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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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June 6, 2014 · 10:20 PM · SPHERE
Springfield, OH
Witnesses: male 64 female 59. Male witness- saw 4 round lights suddenly appear from the southeast, traveling northwest. Bright orange center almost red with a halo of bright white light. Steady on lamination not flashing. They made a slow path way path across the sky the turned due west as a military cargo plane flew toward them. Suddenly 4 more of the same glowing spheres appeared from the same path the previous 4 had taken. I ran from the street to my front door to get my wife. She followed me and saw 6 of the 8. The other 2 had disappeared. As we watched and attempted to photo with our iPhones, the spheres disappeared in the sky. They did not appear to shut off or speed away. They just vanished. I have lived near the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base most all of my life. I have never seen anything like I saw last night. My wife made the same comment. No flashing lights as you would expect to see from a aircraft. The pictures we took show only 4 white dots. They made no sound.
June 6, 2014 · 10:00 PM · SPHERE
Mentor on the Lake, OH
Around 10pm, I saw two gold/red/orange object flying at about 30 degrees high over Lake Erie. The were moving from East to West. I called my wife outside and she immediately went back inside after seeing the objects. They flew behind a tree and by the time I ran to my front yard to get a better look around the tree, they were gone. About 5 minutes later I saw another identical object taking the same course. I went inside to get my cell phone to try to capture a video and when I can back outside the craft was gone.
June 5, 2014 · 11:42 PM · LIGHT
Upper Arlington, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
June 4, 2014 · 2:00 AM · LIGHT
Columbus, OH
Bright light traveling west. Very quick eradic path.
June 3, 2014 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Drexel (SW of Dayton), OH
I saw a faint blue sphere traveling near the big dipper constellation(was not an aircraft with blinking lights). Then out of nowhere the faint blue sphere lit up like a light bulb for a couple seconds then disappeared.
June 3, 2014 · 9:30 PM · SPHERE
Dublin, OH
Possible hoax, we suspect. Date is flawed. PD
June 2, 2014 · 10:23 PM · SPHERE
Canton, OH
While visiting my mother at a nursing home we were sitting outside before dusk around 9 P.m. I noticed 2 lights in the sky off to my left and it caught my attention because they We're sitting still just above the tree line. We were sitting outside on the nursing home patio. I pointed it out to my mother and we watched the two lights as they became progressively smaller and disappeared into the clouds. The 2 lights were white in colour and only small dots visually speaking from what appeared to be a good distance. I didn't really give it much thought because the dots of light were not large or distinguishable. However, when I left the nursing home at about 10:23pm I saw another orb of light coming from the opposite direction. This light was very large and was a pinkish gold ball of light that was very intense. There was sparks dripping falling off of the bottom of it. I surprisingly watched it as it went from right to left...slowing down and even coming to a full stop a few times at least. The light was rich and brilliant deep pink/gold. It looked like pure energy. I wasn't as afraid as I was curious. Visually it was the size of a baseball and it looked very close stopping in front of me even. Never would have believed it...it had sparks falling straight down from the bottom as if liquid...so odd. I have not stopped thinking about it since I saw it... I wasn't afraid although I probably should have been... I should have marked the date on the calendar but part of me just kinda kept shrugging it off as if since it made no sense I may as well not think of it...odd thought process I know. Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD
May 31, 2014 · 8:30 PM · SPHERE
Barberton, OH
On May 31st 2014 at approx 20:30, coordinates: N 41° 02.462' W 081° 35.223' I witnessed an orange sphere shaped object that appeared to have sparks coming off of the bottom of it. It went from the Eastern Horizon to the Western Horizon before disappearing from view. I only had time to capture a short recording of the object on my cellphone camera before it disappeared. It took approximately 10 minutes to cross from horizon to horizon.
May 30, 2014 · 10:26 PM · LIGHT
Hudson, OH
Traveling south on route 8 just past exit 12 sighed objects in formations of 3 traveling slowly east. Objects pink to orange in color with no visible flashing lights. Reminded me of video I saw oh "Phoenix Lights." No sound noted.
