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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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December 13, 2022 · 12:07 PM · CROSS
Kent, OH
I was in a parking lot when I saw something that looked like a plane moving upwards after takeoff. I realized the “cross” shape did not go away, that the object was remaining stationary. I moved part way through the video to get more footage from a different angle. As I moved, I quickly noticed it moving sideways while maintaining its shape. I moved the camera back and got footage of this rapid sideways movement of a “cross/T-shape” object.
December 10, 2022 · 7:58 PM · SPHERE
Blakeslee, OH
The object was a bright round object that looked like a star. It was sitting stationary next to an actual star. It was very odd to see two stars of equal lumen parallel with very little space between them. After several minutes the object began to gain altitude in a linear fashion. At about maybe 20 to 30 thousand feet it stopped gaining in elevation and began to traverse west directly over my house slowly accelerating as until it suddenly vanished like a cloak was used.
December 2, 2022 · 4:45 AM · SPHERE
200 miles East of ORD at 39000 feet traveling east, OH
LAST MONTH NUMEROUS UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED BY MANY AIRLINE PILOTS. IT HAS BEEN NUMEROUS CONVERSATION BETWEEN AIRLINE PILOTS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS LAST FEW WEEKS. MY FIRST OFFICER AND I WITNESSED CLEAR AND BRIGHT LIGHTS (EXCEPT STARS AND SATELLITES) ON DECEMBER 2ND, APPROXIMATELY 0945 ZULU, AT 39000 FEET (FL390), FLYING TOWARDS JFK JUST EAST OF ORD. THE LIGHTS MOVED IN AN ORGANIZED AND IRREGULAR PATTERN AT A VERY HIGH SPEED I HAD NEVER SEEN IN MY 30 YEARS OF FLYING NIGHT FOR ONE OF OUR TWO LARGE CARGO CARRIERS. THE LIGHTS HEIGHTS ARE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE. FROM 39000 FEET AND AN ANGLE OF 30-40 DEGREES FROM THE FRONT WINDOW OF OUR AIRCRAFT UP TOWARD LOW ORBIT. OUR GUESS WAS 100K +FEET. 3 LIGHTS MOVED IN A FORMATION AT HIGH SPEED AND FORMED A SMALL TRIANGLE FORMATION THAT BROKE UP INTO A LARGE TRIANGLE AT A HIGH SPEED AND THEN VANISHED FOR A FEW MINUTES UNTIL THEY REAPPEARED AGAIN IN AN IRREGULAR FORMATION. WE WITNESSED THE LIGHTS FOR ABOUT 20-30 MIN BEFORE THEY DISAPPEARED. MY EXPERIENCE; I'M A 63-YEAR-OLD MALE HAVING OVER 20,000 HOURS OF FLYING TURBOJETS WITH EXTENSIVE INTERNATIONAL AND OVER-WATER EXPERIENCE. MY EDUCATION IS A 4 YEAR ELECTRIC ENGINEERING DEGREE. I KNOW VERY WELL HOW SATELLITES TRACK AND THE SPEED THEY ARE MOVING WITH AND HOW THEY ARE SPOTTED FLYING AN AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE WEST LATE AT NIGHT. I HAVE SEEN SPACEX SATELLITES AFTER LUNCH A FEW TIMES. THIS WAS VERY DIFFERENT, FLYING TOWARDS MORNING LIGHT, LOOKING TO THE EAST IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THESE OBJECTS DID NOT REFLECT LIGHT; THEY GENERATED A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT. THEY MOVED IN A VERY DIFFERENT PATTERN THAN SATELLITES OR AIRCRAFT. I WILL UPLOAD A PICTURE FROM MY IPHONE 12 PRO. THE VIEW IS A ZOOMED VIEW. PLEASE SCRUTIZE THE PICTURE IM NOT SURE WHAT I'M SEEING. THANKS
December 1, 2022 · 6:45 PM · TRIANGLE
Elyria, OH
There was so many of them and one went over my head when I keep on following it, I got pictures and videos how close I was with it. and keep going on for a while and it was so low that I can touch it but couldn’t and was a black triangle with 3 dots of lights but I had one went over to me before when I was a kid. But when I get close to it, it keep flying away from me so I keep following it but It did landed or try to because went to the ground but I was so far away from it not sure where r went because was so dark that I couldn’t see. But I thought was a airplane acting up or something else but wasn’t. Last time I saw one was looking like a star or a shooting short. but came out to me like over my head and fly off real fast. But look like one had landed far from me for a second and fly off.
