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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.
3,827 entries
July 13, 2014 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Drexel, OH
I was outside noticing the clear sky, when I saw a blue faint sphere slowly moving across the stars. It was near the star Vega. Once it was under Vega, it lit up like a bright white light for under a minute. Afterwards it continued on like it was before, then it disappeared. Amazing! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 13, 2014 · 1:00 PM · SPHERE
Wilmington, OH
My wife and I were driving south on interstate 71. we saw a bright orange sphere shoot from the ground straight up and into the sky and disappear into the atmosphere. It was so fast. Nothing of this world could have went as fast as it did. Makes me nervous to report this because the littl greys took me from my room when i was ten in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 12, 2014 · 9:45 PM · CIRCLE
Aurora, OH
Single red/ orange light, continuously lit and silent as it moved from South to North at a surprisingly low altitude in the night sky. No sound, straight trajectory, maintained speed. Very bright, no 'tail'. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 12, 2014 · 8:50 PM · CIRCLE
Warren/Howland, OH
My husband and I were sitting in our back yard, just before dusk. Some bright fiery light caught my eye in the sky to the east. I watched this object move very slowly move from east to west. It was hovering just below the clouds. It was a very odd cylinder shape and extremely bright orange lights or fiery flames. As the flames died down, the object moved to a northern direction. It hovered high in the sky for approximately 3 or 4 minutes and then it slowly moved straight up, vertically, out of our view with no lights. The whole event was truly shocking, and lasted about 7-10 minutes. The object would have been approximately over Route 11 north.
July 11, 2014 · 11:15 PM · FIREBALL
Cleveland, OH
I was out looking at the moon because I had heard tomorrow was supposed to be a super moon. Out of nowhere, the bright orange light appeared. Small at first, but I thought maybe it was a planet (saturn, venus)and that the clouds moved away. But the orange light grew bigger, then hung in the sky right in front of my house, above some pine trees. If I had to estimate the distance, it was probably about where a helicopter would fly. The orange light was like a fireball so I thought maybe it was a meteor but it didn't move. It also looked like it had an orange light beam coming from it. Its shape was almost like that of a flood light, like square cylinder shape but fiery orange. I ran to get my camera, and of course, just like on tv shows, my camera froze. It gave me a creepy feeling, like it was observing me. I then noticed it started to shrink, but then realized it wasn't shrinking, it was heading west. It had to have been moving quickly to shrink out of site! that fast. I am about 4 blocks from Lake Erie and it was heading west. I just didn't feel right, didn't seem like a natural phenomenon. Very strange and uneasy feeling..
July 11, 2014 · 10:00 PM · LIGHT
Cincinnati, OH
3 orange lights were seen in a wide triangular position, then one headed east, then took off straight up and disappeared, then the next, then the next. Soon, we saw another coming and it did the same thing... then another. There were 8 in all. It lasted about 20 minutes. It was directly above the golf course on Muddy Creek Road in Bridgetown, which is a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. There were teens playing at the adjoining tennis court that were talking about it too but we did not get their names.
July 10, 2014 · 11:00 PM · SPHERE
Miamisburg, OH
A bright light flying towards the mound center, close to the ground, moving faster than anything that I've ever seen in the sky before. Then it disappeared in mid air. It wasn't making any noise. It was kind of an ovalish light orb thing.
July 8, 2014 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Perrysburg, OH
My girlfriend and I saw 3 low flying fiery orange circles flying in formation, then moving erratically back and forth, then disappearing.
July 8, 2014 · 1:45 AM · FIREBALL
Athens, OH
They were too bright to be meteorites and were flying in a triangular formation that was too perfect to appear natural. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 7, 2014 · 11:25 AM · CIRCLE
Vienna, OH
Because there is an airport & military base within 5 miles of this sighting, I can assure you that it was not an airplane or helicopter. It was moving slowly away from HWY 82 (away from I-80 in direction and crossed over HWY 82) and then curved over the small horse race track in Vienna and headed toward over Brookfield. I think it was a military drone because it was completely silent and very slow; however I don't know. I just know living near the airport for 30 years that this was not a manned civilian or military aircraft, because they all have a engine sound and are not this specific color orange. This was not a Chinese lantern either. It flew smoothly as if it were a slow silent drone or unknown aircraft. It appeared to be about 500-1000' off the ground, but it was hard to tell.
