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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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May 3, 2015 · 11:30 PM · OVAL
North Canton, OH
On Sunday, May 3, 2015, at approximately 23:30 hours, the reportee states he observed 15-20 orange, oval shaped objects in the western sky travelling east. The was no specific formation to them. The objects travelled east for a short time, and then changed direction, travelling north, until they were out of sight. The speeds of the objects were steady, smooth, and did not appear to be moving rapidly. The reportee stated he and a family member witnessd this event together. He decided to report it to his local law enforcement agency on Monday, May 4, 2015, at 13:15 hours.
May 1, 2015 · 11:07 PM · SPHERE
Williamsfield, OH
I was sitting in my car, not moving, engine not running, pointing almost due South in my driveway, enjoying the clear sky, and almost full moon at 11:07 p.m., on Friday, May 1, 2015. At this moment, I observed a bright red light rising from my South West, arcing up and to the East, peaking at approximately about 40 feet above the peak of my barn, but obviously well beyond (to the South), maybe 30 or more miles. It then appeared to be brilliant red, as bright as the Moon maybe at about 10 degrees space between the Moon and the “orb” then began its decent in the arc to the South East, then disappeared behind some clouds. About 10 minutes later, it reappeared and retraced its arc almost exactly and disappeared at its starting point behind my trees in the South West. The entire sighting lasted until about 11:50p.m. This “orb” emitted no sound that I could hear, nor do anything but move steadily through the sky. There was no other movement like blinking, changing colors, nor anything going in or out of the object. I saw no wings or pilots or anything that would suggest propulsion of any kind. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 1, 2015 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Dayton, OH
We saw six circular orange in color objects. The objects would go in different directions and then disappear.
April 26, 2015 · 10:15 PM · UNKNOWN
Fairborn, OH
I never really know what i might see Its a bright light with blue and red and white lights, maybe green. It stays stionary for over 30 mins, then moves without a sound.
April 26, 2015 · 9:30 PM · CHANGING
Fremont, OH
Was driving home and admiring the sky because it was clear and I could see alot of stars. I observed what I initially thought was a bright star, but it was so bright that I thought maybe it was the moon. So, I scanned the sky and the moon itself was obvious. So I took my gaze back to the anomaly and first it looked like a bright sphere, and then it seemed to wiggle into two but closely held. It continued to seem to wiggle, so I took my cellphone and captured the object. When I got home, I cropped my photos and saw the strangest thing ever. It looked like a cross between a cylinder and an ameoba. I dont know what to make of it.
April 24, 2015 · 2:30 AM · FIREBALL
Dayton, OH
I have not posted this until 04/27/15. The reason being, I like to investigate with nothing less than pure skepticism of my own eyes/thoughts, and try to as thorough as possible before I make a claim as something being unexplainable or being a "UFO". 2:30am, I see this yellow/orange, orb/ball of light floating fairly low on the night sky. I was thinking Jupiter, which I know was visible this night (Venus as well). I did all the research I could, pictures, astronomical star/planet arrangements for given time and date. The research kept leading me to convince myself that it was indeed Jupiter. My gut was saying otherwise. This object was relatively large compared to any star or planet ive ever observed with the naked eye. Within the first few moments of observation I had to keep refocusing on this object. It appeared at times humanoid in figure (arms, torso, head), "divine" dancing light if you would. Other times not so much, I rode it off as deceived perception. Then I kept seeing a flash of light over the right shoulder of the object and this too, rode off as a plane heading to the airport. Then I saw the flash again, and again, and again. That's when it really didn't feel natural. Even if the flash of light was a satellite in fixed position, why was it fixed, was it keeping an eye on this thing? At the least it was only a satellite interested in this object as well, if not it was from the object itself, either way I don't know. I know that it aroused me enough to call up a friend near by to check it out as well. Unfortunately I don't have a camera phone/camera but I did sketch it on the computer with paint.