December 1, 2022 · 6:10 PM · SPHERE
Blakeslee, OH
Bright ball of light moving east incredibly slow. After 3 minutes the object cloaked and reappeared less than 5 seconds later south of where it's last seen position was by about 5 miles still traveling east for 10 seconds before cloaking again.
November 23, 2022 · 11:27 AM · DISK
Independence, OH
1 - 4 ufos spotted,one ufo can be seen displaying advanced camouflage, the object was behind power lines yet it was distorting cables that were in front of it. For how close the object appeared, there was no sound, noticeable, wings, or exhaust trails. It gave away it’s shape when it flew in front of a solid black line (powerlines). It distorted the light emitted from this, which gave an outline of the craft. It looked like it was pushing the light above and below the craft.
November 22, 2022 · 9:04 PM · CHANGING
Ashley, OH
Ashley, OH Nov. 22, 2022 roughly 9:00 pm. I was driving back home from Dollar General when I saw a hovering craft with flashing lights and was changing directions erratically. I pulled my car over and took several videos lasting 1-2 minutes. I then drove home (I was only a minute away) and filmed a 7 minute video of it and pointed it out to my wife who came outside. This thing changed shape, looked like there were 1 or 2 other crafts for a couple of seconds. Words can't describe as well as the video and pics that I captured. It changed from a ball of blue flashing energy, to white, to yellowish and split into 2 (one blue circle and one green circle) that was flashing. The object was completely silent, you could only hear a car when it passed by me. The craft then looked like a saucer with white lights flashing on it in multiple areas. The best videos are too large to upload on this site. Please have someone call me.
November 17, 2022 · 1:35 AM · SPHERE
Columbus, OH
Several people, including myself, watched as a girl scared hundreds of sleeping crows out of a couple trees about 150 feet away. I was taking photos with my phone as the crows flew from the trees. I saw one light, or possibly several lights close enough together that it appeared as one. They were yellow-green to green-blue orbs. I didn’t give it much consideration as anything other than a star, planet or plane at the time. I was primarily observing the crows and didn’t notice the light move or disappear or reappear again until I looked at the pictures I had taken. My phone’s camera is set to ‘live’ mode so that when the image is ‘clicked’ and held it plays a short video or gif. In those short clips the object darts in different directions, seemingly unrelated to the cameras directional changes and disappear and reappear in frame. Upon further review, it looks like two other faint, but related, objects are also present.
November 9, 2022 · 1:30 AM · FIREBALL
Elyria, OH
Sitting in my backyard smoking a cigarette. Looking up at the stars as I do every night. Nothing in the sky. Suddenly there’s a very bright orange light (I can see the light hitting my nose and face, like a bonfire) out of nowhere. It literally looked like a ball of fire. It seemed to float up just a little bit, almost like it was revving up or charging up, and then disappeared in a flash of flight, leaving a tail of light behind it that disappeared after about 0.5 seconds. The light tail that followed it looked like when you trace your name in the dark with a sparkler, that’s how quick it disappeared. I don’t know how else to explain it. This was not a comet or meteorite. It stayed stationary for a second before it moved. It made no sound at all. This happened at about 1:30am and considering it was a pretty clear night and Cleveland Hopkins airport isn’t too far away, I can’t be the only person that saw this.
November 9, 2022 · 1:30 AM · FIREBALL
Elyria, OH
I was in my backyard after work smoking around 1:30am. The sky was clear, and I was looking at the stars as I always do. Out of the corner of my eye I see a very bright orange light (I could see the light on my face) and my jaw dropped. It stayed stationary for a second, then it seemed to float slightly upwards. Within a couple seconds, it shot out in a direction and I could see the light trail for all of 2 or 3 seconds, then it was gone like nothing happened. It made no sound. This all happened in a matter of seconds and I couldn’t even get my phone out in time. I’ve never seen anything like this before. I can’t be the only person in Elyria who saw it.