July 6, 2014 · 10:15 PM · OVAL
Milford, OH
I was driving south on interstate 275 with my convertible top down when I noticed an orange colored light in the sky to the west out of the corner of my eye. I originally thought the object was an airplane but when I actually looked at the object it was clear that it wasn't an airplane. From my vantage point the object appeared to be on fire and glowing orange. It was flying at about the same altitude and speed that a helicopter would fly. The object was very quiet. I continued to drive while watching the object in my rearview mirror cross overhead of the interstate behind me. It then appeared to slightly increase in altitude flying away and behind me before it exited my field of view. I observed it for a total of about 30 seconds. I turned around at the next exit a couple miles down the road and went back to see if the object was still in the area and try to get a video with my phone but I did not see it again.
July 6, 2014 · 10:00 PM · FIREBALL
Bainbrodge, OH
The fireworks at our local school had just finished so everyone was still looking in the direction they were being blown off. Suddenly a fireball erupted out of no where and it seemed to glow entensely. It seemed to ignite then take off towards the west in an exactly straight line that also was very bright. It was traveling extremely fast, too fast to be a plane or helecopter. It just vanished into thin air after that. The fire works were not being shot off and it was very clear and still. 6 of us all saw the same thing and had explaination for what we saw. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. We have changed the time, to reflect an evening sighting. PD
July 6, 2014 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Lewis Center, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 5, 2014 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Bay Village, OH
At approx. 10:30-11pm. while looking out of my 4th floor large bay window & skylight that overlooks Lake Erie, I suddenly saw reddish glowing circular objects approaching from the west in pairs of twos and fours. They appeared to fly around in unison, in a geometric formation of sorts. During the twenty minutes I watched as though an entire linear formation cruised by the lake front and seemed to be flying somewhere between as low as 1,000 feet above the lake, to as high as 3,000 feet as they departed moving Northward out over the lake. I opened my window to see if I could hear an engine or any sound and there was absolute silence in the sky during the time the objects were visible. FYI, I'm a college graduate, the daughter of a retired Neurosurgeon and a 58-year-old mother of of two grown children. My observations are simply an objective report of my experience.
July 5, 2014 · 10:25 PM · UNKNOWN
Norwalk, OH
It was not a plane or helicopter. I was very fast moving across the sky as I watched it seemed to have turned the halo was gone and was only a very small red light and was gone.
July 5, 2014 · 9:45 PM · FIREBALL
Columbus, OH
My family and I were waiting for the fireworks to start and we look up and notice a red orb (fireball) flying towards us from the NE moving in a SW pattern and is slowly drifted over us and then disappeared. This orb was higher in altitude than the ones I was the weekend prior while camping in Lakeview, OH. All the objects I have seen in the past week have been round and red. Wonder if these are drones? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 5, 2014 · 4:00 PM · SPHERE
Maumee, OH
When we were done fishing, we began to try to find our way back to the area that we came onto the Island. We begin to walk around the point of the island, I heard a plane, so I looked up and seen the plane. Then I seen a small sphere type object. It was flying slower than the plane that I seen. It made a U-turn toward my direction, then it made a 90 degree turn to the North. After that it vanished from my sight and I didn't see it again.
July 5, 2014 · 12:30 AM · FIREBALL
Xenia, OH
I was sitting on the back of my friend’s truck just talking when we saw a glowing orange ball of light directly above us heading south west. This object was traveling very quickly and moving in an erratic pattern. It was almost as if it was vibrating quite viciously. It continued to travel south west and would look as if it was slowing and speeding up. The ball of light also started to dim a little as it traveled. Once the object was about 35 degrees from the horizon, it slowed very rapidly and stopped completely. It then started to dim at a more rapid pace as if it was moving away and then suddenly disappeared. We initially thought that it may be an airplane or a shooting star or a meteor but I’ve never seen any of those move in a pattern as this light was and then miraculously just stop for around 30 – 45 seconds. We also thought about maybe a cloud got in the way but the sky was completely clear.