May 25, 2014 · 10:40 PM · FIREBALL
Miami Township, OH
Slow moving red ball about 50 feet above ground. Picked up speed as went higher.
May 25, 2014 · 9:15 PM · SPHERE
Wheelersburg, OH
3 reddish orange spheres flew east to west across the sky over my house. They appeared to be at the height of a small aircraft. They flew over one at a time and disappeared one at a time. They disappeared by going vertical and becoming a brilliant white light. They were silent and not moving very fast. I have pictures on my cell phone. Fascinating! Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 25, 2014 · 6:50 PM · SPHERE
Pleasant Hill, OH
I got home from church and was talking with my parents about my day. Looking around in the sky an object, like a perfect white sphere was heading west against the wind. I couldn't hear anything and it was pretty high in the sky. I've never seen anything like it in my life, I don't understand how a ballon or something round like that was heading west against the wind as fast and straight as this was. After seeing it travel west for 15-20 seconds, it was too far to see. It was awesome!
May 24, 2014 · 10:20 PM · SPHERE
Wellsville, OH
My husband and I were just coming home from walmart, when I got out of the car and said to him: Oh my God look up in the sky, what I saw was unbelievable, there was 12 orange-red spheres, absolutely no sound, they were in a semi-circle pattern and at his time I ran to get my neighbor so she could look at these. At this time they broke apart in triangles in groups of three and then as quickly as I was watching these, they started disappearing ,one by one. Truly unbelievable and very scary. For some reason we don't understand, source of report indicates that the date of the incident is approximate. PD
May 24, 2014 · 9:10 PM · CHANGING
Avon, OH
We were traveling West on interstate 90. I looked to the left which would be south of the interstate and saw two side by side bright lights with golden like trails behind them. At first they appeared to be something taking a nose dive and crashing like footage that you see of air planes that have crashed at air shows. Except it is at night and no craft was visible just two bright lights with fire like trails behind them. They were not very high off of the horizon we lost sight of them in the trees. After the first initial dive they started an up and down motion and then you could see the lights with trails appear to go out of alignment but then you could tell that it was just changing direction. It had very fluid controlled movements. Then we lost sight of it behind the trees as we approached the toll booth. After we got our ticket and were on the other side of the toll booth it was gone. We then stopped a few miles down the road at the Travel Plaza and other people we talking about the same sighting. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 23, 2014 · 10:40 PM · LIGHT
Athens, OH
Me and my husband was outside getting stuff out of the vehicle and because there was a meteor shower set to begin at 11:00pm I glanced up at the sky and there was a really bright light suddenly appear from nowhere while I was looking and it got brighter and thinking it was a meteor I told my husband to look. As we were both watching it got a little bit brighter and then appeared to go back upwards and got dimmer and dimmer then went towards the East and you could barely see it but it was moving very slowly and I watched it slowly creep East until trees blocked out to where I could not see anymore. It was very beautiful and it was only 10:45pm. A few minutes later an aircraft appeared in the same spot and seemed to follow in the direction the light went.
May 23, 2014 · 10:03 PM · SPHERE
Willowick, OH
While sitting by a fire in our backyard, my fiance noticed an incredibly bright red light moving really slowly West to East. It stopped for a second, slowly headed south, and the made a 45° turn and continued East. The light then dimmed out. It was unclear if the object was above or below the clouds since it was partly cloudy. It was silent and slow but a very bright red. We captured it on our phones but not when it was at its brightest.
May 21, 2014 · 10:30 PM · SPHERE
Springfield Township, OH
My wife and I were driving home from work, when we noticed what appeared to be a large electrical storm a short distace away. We decided to get a better look from the parking lot of a nearby Walmart as we needed a few things from the store. I shot the entire experience on my cell phone camera that includes the storm activity and the orb that sailed away from the area towards the storm. I have sat on this footage for almost two years and have shown only a few family members and close friends. Unfortunately the brillance of blue and white hues that illuminated around the sphere were not fully captured on the 720p android camera at night. The object was faintly visible before illuminating, but it's as if someone flipped on a light and then it immediately traveled at what could only be described as miles within two seconds. I did create a video that I uploaded to Youtube but kept Unlisted, and thus has remained so. Originally I was going to show it to a friend who had mentioned the storm which is why I am speaking as if to describe what I was seeing. If you would like to speak to me further please feel free to call as i would like to share the footage with you.