November 8, 2022 · 8:40 PM · UNKNOWN
Antwerp, OH
I just arrived home and was getting my key ready for my front door. I spotted a very large light in the distance to my right that was very bright white and very big. My first thought was it was a planet, but I noticed it growing in size and getting closer. It was too low in the horizon to be outside the atmosphere. I watched as it got closer and the large white light began to separate into two large white lights with two bright blue lights flashing below them. It was completely silent and was moving moderately fast; it wasn't so fast it was a blur but it crossed the sky and was out of sight in only two or three minutes. There was no engine, propeller, or even any turbulence noises. I couldn't make out wings or a defined body and could only see the lights as it passed overhead. Judging from the distance between the lights it was the size of a commercial jet but flying way too low. It wasn't a Starlink satellite as it was clearly flying below the clouds as when it got in the distance it was flying below the line of the red flashing lights from the windmills. It was greatly too big to be a drone and the lights seemed to be fixed to something as they moved in unison and without lagging individually at all. The large white lights looks like they had to be feet across in diameter and appeared spherical. The blue flashing lights were much smaller than the white lights but were also piercing bright.
November 8, 2022 · 5:23 PM · CHANGING
Mansfield, OH
I was driving Southbound on 1-71 just passed Mansfield OH when I noticed 2 objects that I thought were rockets or jets starting to form contrails close to each other. I then realized they were not contrails and they were not moving. Then I spotted a third one. They were in a sideways triangle pattern pretty far apart but perfectly distanced from each other. I captured this on video. Then one by one they disappeared. I took several still photos immediately after to see if I caught something and I did. They had moved further south and switched to another triangle pattern which would be 90° different than the first pattern. They had traveled pretty far in just a matter of seconds but I did not see them move just disappear and reappear in the pics. You will have to zoom in to see them. The more you zoom they look like bodies almost. They were also much closer to each other. Then according to the photos they either morphed together or disappeared then they changed into almost transparent orbs. It was odd because the sun was the biggest I had ever seen it and had just set. Then 10 min later I look in my rearview mirror and the moon was the biggest I had ever seen it and they were both just over each horizon. It was almost like whatever these things were gathered in between the sun and moon to witness the beauty of it. I believe that it was the blood moon too These were the first UFO"s I've ever encountered. I'm not a nutcase. There had to be alot of other ppl see these they were right over the expressway. I know there were dead bugs on my windshield but when you look at the video and photos you can clearly see that these were not bugs or bird poop. I also saw very strange contrails about 30 miles before I saw these UAPs The contrails were very short and some were curved like a C all in one spot no where else. Almost like fighter jets had been in a dog fight or chasing something in circles. The rest of the sky was completely clear. After I saw these contrails there was no air traffic at all for about 2 hours on my drive during which I saw these lights. At first I thought the objects I saw were what caused those weird contrails that's why I looked at them. Then I realized they were stationary and not causing any contrails. I am a chauffeur and I drive long distances at all times of day and night. I have never seen anything like this. I can show screenshots of all the time and date details on these pics if needed. It all happened between 5:23 PM and 5:26 PM The pics I took at 5:28PM no longer showed anything. I also have like 3 other photos and 1 video which show these. The other video I have I took immediately after the one I included in my report and by the time I recorded it 2 of the objects had disappeared and the third disappears in the video. If you pause the video I sent at the 13 second mark you can see all 3 lights.
November 3, 2022 · 9:22 PM · CIRCLE
Stoutsville, OH
As I was driving on a dark road out of no where the sky lit up and there was a bright round object With lights and it had lights beaming down so bright you couldn’t stare at it with several other unique objects lit up flying toward it. I took my phone out to take a picture and as I did, it went black. I did manage to capture some of it.
November 3, 2022 · 6:53 PM · CYLINDER
Columbus, OH
We were driving down the highway and to the right of us in the sky a round blue light just appeared out of nowhere. It appeared, zipped forward really quickly then disappeared. The sun had not set and the sky was clear.
November 3, 2022 · 5:00 PM · OTHER
Sandusky, OH
Something in the sky that looked and moved similar to a commercial airliner was flying in the sky. It had red and white lights that flashed.
