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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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September 13, 2016 · 9:51 PM · OTHER
Dayton, OH
A large orange glowing Fireball seem to proceed in an orderly fashion headed from west to east for about one and a half minutes. It continued East without losing intensity or speed.
September 13, 2016 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
West Portsmouth, OH
I walked out on my porch in Rosemount Ohio around 9pm and over West Portsmouth, Ohio, right beside the cell phone tower, I saw a circular object just sitting still with a green blue, and red light that seemed to be emitting from the craft. I know it wasn't a star because of how low it was to the hilltop. It just sat still in mid air for 30 mins. I walked inside to get my camara, and it had landed in the woods right beside the tower. I could still see the green blue and red light emitting through the trees. The lights would go off and on every 20 or 30 seconds. I watched this object for over an hour.I called to tell my girlfriend what i had witnessed and she saw the same thing the night before from her job in Portsmouth, Ohio. She described the exact same thing I saw with green blue and red lights before i ever described to her what I had witnessed, that really freaked me out. I know it was not a plane, helicopter, or star. It was to bright and to big. I hope som! eone else saw what we witnessed. We suspect that the witness may have been looking at a so-called "twinkling" star. They are very colorful. PD
September 11, 2016 · 8:00 PM · OTHER
Riverside, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 10, 2016 · 9:00 PM · FIREBALL
Lima, OH
My husband and I and two of our children were waiting in line at drive thru restaurant. My 9 yr old said "what are those brights lights?" We looked to the east, and on the distance were 8 fireballs which at first glance appeared could be Chinese lanterns.... However immediately my husband and I said "moving way too fast for that" they were in a formation moving like Chinese lanterns but much faster.....my husband got his smart phone out and we kept watching and soon they went off course and shifted directions.....I never took my eyes off them and somehow they merged into 3 red balls....and faded away within about 15 seconds....it was very weird! My husband's phone picked nothing up.....and there was no sound. My husband said only possibility other than ufo was jet fighters training in formation? But even he doubted that...we looked online and there was no mention of night training that night.....also I researched to see if anyone else had seen because I can't imagine nobody else seeing this? Maybe if I post my Story others will Speak up.
September 9, 2016 · 11:10 PM · TRIANGLE
Eaton, OH
Slow flying craft at a low altitude (1000 to 2000 ft.) with three lights on each side. One light was flashing. Heading south, it flew directly overhead. The craft had a rocket engine sound as opposed to a jet engine sound.
September 8, 2016 · 1:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Brilliant, OH
At 01:20 I observed a aircraft go over head after I had observed a military aircraft go overhead and lead at Pittsburgh Airport. The second craft continued to claim into space for over 40 minutes at which time I finished observing. Craft only had white lighting moved at a high speed but not much faster than most jets from my point of view. But clearly continued to go farther out of atmosphere. I see many jet take off and land at the two local airports this one never went over the horizon. It only continued to gain altitude.
September 7, 2016 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Fairborn, OH
Black Triangle shape, 3 lights underneath and rear view of craft, one flashing light on forward flying front. Heading SW. Low flying, no sound, dipped below treeline horizon.
September 7, 2016 · 9:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Fairborn, OH
Black Triangle shape, 3 lights underneath and rear view of craft, one flashing light on forward flying front. Heading SW. Low flying, no sound, dipped below treeline horizon.
September 7, 2016 · 9:30 PM · OTHER
Dayton, OH
I was on a smoke break behind Submarine House on Brown St. when up over the western horizon at a pretty high altitude, I saw three lights, positioned right next to one another, I could easily see something connecting all three, and the largest light was positioned in the middle. They were moving in an eastward direction. I watched them for about 30 seconds, assumed it was a plane that was too far for me to see the blinking lights on the wings and/or tail, and looked down at my phone to respond to a text. When I looked back up, the lights were gone. It was a very clear evening so they could not have gone behind a cloud, and the speed at which these lights were moving would've made it impossible for the lights to pass over my head in the few seconds I was looking at my phone.