April 23, 2015 · 2:30 AM · SPHERE
Mt. Orab, OH
At 2:30 a.m. on April 23, 2015, I awoke to let my dog inside. Standing at the kitchen door, I happened to notice a really bright, white “star” in the western sky (located at about 2:00, when facing south; 10:00 if facing north.) It did not move forward in the sky at all, so I dismissed it as being a plane. I looked at it for a few seconds and noticed that it was moving slightly in all directions—right, left, up, and down—in no particular order. The movement was very subtle, which made me think, at first, that my eyesight was wavering. The light hovered in the sky at a distance. From our house, it appeared larger than a pen point; however, it was a good deal smaller than the eraser on the end of a pencil. It could be seen about a foot to the left of our neighbor’s tree, which is located in her back yard, I would say, about a 200-foot distance from the west entrance to our house. I studied it for about ten minutes, and because it hovered, in proximity, close to the same place, I decided it probably was not a helicopter. I woke my husband, telling him, “Come see this.” He awoke immediately and came to the door. We analyzed the “light,” and he agreed that it was a little strange, hovering as it was. He stood and watched it for about ten minutes longer. The light continued to stay in approximately the same place, hovering but unchanging, so he headed back to bed. I watched the light for a while longer and tried to make out a shape, but could not with my bare eyes. I attempted to take a photo with my cell phone camera. The photo showed nothing discernable. Then, I tried to take a photo with our new, digital camera, but was not familiar enough with the camera yet to get enough light in order to have an image show up. I watched for a while longer, then went to find some binoculars. I came back to see the light still hovering in the same spot. It was pretty fuzzy, and it took me looking around a bit to decide that the “star” was what I had in my sight. I caught the neighbor’s streetlight (in the front of her house) in the sight and moved to the right, past the back of her house. Through the binoculars, the light appeared as a perfect sphere that, though fuzzy, was a grayish, mottled ball, rolling forward at a moderate speed with some shadows and contours. There was a symmetrical dot off-center on the left surface of the ball tha! t made me think that the ball was rolling forward, because it would disappear and appear once more within seconds. I know that there was visual contrast between the grey of the star and the dot; I think the dot was white, but this is the only detail that I’m not sure about. (I didn’t make note of anything until I sit, writing this.) I continued to watch for about another twenty-five minutes, until about 3:30. In that time, I noticed that the “light” had inched its way closer to the neighbor’s tree, (still at a subtle hover and still at a large distance, but appearing a little smaller). When it began to slip behind the tree, hindering my view, I went off to bed. Planet, we suspect. Perhaps Jupiter, which would be in that area of the sky, at the time indicate. PD
April 22, 2015 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
North Ridgeville, OH
I was driving down 480 East near North Ridgeville when I saw a bright blue flare like light fall from the sky. It was a crystal clear night, stars were visible, and there was a surprising amount of air traffic out that night. The light all of a sudden appeared and started to fall to the ground and vanished before it even hit the ground. No explosions were seen or heard of anything hitting the ground.
April 18, 2015 · 9:50 PM · SPHERE
Richfield, OH
The size of the spheres were much larger that a typical aircraft light. Also, since they were flying away from us, they seemed unusually bright. Not like any commercial aircraft I've ever seen. Witness provides little contact information. PD
April 18, 2015 · 9:22 PM · FIREBALL
West Chester, OH
They were red with a white glow behind it. Next to those on the left was an airplane. The first fireball dropped down fast, while the 2nd one hung around for a few seconds.
April 16, 2015 · 9:30 AM · CIGAR
Steubenville, OH
Was in my car pairing my phone device.. And my 11 year old daughter said.."what are those in the sky?" And I looked up and got out of my car to take pictures. There was a line of lights on a very thin object..there were 2 of them. They were passing right over my house and low.. The lights appeared white on one craft and green on the other..
April 13, 2015 · 1:20 AM · UNKNOWN
Reynoldsburg, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 12, 2015 · 9:40 PM · LIGHT
Painesville, OH
First craft was already in sky when 2 more red/orange bright lights appeared in the sky, very close together. The 1st craft remained for another minute before disappearing. A 4th craft ascended rapidly from the horizon and all three were in the sky for about 2 minutes before the pair disappeared. The last light moved more slowly through the sky and followed the same course as the other 3 before disappearing. We did not hear any sound.
April 12, 2015 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
Bellbrook, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
April 8, 2015 · 8:45 PM · CIRCLE
Newark, OH
At 8:45 pm, my wife and I saw a bright red circular object in the WSW horizon. At first we thought it was a plane. It appeared to be moving in our direction, but it stopped and reversed its direction and arrived back to its original spot. The object then made all sorts of circular moments and weird angled movements. Next, it would rise up and then down again hiding in the tree line. It did this movement a couple of times before disappearing. I would guess it was maybe a couple miles from our location. Our location is between state route 79 north and reform road. This is the third time we have seen strange things in our night skies that we could not explain. If it wasn't for the fact we go outside to smoke cigarettes we would not have witnessed any of the events.