July 4, 2014 · 11:03 PM · SPHERE
Union, OH
Each one continued to travel in a straight line, then disappeared, each one, right after the other, at the same point in the sky. After the five in a line disappeared another appeared on the horizon. All orbs were moving from the north-western part of the sky. Again, another orb appeared. There were nine total. Each one proceeded to the same point in the sky and then suddenly winked out and were gone. They were not planes and they made absolutely no noise at all.
July 4, 2014 · 11:00 PM · FIREBALL
Hubbard, OH
It’s the 4th of July, and I was in my backyard watching fireworks from a nearby city. The evening was a very clear sky (no Chem Trails) and a half moon was just rising above the horizon. The temperature was about 75 degrees and slowly dropping- as it does out in the township. I happened to glance to the east, seeing a bright light in the sky. At first, I thought it was a firework display. The object was at least 200 feet above the tree line that is 200 yards away from where I was standing, was fire orange/red, very large, and held a definite course. The object moved faster than any aircraft I have ever seen as well as being the largest I have ever seen within a short distance to the tree line. It appeared to be oval, but because of its brightness, I could not discern a distinct shape. The first object appeared at about 11:00 pm while the neighbors were lighting off small fireworks (like bottle rockets and Roman candles). It seems everyone noticed the craft and all fireworks in the area ceased. The craft came from the west and moved towards the east. My speculation is that is it came from Cleveland towards Pittsburgh. The craft was moving faster than an airplane but slower than a meteor. It appeared to be a huge ball of flame in the sky but had a clear flight path. The object moved out of range in about 2-3 minutes. We called everyone we could; many had seen the same craft. The object made NO sound. About 10 minutes later, the same event occurred again. The flight path was exactly the same, the same height, direction, and duration. I have never seen an object in the sky that was this large, even a blimp would pale in comparison. As it was dark, I cannot provide a good estimate of its size ~ (This object would be about the size of 7 blimps- all fire orange).
July 4, 2014 · 11:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Stow, OH
I saw a bright red light which apeared to be a low altitude plane. Through my window the solid reddish orange light seemed to have a 5 pointed star shape. The craft traveled a steady speed. There were no blinking lights, just a solid color. It wasn't a normal light so I watched it travel from the NW to the SE but as it approached the SE horizon the lights turned off and the craft went dark. I then witnessed three other identical crafts traveling the same speed and flight path aprox 20 second to 40 seconds apart. As one would come close to the SE horizon and go dark the next would appear in the NW horizon. It was difficult to judge altitude, but I would say they were traveling higher than typical helicopters but much lower than commercial jets. We are close to a small airport where single prop planes are constantly in the sky and we are also in the flight path of a regular helicopter. These was no noise to suggest either of these types of crafts. Along with the lack of noise, the coloration, speed, flight path, and number of craft ruled out these possibilities.
July 4, 2014 · 10:50 PM · LIGHT
Akron, OH
Upon returning from fireworks and pulling into our driveway, my wife noticed multiple reddish lights moving east then changing directions moving south east of downtown akron. In total we witnessed 6 lights that at one point appeared only maybe a 1/4 mile away and producing no sound at all. We watched them for over 5 minutes before they blinked out.
July 4, 2014 · 10:45 PM · SPHERE
Chillicothe, OH
We were returning from Forth of July Fireworks when we spotted two orbs in the sky, southwest of our position. The orbs were slightly different in color, one more yellow, the other more orange. They circled around one another for several minutes, sometimes changing directions and becoming dimmer as time went on until they faded from view. They were in the sky too long to be part of any fireworks, moved too erratically for planes or iridium flares. The dimming of the lights gave the impression that they were moving away from us.
July 4, 2014 · 10:30 PM · CIRCLE
Blacklick, OH
About 10:30pm EST I saw a white/red light flashing flying in a very irregular pattern. It fly straight, veer from side to side, stop completely, and then resume flying (as described). It didn't appear to have any problems with acceleration. After stopping dead in its tracks, it would resume it's previous speed, without the need to accelerate and gradually maintain momentum. I followed it's trajectory (north east) until I lost sight of it. About 10 minutes later, I searched the sky in the direction I had last seen it. I saw a white/red flashing object, that appeared to be circling one area small area of the sky. Again, it would stop suddenly, and continue circling without needing to gradually accelerate. Unclear if it is the same object from earlier.