September 4, 2016 · 7:55 PM · OTHER
Kettering, OH
I was setting up my 16-inch telescope in my driveway. The sky was clear and very blue. When I looked up towards my garage I saw this craft at an altitude of about 6000 feet. It was colored aluminum and highly reflective. The craft seemed to be stopped then moved off at a slow pace. The craft moved off at a 45 degree angle to my position in my driveway. According to "google," the sun set at 8:02 pm on the 4th of September in Dayton, Ohio. The craft was composed of two outside cylinders. Each cylinder was approximately 10 feet in diameter and approximately 40 feet long. The cylinders were connected by two cross-members. One cross member connected the two cylinders in the front. The other cross-member connected the two cylinders in the back. The top of the rear cross member sat above the top of the two cylinders. The cross members were about forty feet wide. This made the overall appearance of the craft square. There were no wings and there was no tail!. I heard no sound. I saw no contrails. I saw no markings. I saw no lights on the craft.
September 2, 2016 · 9:20 PM · LIGHT
Nashport, OH
I am an amateur pilot, I am 67 years old my wife is 66 years old a retired school teacher. We are always looking up at aircraft. The thing that struck us funny was there were no blinking red or green lights, nor white lights. They were steady bright orange lights. The other thing that was strange was, there was no sound. It was perfectly quiet. Small aircraft flying over I always hear the engines running and jet aircraft I just about always hear the jet engines, unless they are flying at extremely high altitudes. These craft were moving at a very steady pace, that of a small Cessna 172 if it was flying about 1500 feet above the ground. There should have been sound. Not being any sound flying the speed they appeared to be going, they could have been going at mach speed with no sonic boom. It was very strange
August 30, 2016 · 11:56 PM · TRIANGLE
Columbus, OH
My girlfriend and I were watching the sky again, and we saw something flying in the distance, the craft came from the same direction, and did the same exact movements as it had the night before. It actually descended vertically with no horizontal movement. We saw no red or green lights present on the craft. (Indicating a commercial or even military aircraft.) It came from the North, until it got around some trees, made a gradual 90 degree turn and began heading to the West. (In the direction of the airport here.) We see tons of planes coming in and landing all day, everyday. This thing was not a commercial airliner. It was flying entirely too slow, too low, and was way too quiet to be a passenger airliner, and had too many lights on it. (And in the wrong places/not having the correct lights for an airplane.) It flew pretty slowly past the house, it was probably about 100 - 250 feet away (maybe a bit more) from the house, and it was flying at a pretty low altitude, I'd guess somewhere around maybe 200-400 feet area possibly. I actually managed to snap a few quick pictures of the thing, which I will attach to this. What was odd to me was the fact that there weren't any other airplanes coming in for about 10 - 15 minutes before this craft came, and nothing came in to the airport for about 15 - 20 minutes after we saw the craft. There is also an Air Force base pretty close by (Rickenbacker AFB), but that base is roughly 30 minutes to the South of us. This one did have a sound, like a plane - but a very, very quiet plane. (It was more quiet than a single prop airplane.) We didn't hear the noise of it until it was passing the house, and for a brief moment after it had already passed by the house. It had at least 6 - 7 bright white lights present on it. (That's only counting the lights on the left side and back side of the craft.) It was very dark, but it was most likely a black craft, and the way the lights were situated on the craft, it had to be a triangular craft. Note: Normally we hear crickets outside all night long, but when this craft hovered past us, it was dead quiet outside with the occasional sound of vehicles on the nearby highways and the craft when it hovered by. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 29, 2016 · 11:55 AM · TRIANGLE
Columbus, OH
My girlfriend and I were about to lay down to go to sleep when she pointed out a craft in the distance. She said it was sitting still until I looked out the window. The craft moved very slowly going toward the East, somewhat hiding in the tree lines. It then made a very smooth turn, heading toward the West this time, and came back into our view. The craft then very slowly hovered right past our window, there was probably 8 to 10 yellowish-white lights on the side we could see, and at least two red lights on the belly of the craft. This thing was literally at the height of the power lines, made virtually no sound until it was passing right next to the house. It made a very faint humming sound - we live really close to an airport so we're pretty familiar with airplane sounds and their landing lights. It was a black triangle shape from what we could make out. It was insane how close we were to this thing. You could've probably pegged this thing with a rock, it was flying so low. And at the speed this thing hovered, any other aircraft would've definitely been stalling out. I didn't take any pictures because my camera on my phone has awful quality. We plan to watch out the window again tonight, just in case we see anything. I plan on taking pictures and/or video this time, if anything happens. I've seen two other ufo's when I was younger, but this one was definitely the closest encounter I've had.