November 2, 2022 · 9:43 PM · LIGHT
Columbus, OH
I was sitting in my car talking to my grandma and it caught my attention. I saw it move strangely for a moment and then fly in a very unmistakable sideways S flight pattern extremely fast and then vanish. It was as bright as the North Star and had no sound. I’ve never seen anything like that in my life. There was no mistaking it and it was very obvious. Idk if I believe in aliens but maybe now I do. Kinda scary
November 1, 2022 · 9:11 PM · CIRCLE
Byesville, OH
Sightings are alot everywhere and hoover change 3 colors. Some mimic stars
October 29, 2022 · 9:28 PM · SPHERE
North Royalton, OH
On 10/29 at 9:28pm a bright light circle in shape was going very fast through the sky. We at first thought maybe the space station but as it got closer we realize it wasn't that and too high for a plane. It was very large compared to the star in my video and the light orb had strives of light as it traveled. It then disappeared out of sight.
October 28, 2022 · 5:05 PM · CHANGING
Montgomery, OH
Sitting in my hot tub looked up in the sky and saw what seemed to be a bright satellite in the sky. Within a few seconds I saw a few more that looked like extremely bright white balls of light. I called my wife and kids out to look. Then we started seeing multiple things in the sky I can only describe them as what look to be something resembling a jellyfish. The material of these kind of look like a spider web or cotton and somewhat transparent they all had a circular ball in the center. My wife initially said that they were probably weather balloons. I did get my binoculars out and they were 100% not weather balloons. Some of them I could only see with my binoculars because they were so far away and up in the atmosphere and some of them seemed very close and I could see them with my naked eye. The ones that were further up were moving at least four times faster than a jet. Very strange especially in the middle of the day. I do have multiple videos. If you zoom in and freeze the videos you can see some of the objects a little better. The videos aren't the greatest but you can get a good idea of what we saw. The last strange thing I saw was a very strange looking aircraft the size of a 747 moving in the exact opposite direction of the objects in the sky. I see planes all the time but this one looked different than any plane I've ever seen. It had a large rectangular orange color on the bottom. I initially thought it was on fire or that it was some kind of new weird jet engine however there was no smoke coming out of it. It's possible the bottom was painted orange and it was the sun's reflection making it look like fire. The three initial things I saw looked like some kind of a craft or object. The other ones were very strange and I'm not even sure how to describe them. You can see them in my videos though.
October 26, 2022 · 3:30 AM · OTHER
Marietta, OH
This has been a 4 day ordeal. First night, object possibly in the sky on camera recorded. Picture of something in the window the next night. Next night, the sound of a craft outside. Then, missing time while driving, car locked up and drove a half hour away from destination with no memory and car is disabled tonight. This was happening with my sister and law and I. We live in the same house.
October 24, 2022 · 7:00 AM · CIRCLE
Cincinnati, OH
I was taking a time lapse of the sunrise and I noticed a bright light leave one cloud and hover to another at speeds and in a weird way of moving unlike an aero plane and it disappeared. I cannot find it any of previous or post time lapses or Pictures
October 24, 2022 · 6:52 AM · TRIANGLE
Holmesville, OH
The object consisted of three triangle shaped lights steadily moving in formation toward the east. There were two blinking points of light in the back and one solid light in the front creating the three points of a triangle. The blinking lights looked like airplane lights but the solid light in front was inconsistent with this. It moved steadily across the sky about the same speed as a high flying airplane would. However, if the lights were all one unit it was either incredibly masive or flying incredibly low without generating any sound. If it was not one unit, it could be two planes flying in tandem but I can't think of an explanation for the solid front center light. The lights were mostly blinking alternately although briefly they were in sync. I watched them till they dissapeared behind a building to the east. The blinking lights were similar in color to plane lights. The solid light in front was white or yellow.
October 23, 2022 · 11:42 PM · UNKNOWN
Garfield Hts, OH
At 11:42 I came out to smoke and noticed what I first thought were stars to be flickering, three ufo were in the sky in a vertical line. Not moving,but shining bright lights. I noticed one to the right, in a horizontal position flashing different color lights. And then noticed one to the left, in the same horizontal position, flashing multi color. At 12:12am, they are still in same positions, flickering
October 23, 2022 · 8:30 PM · TRIANGLE
Mount Vernon, OH
Bright lights, very high in the eastern sky. I filmed for 3 1/2 minutes, and it went straight up and disappeared.