) quadrant of the first/original object. The only visible sign that accompanied the appearance of the second object was a quick, less-than-a-second, flare-like emission from the lower-right (east) quadrant of the first object; this quickly-appearing and quickly-fading flare was the same color as the object itself. The second object appeared nearly identical to the first/original, except it appear! ed to be slightly smaller. The second object remained visible for only a second or less; it then vanished entirely, without any apparent movement at all. The original object remained, now alone again. It remained visible for ~90 seconds more after the second object disappeared, the original resuming its prior series of sharp, quick motions (without any apparent pattern or sequence) alternated with seconds of apparent non-movement. It had been visible for 3-4 minutes when it again appeared to stop in place, stationary, then its light intensified as it appeared to increase slightly in size (perhaps it was moving closer to me). Immediately after that, at an incredible speed, the object moved silently to the east, then appeared to gain altitude at this same, ultra-rapid speed (closest to which I can compare its speed is to that of a meteor streaking across fhe night sky) as it moved east-to-west at quite a steep angle, although it did not move in a straight line as it did so. It never ceased that motion, but once it reached its highest point, it moved with the same sort of extremely rapid speed toward the east/southeast before vanishing, seemingly among the clouds in that direction. Whether its motion was linear or otherwise, each motion of the object was quite fluid & it always appeared to move with a noticeably agile ease. The object seemed entirely silent throughout.
July 4, 2017 · 9:42 PM · OVAL
Broadview Heights, OH
While sitting in front yard of home to spot fireworks my husband and I spotted a dark two dimensional oval shape gliding from right to left (northwest to west) over the tree tops. There were no fireworks in the sky in this area at the time and no sounds of fireworks. This object had no lights and emitted no sound at all, it did not have any edges like a winged bird or known craft. It simply glided above the tree line until out of our site. My husband is former Air Force who worked on fighter jets and is very knowledgeable of aircraft and he has no idea of what we saw.
July 2, 2017 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Marysville, OH
I had my telescope out and observed a red light to the West going East, I was observing with the naked eye, the Telescope was not setup yet as Polaris was not visible, there were light clouds, the light appeared to flicker somewhat, observation was about 1 to 2 minutes, the Sky was just before complete darkness, it also seemed to meander somewhat while going east, it was not a straight line.
June 28, 2017 · 12:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Miamiville, OH
Hover in slow at first. Then it started rising to higher altitude and pickingup speed very fast. Then it disappeared behind the clouds. Afterwards, I was planes pass over to see how long I could see them, and they were visible for awhile unlike the triangular object. The first time I seen this was in the same place while standing in my yard with a friend. Was in October 2016, 2 am. Appeared and disappeared in the same way. The first time we heard coyotes, and my dog was acting very on guard. Pacing back and forth along the perimeter of the yard. Then everything got quiet and the wind picked up a little and I noticed a cloud was illuminated with light. That's was I notice the triangle shaped object flying toward our direction. I've told neighbors about this and apparently one of them has picture and footage of the same thing from a drone. I can contact him about getting a copy of the footage and pics he has.
June 25, 2017 · 8:10 PM · CONE
Columbus, OH
Columbus, OH, June 25, 2017, 8:10 PM See attached drawing. Object faded in and out of view three times. Visible from 10 to 15 seconds each time. At first, I thought I was seeing a cloud pass in front of the object but there were no clouds or fog between me and the object. While visible, the object was not moving. However, each time it would appear again it was in different portions of the sky, probably a mile distant from the position it was in maybe thirty seconds before. It almost appeared to be an object that was somehow able to cloak itself from view but the mechanism for cloaking was slipping momentarily out of service. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides little contact information. PD
June 23, 2017 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Paulding, OH
My husband and I were sitting around a campfire in our backyard. I looked up towards the north and saw a dark object way up in the sky. It did not appear to be an airplane. I could see no apparent wings, no flashing lights and there was no sound. It was extremely high for how small it appeared to be. I tried to point it out to my husband, but he didn’t see it. Just a minute later, in the same general area, there was a huge – what appeared to be Chinook helicopter – way up high. It was white with a red tail. My husband ran in and grabbed the binoculars. It was so high up and the setting sun was hitting it just right - we both agreed it was some kind of hugemungus helicopter. I thought then that perhaps the first dark object I saw might have been a military escort for this huge transport. The helicopter was just fading from view towards the northeast, we looked up and in the same area, at the same high altitude, was a cigar shaped object that was silver in color traveling along the same course. My husband looked through the binoculars and could not figure it out. It had no wings – it was not an airplane and was not a helicopter. He just kept saying “what IS that?” By the time he gave me the binoculars it was fading from view and I didn’t get a very good look at it. With my naked eye, I could tell the color was shiny silver, and it had a strange shape… it was shaped like a cigar. There was no sound. We sat and discussed what we had just witnessed and the only thing we are sure of is the gigantic Chinook-type helicopter, white with red tail. The dark object I saw was too small for a “regular” plane to be that high up, and there were no apparent wings, no noise and no lights flashing. Military? Possibly. The cigar shaped craft has left us in a state on confusion. We have never seen anything like it.