August 25, 2016 · 8:58 PM · FIREBALL
Canton, OH
Senior couple in route home from restaurant, on Whipple Rd. in Canton, Ohio. Flaming orb overhead in night sky. We turned into parking lot to observe further. Object hovered, grew dimmer, and then moved SE and disappeared. Have never seen anything like this!!!!
August 23, 2016 · 10:30 AM · TRIANGLE
Hilliard, OH
This is not the first time seeing an UFO. It's been throughout my entire life time. My father has seen etc. I guess it's a family thing. I've had many experiences with them. I have seen many UFO's here in Ohio, along with others t been with more. As if it's watching us. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We question whether this is a serious-minded report. PD
August 19, 2016 · 9:00 PM · DISK
Sylvania, OH
We assume a nighttime sighting, and have changed the time above, to reflect that fact. The source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous, and provides no contact information, so we are unable to contact the person, in order to confirm the time. PD
August 18, 2016 · 6:00 AM · OVAL
Perrysburgh, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 16, 2016 · 2:20 AM · LIGHT
Cadiz, OH
8 of my co-workers and I where in the parking lot at quitting time Standing around talking when one of us noticed 7 lights streaking across the sky. The lights were traveling faster than any plane I've ever seen fly and it only appeared for about 10 seconds before none of us seen them any longer.
August 14, 2016 · 10:30 AM · OTHER
Hilliard, OH
I had asked her if she seen it and she replied "Nope". So I had seen it for a few day's as I would be outside and then few day's ago, she had said to me "remember when you kept seeing that white thing? I said "yes, why? She said she did actually see it as well. Last week it was raining and a bit of lighting as well. The family was getting ready to eat dinner, I got up walked to the restroom, and something told me to look outside, so I did and I had seen this blue light like a lightning bolt but when it looked like it has touched down, there was light bouncing off the ground as if it were like a rain drop. And I had felt a very calming, safe, loved feeling and then for some of rain I thought to myself he's here. Now I have no clue what the back I talking about. So I shut the curtains and walked over to use the restroom and then my family member came and said the power is out. I just replied okay, I know. But there was a calmness in our house as to whet moments before three was some bitterness at the table. Has anybody witnessed this event last woeful in Hilliard off David rd?. Ever since' I've had a sound in my ears ever since. Ever since our dog has been barking and nothing would be there. The date of the incident is not specified by the source of the report. We wonder whether this is a serious-minded report, or a hoax. PD
August 13, 2016 · 12:00 AM · OTHER
Berea, OH
I saw about five white lights in a row with two larger white lights on either end in the southwest sky, at 11:00 p.m., on Saturday, August 13, 2016. Through my binoculars it looked like there was a dark dome shape above the lights. What could this be? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
August 12, 2016 · 7:00 AM · EGG
Reynoldsburg, OH
And we looked up and seen a egg shaped form in the sky. It was traveling too fast to be a airplane and it had no comtrail and no noise. We took a picture of it. It was flying west to east. And also became very bright before it disappeared. Very weird.
August 11, 2016 · 10:57 PM · TRIANGLE
Stone Creek, OH
There are 3 (maybe 4) flashing different color lights in the sky right now by the moon. The three form a triangle the way they are sitting. They're not moving just flashing lights possibly changing colors. Seriously think they are UFO's. Holy cow! That's amazing! Never seen anything like it before!
August 11, 2016 · 7:30 PM · EGG
Ashland, OH
I kept staring and staring trying to figure out what I was seeing because it wasn't an airplane. I wanted to get a better view so I changed positions about 100 feet to the south. When I did it had disappeared.
August 10, 2016 · 9:27 PM · OTHER
East Liverpool, OH
I was taking my dog out and I looked up at sky. It was mostly cloudy except for a break in clouds. I noticed two very bright lights in the sky. . bigger than stars which were moving in tandem. They seemed to be climbing straight up and then disappeared. They were not aircraft because they were to close together and it was not the meteor shower.