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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.

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February 23, 2017 · 5:45 AM · FLASH

Brook Park, OH

While heading south on I-71 a flash caught my eye in the sky heading west in the air... I continued to look for it but it never reappeared.

February 21, 2017 · 10:45 PM · FIREBALL

On the night of Tuesday, Feb. 21st, 2017, about 10:45 P.M. Returning home from work, I saw a defined sphere/globe, bright glowing red orange ball appear apparently out of the cloud cover above (no stars were visible) and then traveling, almost downward, about as fast as a speedy jet liner disappearing over tree covered horizon toward east southeast as I was traveling down Acme Street in Marietta, Ohio. At first, I thought that it might simply be a reflection of a sodium street lamp on Acme Street appearing on my wind screen or one of the large area lights on one of several tall masts near the Interstate 77 interchange with Ohio SR 7/Pike St., only a hundred yards from the opening of Acme Street. (No way one of these disappeared below the horizon, since you drive under them going through the interchange.) However, continuing to observe the light as I traveled toward Pike Street the light continued in a fashion matching the speed of a fast jet plane, low, and eventually disappearing over the horizon. It did not seem to get much smaller than when I first saw it appear. This object did not appear like 'fire' nor did it have a tail of any sort. The object was close enough that my palm on an outstretched arm would have covered it up neatly. The light appeared as a well defined sphere or globe and never changed direction, indeed, almost as if it were coming down instead of going further. This sighting lasted less than two minutes. There is an airport due south of Marietta, OH, across the river in Wood County (Gill-Robb Wilson Air Field/Wood Cty. Airport), where a West Virginia ANG Unit operates. However, this light appeared to go past that direction, and did not appear to have any features matching a plane or helicopter. There were no flashing lights or landing gear lights. I am a casual observer of the sky and have a decent knowledge of what planes look like in the day and night. My son is an amateur astronomer and so some of that knowledge has come in handy knowing the difference of planets, stars, and other common aerial phenomena. This was nothing like I'd ever seen before, as it was cloudy and the ball of light was under the cloud ceiling (which in my sons opinion rules out Jupiter, for instance, which was shining in the east—or a comet or meteor) and to my knowledge, any air craft (or phenomena) I've ever laid eyes upon.

February 19, 2017 · 11:05 PM · LIGHT

Cuyahoga Falls, OH

I saw 4 bright white lights flying single file, evenly spaced, from NE to SW. I was outside and heard no noise coming from the objects.

February 19, 2017 · 10:50 PM · OTHER

Toledo, OH

A faint line of light was moving east to West,in the northern sky, at a fairly high rate of speed. It got slightly to the west of my position and approximately 8-10 objects appeared in the line of light. All were in a straight line except one of them. The other was along the lead one in the line. The light was more like a glow around the formation. The objects seemed to have sort of a hex shaped front end with straight sides with rounded off corners in back of objects.

February 16, 2017 · 7:00 PM · FIREBALL

Mt. Orab, OH

Multi day event. Monday February 13, 2017 about 8:00PM,we were walking out from our barn to get our horses to bring them in the for the night. I looked over at a small softball park that behind our property, it is closed for the winter. I saw close to the ground a red glowing orb. I thought at first it was someone with a dim flashlight, but then it appeared to flicker out like a flame. Then reappeared, and then disappeared again. I can't pinpoint exactly where it was, since I was looking across several acres, and trees. No one else saw this. Wednesday February 14, 2017, we were again walking out to retrieve our horses. this was around 7:30 PM. My husband said something and stopped.. I stopped and backed up to see, a cluster of these glowing red almost rectangular in shape lights, that were up in the air, through the trees. There were at least 7 lights, that randomly came on and off, and would reappear in other locations. These lights appeared to be dripping something. It appeared as if there were burning embers dropping from these lights. Also amongst these, were white sparkly lights, that would come on and go off randomly. We had a helper who ran out of the barn, to see what we were seeing, and he too witnessed the lights. I then thought to take out my phone and record, and I did get a small white dot, that came on and off, but it is hard to see much from it. A 4th person came out of the barn and also witnessed some of the lights. By this time they were drifting north and getting further way, and all we saw at this point was the white sparkly ones. We watched until they disappeared. Thursday February 15th, 2017, this night we did not have to bring the horses in, as they stayed in most the day, but we did decide to go out and see if we could see the lights again. This was at 7:00 PM. We saw them immediately in the same area. Same red glowing lights, that soon went out. We ran toward the back of our property to get beyond the trees, and were treated to many white sparkly lights, and clusters of pulsating white lights, that we thought at first were airplanes. However, I mentioned that there were too many, too close together to be airplanes, and they were not traveling, they were staying stationary. Then we saw for just an instant, a row of red round lights, that lit up one at a time, till a row was visible, and then they went out just as they lit up. 3 of us witnessed this. By this time the white strobes slowly drifted north again, leaving one loan red orb, hovering over the trees. This was very far off, but we could see it. It would move left the! n right, go up a ways.. over, and then back down. This stayed for at least 10 minutes. My husband saw one that was a small solid light (silver/white), that he thought at first was a satellite, till it came to a complete stop. It sat stationary for about 10 seconds, then it moved straight down, stopped again, was shining for a minute or two then went out. We watched all this take place over about 15 to 20 minutes. By this time we were cold, and decided to go in. We have called a friend with good cameras, to come tonight to see if we can see them again.