May 21, 2014 · 9:45 PM · LIGHT
Sabina, OH
Source of report provides no information. PD
May 21, 2014 · 9:37 PM · FORMATION
Circleville, OH
After getting of work i look up to the sky and see one bright light that appeared and disappeared, then a minutes later we saw 5 or 6 bright spherical lights in a V-Formation, they disappeared for a bit and then reappeared.
May 19, 2014 · 10:05 PM · LIGHT
Manchester, OH
4 orange color lights, then 2 more.
May 16, 2014 · 10:05 PM · FORMATION
Massillon, OH
We went to stop at a stop sign, and saw these lights. At first I thought it was a radio tower, but it began to move, with a each red light traveling at the same time. I'm sure they aren't planes because plans have green one side. They also seemed to fly too high to be a helicopter. These 5 red dox built an almost perfect pentagon. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
May 10, 2014 · 11:30 PM · OVAL
Put-In-Bay, OH
While camping at South Bass Island State Park, better known as Put-In Bay Island in Northwest Ohio, with my wife, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law we were sitting around the campfire talking. In truth I had drank three beers over the course of the night; so, yes I had drank alcohol, but no I was far from drunk. The weather was clear. I was looking eastward while everyone else was looking towards me. I was looking out and suddenly a blue-green oval light passed out from behind a stand of trees in to a clear patch of sky. It looked to be about the size of a diner plate from my point of view. I would say the angle was about 60 degrees. There was no sound. It moved for a couple seconds and then seemed to disappear as if it was moving fast away. I do not believe we have been visited by intelligent life from another planet and it requires evidence to convince me otherwise; however, I do not know what it is I saw.
May 10, 2014 · 11:28 PM · OVAL
Westlake, OH
The incident I’m reporting occured at approximately 11:28 pm, Westlake, Ohio, May 10, 2014. I noticed outside of my window an orange/red circular light approaching, traveling at 30 degrees NE (heading towards Lake Erie, which is about 3 miles from here) somewhat low on the horizon. It caught my eye because this is not a typical path for planes or other aircraft, plus it was relatively bright. The light had flashing that was uncharacteristic of a plane (growing bright and brighter, then dimming) and at some moments the light would go dark. My husband and I went outside to get a better look, and suddenly the light (or craft) vanished for about 2 to 3 seconds. The light reappeared, then we noticed what I can only describe as a small ball of light “falling” off the bigger one, for about one second. This smaller light was also orange/red and left a slight trail. After this, again, NO lights at all for about one second. We lost sight of anything, then suddenly we saw what appeared to be an unlit craft. It seemed as if, in order, the light was turned off, the craft went invisible, then appeared but was a translucent/opaque whitish colored oval. It was almost directly overhead at this point, and lower than the altitude of what a plane would be, but definitely higher than the altitude at which a helicopter would travel. The shape seemed to be an oblong, oval shape that sort of tapered at the front. My husband describes it as an obscure oval. It’s hard to estimate how large it was, but if we were able to determine ! a shape, then that alone should give an idea that it was fairly big. There was absolutely NO noise associated with it, so I can say with certainty this was NOT an airplane or copter. At the altitude it was traveling, we would have heard engine noise for sure. I’m not a good judge of speed, but it seemed to be traveling somewhat faster than a commercial plane. At this point it went over my building and I attempted track it by running outside (I’m on the third floor so this took time) but by then, whatever we saw was gone. Neither my husband nor myself have ever seen any unidentifiable aircraft before. I am an occasional night skywatcher and I know space weather when I see it, and what we saw was not anything like meteorites or typical space weather at all.
May 9, 2014 · 2:28 AM · FIREBALL
Columbus, OH
Just saw a fireball like green orb fly very quickly over downtown. It had a slight tale and was heading north toward the Great Lakes. It literally happened so quick but it was flying way to low to be anything else. Lived in the same apartment for 3 years and have only ever seen orange orbs, this was the first green one.