June 20, 2017 · 10:00 PM · OTHER
Waverly, OH
I turn to look in the northern sky to also see nothing. I had been looking away from the south for maybe one minute, to which I return to look in that direction. I see the biggest flying object I've ever seen, it was the shape of a boomerang with the silhouette lit by six red lights. The object was being followed by a single red light that stayed the exact same distance from the larger object the whole time I saw them, it was like the smaller light was being towed. It was in my observable sky for about 2 minutes until it went behind the tree line to the east. I remained outside for an hour and it never returned. We spoke via telephone with the source of the report, and we were impressed by his apparent sincerity. We suspect he is an excellent witness. PD
June 19, 2017 · 12:40 PM · OVAL
Streetsboro, OH
Large silvery oval, darker on bottom, over hill beyond trees - saw coming down in a diagonal pattern - saw before it went behind 1 tree and then again before another tree then disappeared behind large hill - it was going pretty fast - faster than a blimp - no sound.
June 17, 2017 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Bucyrus, OH
9:45 pm I was standing in my driveway talking to my neighbor. I looked to my left and saw an amazingly bright orb, or small disc shaped object approx. less than 100 ft. away from me. object was flying at a very low rate of speed directly over top of my garage on a N by NE course. The object was pulsating deep orange/yellow light. Object was completely silent. The light was like nothing I have ever seen before. I targeted the object with a 5 mile visibility green laser, which had no effect. Object continued on N by NE path until it faded out. It also seemed to be ascending slowly. Another witness snapped 2 photos and took a short video with a cellphone.
June 17, 2017 · 7:40 PM · DIAMOND
Aurora, OH
Moving in a South to North direction we observed what we believed were balloons, then maybe drones, were 5 black square flying objects high in the sky moving quickly and evenly spaced. Was not reflective, but slightly rotated as they traveled.
June 16, 2017 · 11:30 PM · UNKNOWN
Circleville, OH
Second unexplained sighting for me this year. I love watching for them. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 12, 2017 · 1:30 AM · UNKNOWN
Canton, OH
Walking to the local grocery near me on a warm sunny day I happened to glance skyward something I do alot of,"sky watching" I noticed what I will say was an atmospheric anomaly there was what seemed to be a bow moving across the sky I could see through it and it seemed like a ripple on a lake. Then as if due to the angle of it and the sunlight it Disappeared. Or maybe it was like a bubble. Just weird I have seen other things but this was different could be nothing...?
June 11, 2017 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Massillon, OH
Seconds after I noticed a blue light with a with a smaller red light attached to its upper left side which was traveling N to S, the object changed direction abruptly to W to E. The object "turned on a dime," which immediately made me rule out that it was an airplane or helicopter. I followed it from left to right behind some trees, until it emerged in an opening. At this time the object came to a complete stop and began to flash a white strobe slowly at first and then faster. I thought the reason the strobe increased in speed is because the object new I'd spotted it and that's when I retreated in to my house. There are only two explanations to what this could have been, a drone or something, etc.. Also, I couldn't really tell how far away it was because the lights were the size of airplane lights. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 10, 2017 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Roseville, OH
saw one ufo 5 times about a half hr in between ea other then 3 together red to orange in color and no sound at all....moving slowly ea time and in the same air space each time...waited for them to go over head....got a really good look of one of the three the last time. with binoculars.. couple of camera shots.
June 7, 2017 · 11:01 PM · TRIANGLE
New Philadelphia, OH
I need to know what that is! No clouds both nights. Same ending both nights. This is huge! Source of the report provides no contact information. PD
June 6, 2017 · 11:45 PM · CIRCLE
Fairfield, OH
There were no clouds in the sky at the time, nor any reason for it to just vanish.