February 15, 2017 · 7:50 PM · TRIANGLE

Chillicothe, OH

I was on SR 50 heading west in between Chillicothe and Hillsboro at 7:50 pm today (2/15/2017) and we spotted a U.F.O.(s) We were driving along when I saw 3 lights in a row spaced evenly straight ahead of us. They were way larger than any star I’ve seen. Maybe the size of a quarter held out at arm's length. Another set of 3 lights then appeared relatively close by those (roughly a 12 inch ruler held at arm length away from the first). The first set of lights then turned off one at a time then came back on in a diagonal slant then they went back to horizontal. Once this happened a bunch of lights appeared that was the same color but roughly 1/4 the size of the 3 in a row ones and flashing randomly. Honestly it almost seemed like they were coming from the larger lights. The larger lights then began to blink on then of one at a time again and the smaller lights went farther away until I couldn’t see them anymore. The larger lights turned off or disappeared at the same time too I watched them get farther and farther away.

February 15, 2017 · 7:50 PM · UNKNOWN

Chillicothe, OH

My wife, seven-year-old and I was on SR 50 heading west in between Chillicothe and Hillsboro at 7:50 pm today (2/15/2017), and we spotted a U.F.O.(s) We were driving along, when I saw 3 lights in a row spaced evenly straight ahead of us. The lights were a dimmer yellowish color (not a super bright white light that you would hear about). I can’t really figure out how to explain the size. They were way larger than any star I’ve seen. Maybe the size of a half dollar held out at arm's length. Another set of 3 lights then appeared relatively close by those (roughly a 12-inch ruler held at arm's length away from the first). The first set of lights then turned off one at a time then came back on in a diagonal slant then they went back to horizontal. Once this happened a bunch of lights appeared that was the same color but roughly 1/4 the size of the 3 in a row ones and flashing randomly. Honestly it almost seemed like they were coming from the larger lights. The larger l! ights then began to blink on then of one at a time again and the smaller lights went farther away until I couldn’t see them anymore. The larger lights turned off or disappeared at the same time too I but did not seem to recede. This sighting altogether lasted about 90 seconds to two minutes. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that I’ve witnessed something unexplainable.

February 15, 2017 · 7:40 PM · LIGHT

Bethel, OH

Eastern sky in the area of Clermont and Brown county line of s/w Ohio. Approximately 30 degrees of elevation. There were 5 lights together on the left and 2 to 3 on the right. The lights would illuminate brightly then go off completely. The lights would alternate lighting up and going dark and were not on simultaneously for more than a second or two. I watched this in disbelief as it was NOT an airplane or helicopter. The lights stayed in the same location not appearing to move. The lights gave off an orange/gold light and no noise was heard accompanying the lights.

February 15, 2017 · 5:35 AM

Ashtabula, OH

The conditions were light rain and snow mix with a low cloud ceiling. Suddenly the sky illuminated with a bright brilliant blue flash, similar to lightning. Then about two minutes later came another brilliant blue flash. From the direction of the light it appeared to have possibly originated over Lake Erie. I've been an OTR truck driver for 21 years with experience in all conditions, and have never seen anything like what I witnessed this morning. Hopefully someone can help explain what it was I saw. Or maybe someone else saw the same thing as I did. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of further assistance. We spoke via telephone with the witness, and we found him to be seemingly eloquent and serious-minded. We suspect that he is a quite reliable witness. PD

February 13, 2017 · 8:00 PM · RECTANGLE

Medina, OH

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

February 13, 2017 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT

Mt. Orab, OH

Three orange/yellow lights suddenly appeared, seemed to "fall" into each other, and then disappeared; happened three times Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