April 8, 2015 · 1:10 AM · TRIANGLE
Glouster, OH
A few minutes before 1:00 am, I exited my house and went next door to my apartment to reheat some dinner, as I am redoing my kitchen and use the apartment to cook. Around 10 minutes after 1:00 am, I was making my way back up to the house to eat, when I looked across the small downtown area and saw a trio of lights above a house and some trees on the top of the eastern hill. I paused for a few seconds trying to make out what I was seeing as I have lived in this house for over three years and do not recall seeing the light before. Since I live on the smaller hill on the western side of the city we do experience a fair amount of fog, as it was slightly foggy on this night so I was unable to see any craft, just the three lights in a triangle pattern. After I ate, my dog started to whine, so I took him out. This was at least 15 minutes later, and possibly 20 minutes. I took him to the spot he prefers and looked across to the lights again. At this point I saw what I can only explain as a shimmer. The rear most light shimmered as if someone put a fine cloth in front of it. This happened at least twice as I looked away as my dog started growling. He was also looking across to the area of the lights. This part becomes a little odd for me as I just wanted to get back inside and return to playing a game online. I paused at the door and looked at the light one last time saw only the back light shimmer one more time and I went inside. I thought as I went in the door I was going to get my binoculars and see if I can see anything, but I just didn't feel like it. The next day as I had made my way back up to the house after eating breakfast I paused and looked across to the hill on the other side of town, no more than half a mile away and maybe only one quarter of a mile, I did not see the new cell phone tower that I was sure had been installed in that area, or at least that is what I felt I had saw the previous night. The light, from my estimate was about 50-75 feet above the house and didn't move during the 15-20 minutes that the light was there
April 6, 2015 · 8:20 PM · TRIANGLE
Parma, OH
Me and my husband were returning from a walk with our dogs and heading west. I noticed three red balls glowing up in the sky below the clouds. I have lived in this area not far from Hopkins Airport for about 48 years and I noticed these were not like any air craft that I have ever observed. There was a triangle shaped made by what looked like three bright red balls. They did not blink or movie and I thought that was odd so I pointed it out to my husband. As we got closer to our house, my sons pulled up and also seen the red balls in the sky. It had been there for so long I felt I had time to grab my camera and as I headed to the house they yelled to me that it was now moving and changing colors....It headed off to the south west and was gone. It changed from a bright red to a bluish green color. We could hear no sound from it.
April 1, 2015 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Columbus, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 30, 2015 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Blacklick, OH
I have been looking at the video in aww! I've always wondered about and heard of these experiences. Now that I've experienced this for ! myself I no we are not alone. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
March 22, 2015 · 11:00 PM · CHEVRON
North Ridgeville, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. Witness does not describe what "it" was. Hoax?? PD
March 21, 2015 · 9:17 PM · DISK
Kettering, OH
My wife and I were picking up street trash last night, and I was observing the sky with night vision goggles like I always do. About 1000 feet up moving west to east at an incredible velocity I observed a formation of (7) ships on the left with one on the right flying like a group of geese. They were perfectly synchronized as if one body. They made no sound whatsoever. It was quite dark, and they could not be seen with the naked eye. When the formation got over Woodman drive they took a 20 degree north east course change, heading directly for Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Night vision has a green cast so there was no identifiable color to the ships. They appeared to be disc shaped. Absolutely Fantastic !
March 18, 2015 · 9:15 PM · OTHER
Lima, OH
I was returning home from church. I had turned off of Eastown Rd. onto Allentown Rd. heading East. I noticed what appeared to be two horizontal rows of six lights each hovering in the air about 75 feet up. As I got closer I realized that it was hovering above the area behind the Tom Ahl Chevrolet dealership on Allentown Rd. The upper lights on each end would flash intermittently. I turned into the Walmart parking lot across the road to get a better look. When I exited my vehicle the object was gone. Other than a cart pickup who was headed in with a string of carts I was the only person in the parking lot.
March 16, 2015 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Chillicothe, OH
In the sky above Chillicothe, OH, we saw four lights. It was after 11 pm so it was pretty dark. The sky was clear and my friend who is an avid ametuer astronomer was outside stargazing. He came running in the house to say I needed to go outside and see these strange lights in the sky. There were 4 lights they were traveling extremely fast. It seemed as though they were as high as the helicopter/planes that were flying were. They went way to far in any direction to be r/c quadcopters and performed maneuvers that were way past the capabilities of normal planes or helicopters. The flew out of our frame of vision 3 times and then came back into it we had a pretty unobstructed view for miles in any direction. The lights they emitted were really faint and were hard to see if another light source was present. Immediately following the "ufos" There were aircraft flying in what appeared to be a grid pattern in the area. They were super silent aircraft and we! re flying an obvious grid pattern one coming in a minute or so after other was out of sight. I am an avid drone / quadcopter enthusiast and there is no way thats what these were they were flying way to close in way to erratic of a nature to be quadcopters and not hit one another. They reminded me of fireflies playing with each other, except at 30,000 feet. The lights were to faint for my cell phone which is all i had on me to get the objects, but I did get video of the flashing lights of the aircraft that moved in afterwards.
March 15, 2015 · 3:05 AM · FLASH
Toledo, OH
I deliver food for a company in Toledo, Ohio, and I saw a bright flash of light in the sky twice in about 10 seconds or so and it was green in color I have never seen anything like it before it was also reported on the news the same day and I heard someone got the flash on camera so me and my girlfriend weren't the only ones that saw it