June 2, 2017 · 10:45 PM · DIAMOND
Boardman, OH
After leaving a local movie theater at 10:45 at night, my wife and I looked up into the eastern sky and noticed a strange, bright white diamond shaped object, traveling along and then stopping in the eastern night sky. It appeared to be approximately 3,000 feet up at an 90 degree angle to us. The object then proceeded to flash multiple colors, and move in a triangular-like pattern in the sky, stopping and emitting what looked like a small red light sphere that traveled in a lower altitude away from the stopped object and quickly disappeared from view. This happened three times over the course of a few minutes. Approximately 5 minutes after the event started, it had stopped, and the bright white diamond shaped object disappeared to the East in a cloud bank.
June 1, 2017 · 1:18 PM
Columbus, OH
Was on the west side of Columbus, Ohio, and just happened to look up and thought it was just another jet at high altitude heading south east until it started making almost perfect circles and then come to a stop and head in another direction and do the same thing over and over. It was super bright from the sun reflecting light off of it. it was really cool to watch. When it was done acting all crazy and putting a really cool show it just faded out. I stood and waited for about tan minutes but never seen anything come back in view. I so wish I could have got it on video.
May 21, 2017 · 11:02 PM · LIGHT
Delaware, OH
I had just come out of my garage and looked up at the clouds and saw 3 bright plusing lights, the first light looked like it was being followed/chased. Then the first light looked like it stoped in the air and the second light slowed as it approached the first one, then i lost them both in a cloud bank as it has been stormy here today, then there were 2 flashes in the cloud. that was when i noticed the 3rd light coming up from the south very fast then that one got lost from my line of sight to in a cloud bank too. All of this toom place over a few minutes, i tried to get cell phone video, but i pressed the wrong button and didn't record anything. It didn't occur to me till after but there were no helicopter or jet sounds, i would guess the objects were at an altitude of 2500-10,000 feet as they flew up into the clouds. I waited for the cloud banks to pass to see if they were still in the area i saw them but they were not. I would guess they went back south or east or southeast, since it was clear to the other directions.
May 15, 2017 · 11:30 AM · RECTANGLE
Fort Loramie, OH
When leaving a job site this morning at approximately 11:30 AM, I and another man observed a black rectangular object in the sky west of our location at Lake Loramie, Ohio. We observed this object for several minutes as it traveled on a northwesterly direction. While observing, we witnessed the object tumble lengthwise 180 degrees. I took several pictures of this happening. I then got into my vehicle and proceeded to follow the object. I drove north on St. Rte 362 along the west bank of Lake Loramie into Minster, Ohio. I traveled west thru Minster on the Minster – Egypt Pike to St. Rte. 364 still observing the object. I turned north on St. Rte. 364 and proceeded to St. Rte. 119. Turning west on St. Rte. 119, I follow the object into Maria Stein, Ohio. Upon reaching Saint Johns Road in Maria Stein, I turned north again observing that the object appeared to become either triangular or diamond shaped and I again photograph it. I looked at the road for traffic and upon looking back up, it has disappeared.
May 15, 2017 · 9:15 AM · SPHERE
Minster, OH
The sun was on the right side of the object, therefore, there should be a shadow on the left but there was bright lights instead. The object appears to be black metallic and silver when you zoom in on the picture. The video showed spontaneous flashes of light. We turned the corner and looked up and it was gone.
May 14, 2017 · 4:30 PM · OTHER
Toledo, OH
I could not get a good photo with my iPhone, but did take a photo of the sky if anyone can clean up the image. In the evening we can see satellites going overhead, but this looked too low. With the amount of airplanes that fly overhead this looked too high. It was hard to judge without another object in the vicinity. My only thought is that it is a balloon, a satellite or something else. I was hoping that someone else may have saw it. Just seemed to float by for roughly 10 minutes. Conditions were sunny, clear skies, light breeze. Just hope that someone else saw it, and can give a good explaination.
May 14, 2017 · 3:30 PM · OTHER
Belpre, OH
thing was chrome, an needle shaped, high in the sky, looked to be moving fast, disappeared then reappeared, in same straight direction. then gone, in less then 2 seconds seemed to be going north, length was 5-to 10 times longer then any plane, few clouds, blue sky, many planes in sky, this was no plane/jet/satellite. Source of the report elects to remain anonymous; provides no contact information. PD