February 12, 2017 · 7:00 PM · DIAMOND

Novelty, OH

Very large & very bright object over tree line over chagrin river. Observed & brought witness to see - very slow moving - not plane/ satellite - as both observed light suddenly went out - no cloud cover. As posting this, appeared agsin (western sky) for appx 10 seconds before complete disappear again. Have seen multiple strange blue lights from Aug - Feb in the 5am - 6 am range. ((NUFOR Note: Possible sighting of Venus? PD)) Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

February 9, 2017 · 12:00 AM · FIREBALL

Youngstown, OH

Sighting of Venus in the western sky?? PD

February 6, 2017 · 2:30 AM

Reynoldsburg, OH

Saw a greenish red fireball like object crashing towards the freeway. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

January 28, 2017 · 8:29 PM · LIGHT

Chardon, OH

I was on the second floor of my home, sitting on a couch that looks out a east facing window. I noticed a bright light sitting directly above the tree line of my front yard. I went to the window to take a closer look to see if it was a plane or a drone. The light did not waiver and sat, about the size of a beach ball in one spot. At this time it was 8:29 p.m and snow was densely falling outside. The light was bright enough to be clearly seen, even in the adverse weather. I opened the window to listen for sounds such as a helicopter or airplane but none were present. It felt as though the light was watching me and I was watching it. I shut my blinds and continued to watch the light through them. Suddenly 2 more beach ball sized lights appeared. One was positioned about 75 feet away from the first light, but hung at the same level. The second was about 100 feet over to the right, and hung lower than the other two. I called down to my husband, and joined him a! t the window on the first floor of our home. We watched the lights together for about another minute, and then all three started moving toward the left, northbound up the street and out of sight. I am a 64 year old librarian and my husband is a 69 year old retired brick mason and decorated Vietnam combat medic. We have resided in our home since 1987 and have never witnessed this phenomenon before.

January 21, 2017 · 7:00 PM · CIRCLE

Holland, OH

Bright light like a star. Too close to be astar with blinking red lights. Just hovering.

January 12, 2017 · 9:00 PM

Holiday, OH

Was outside setting in back yard seen a bright light thought it was a planet then i seen a streak across the sky. It sat there looked like just a white brite star really close though. It would get dim and bright then lots of activity with planes and helicopters also some flying objets that where flying slowly. This went on for 45 mins then everything was gone. Bright light may have been Venus?? PD

December 22, 2016 · 9:30 PM · LIGHT

Girard, OH

We seen a light far off in the distance, looked like it dropped something and then was gone, was wondering if there was a comet or meteor in my area tonight possibly, just very intrested in it.

December 19, 2016 · 6:30 PM · CYLINDER

Huber Heights, OH

While looking out of my front door, I noticed a very large and bright light within my peripheral vision. At first, it slowly moved, but then seemed to stop and hover in the night sky. Thinking that it would change, I stared for quite a long time after having called my husband and children to look as well. My entire family was mesmerized at what they saw because of the brightness of it and yet it did not move. We called our local Air Force base [Wright Patterson, Dayton, Ohio] in which the officer asked my husband if he had been drinking? However, after much convincing, he then gave us 2 numbers to report a UFO. And then after about an hour, the object simply disappeared with a quickness.

December 18, 2016 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT

Lancaster, OH

I thought they were plane lights at first but in a umbrella formation they never moved. Just a yellowish white lights that looked 5 ft apart so for planes it didn't not add up but then they left 4 then 2 until they all disappeared.my wife was heading to work and I stopped her in her car to show her...we are not sure what we saw...it was toward Pleasantville, Ohio

December 13, 2016 · 12:28 AM · CHEVRON

Zanesvill, OH

looked up in sky and seen a V shaped something in the sky with big round lights on the bottom. then after about 15 seconds or so it went very fast through the sky way faster than you see when you look up and see a plane going by this was much faster and the lights coming from the bottom of it were very bright

December 1, 2016 · 6:56 PM · LIGHT

Newark, OH

I do not recall this. A video I took of it came up in my phone today as a memory from 6 years ago but I personally don’t have any memory of it. It lasted long enough that I saw it and was able to stop and record it, it appears I’m on the side of an overpass in the video. The memory did give me the date, time and location. May be nothing but wanted to submit in case there were any sightings at the same day and time.

November 30, 2016 · 3:15 AM · CIRCLE

Montpelier, OH

I was walking to my house from school and I saw a circle with 4 lights on it zooming in the sky for about 9 seconds. I came here to report it because no one else believes me. The circle in the sky was at about 3:15. There was only one in the sky and the object was sitting there for a little bit, then zoomed off. Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD

November 18, 2016 · 11:30 PM · CYLINDER

Columbus, OH

Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD