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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
October 23, 2022 · 7:00 PM · UNKNOWN
Columbus, OH
We were walking into a restaurant and I noticed what I thought to be planet Jupiter due to the brightness in the sky but then I realized Jupiter was also visible. I used a sky watching app to confirm which light was Jupiter. The witnessed light was stationary and silent, approximately 50 - 60 degrees from horizon. Angle made between Jupiter and other light source was approximately 30 degrees, unknown light source having higher position. We continued on in to the restaurannt. Upon leaving the restaurant I checked for the object and it was no longer visible (approximately 30 minutes elapsed). Skies were clear. I am somewhat familiar with aircraft traffic patterns as we live near a major airport.
October 20, 2022 · 8:04 PM · CIRCLE
Washington Court House, OH
3 bright orange lights in the shape of a triangle, 1 on top 2 on the bottom appeared in the sky and all 3 lights disappeared within seconds of both people seeing them.
October 20, 2022 · 2:12 AM · LIGHT
Toledo, OH
This bright light was too bright to be a star and it moves too fast to be a plane and little short distances when I zoomed in on it on my phone I like to make a circle with bikes all around it and I can see some kind of exhaust coming from all around it when I would move
October 20, 2022 · 1:43 AM · CIRCLE
Amherst, OH
We were driving and infront of us a very large blue circle craft thing, flew and disappeared infront us within 1-2 secs of it being there. The circle or saucer was a light blue light, it was emitting light but not a very overpowering light. Almost like a aura of blue light all while having blue lights. It flew in downwards leftish motion and it flew past and disappeared out of air. We saw 1, after I saw this my whole body like went cold. I had goosebumps and started tearing up.
October 19, 2022 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
Centerburg, OH
This is from my Wyze camera, I have looked at this from many angles and it’s not a bug. Slowing down the video you can see the atmosphere is distorted around the object. The light is not translucent or reflective on any objects and is self contained. When the object disappears the camera stoped recording and once agin slowing down the footage you can see it leaving in the upper right hand corner. I understand that security camera footage can be misleading and the lights can cause distortion this is a unoccupied property just purchased and wooded/ secluded with mature trees. Please if I am crazy and there is an explication let me know.
October 16, 2022 · 7:13 PM · LIGHT
Columbus, OH
My son and I were in the hotel room (7th floor). I have a corner room with floor to ceiling windows. I walked in the room and noticed a strange object in the sky. I asked my son to check it out. He was tired and stayed in bed. I then said let me get my phone to record. Got my phone and started recording however the strangest thing happened. I could not zoom in. Then when I tried to zoom out I still couldn’t clearly see the object and then I disappeared into the sky.
October 15, 2022 · 8:29 PM · UNKNOWN
Chesterland, OH
Seen from east facing window. Clear night sky- almost due east- about 45-50 degrees above horizon based on tree line and my line of sight. No wind, no objects obscuring my view. Have no idea of height or distance from me- don’t know size - have reference - couldn’t make out a shape. Stationery large bright white light with long sharp twinkle rays - no rainbow coloring in rays- bright then dim no noticeable timing pattern. It did not move. Then seemingly randomly 3 times went completely dark for less than 1 second. Don’t know if there was any sound as I was inside the house. I’ve seen planets, shooting stars, satellites and meteor showers- it wasn’t any of those. I’m also a skydiver and this was not a helicopter or any aircraft I’m familiar with- nor was it a blimp- or military aircraft- as I’ve seen in many times in So Cal. I grabbed my phone and headed out back door to get video- took me about 7 seconds- looked easterly and it was gone. Waited several minutes, scanned sky, nothing. Sorry I couldn’t video it. I hope others saw n report it. It was stunningly breathtaking- and I’m not easily impressed.
October 15, 2022 · 7:17 PM · CIRCLE
East Liverpool, OH
well I'll try and answer everyones questions in one take here, I moved here 40 years ago, I go outside to smoke, so I see alot of planes and such in the sky, I've even seen lanterns from the cemetary before, but I have never seen anything like these things last night, the wind was moving from the west to the east last night here, these were headed north, flying cross wind, they were not close together and in a perfect line like satellites usually are, they were not real high in altitude, they were not flickering and red like lanterns usually are, and flying different altitudes like lanterns, they were in a formation somewhat staggering, they were bright white, and if I had to guess there speed, I would say somewhere between 150-300 mph, and the made no sound what so ever, the noise in the video is the traffic going by, and the wind, but the most intrigueing thing was the fact that one of them stopped and waited till all the others passed by, then it went to the end of the line, something no satellite or lantern would do, it was the weirdest thing I've seen here in 40 years. I only got about 1.5 minutes of it recorded by th etime I got to my phone and took the video
October 14, 2022 · 8:30 PM · OVAL
Piqua, OH
I was in hot tub looking at the stars. Clear sky. Noticed to the NE of our town 2 helicopters in different locations circling. We have a small town airport to the NW of my loction and these lights were not near it. I then noticed a white colored orb moving between the circling helicopters. I then saw several other orbs that would move slowly, then stand still. I got out of hot tub, ran to garage where husband was working, asked him to come look. I then saw several orbs moving SW from that previous NE location with the circling helicopters. The orbs looked to be in several groupings with each grouping having several orbs in the group. All orbs were the same size and color, all glowing white, all moving in the same direction. I remember counting 12 out to my husband. I did see one that appeared to fade in then out. They continued moving south in their groups (like how planes fly in airshows) . I remember seeing 3 groupings. They were not in a line. And each group appeared to be more of a triangulation grouping with close to evenly spacing between each orb. They all headed SW almost overhead of us. You could see the stars above them as they moved very slowly. They then went into a cloud bank that was coming into the area from the West.
October 14, 2022 · 4:49 PM · CIRCLE
Carrollton, OH
Game camera in a field
October 13, 2022 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
Manchester, OH
As above, my wife and I were sitting outside by our fire ring when I noticed a light in the northeast sky that was moving. The light continued to make a right angle turn to the west and then came to a complete stop. It was also making several zig zag type maneuvers. It continued to pause, and zigzag repeatedly. My wife got cold and went inside. I remained outside to continue watching this object. I noticed the light was getting dim the bright, dim then bright and then disappeared out of sight. It had no type of aviation lights or flashing lights. I'm 52 years old, I've been watching the skies all of my life because I'm an avid believer in extra terrestrial life, and have never seen or experienced anything like this.
October 11, 2022 · 4:56 AM · RECTANGLE
Pickerington, OH
I got up to use the restroom and when I laid back down, a light outside caught my attention. I noticed an object hovering silently over my neighbors house. There was no high pitched whine that is often associated with personal drones. Once I realized the object was not a drone, I started recording with my phone. The hum in the video is my fan. The object slowly and smoothly made its way further away from me at this point. There were very bright red and white lights on the bottom of the object that flashed intermittently. I could not see any means of accelerating such as rotary blades and could not hear the object at all.
October 9, 2022 · 3:30 PM · CIRCLE
CINCINNATI, OH
Winton Woods park, Cincinnati ohio. Unusually warm but windy Sunday in early October. Took a bike ride around the campground and then over the bridge headed to the upper part of park to have a snack and fly our kite on the hill overlooking the south walkway. We were both looking up at the kite when my partner said, Are you seeing this? and I responded, "Yes, I'm looking at it right now". Neither of us moved our heads or looked at each other while we conversed about what we were seeing - a small, perfectly spherical bright silver/white metallic object moving incredibly fast across the sky and then just disappearing into the blue sky. It was very easy to spot as the sky was a bright blue with no clouds in sight. The whole thing lasted maybe 5-8 seconds. Neither of us doubted that we had seen an object moving across the sky at an incredible speed. No sound heard. Went home and checked the space sites to see if there were any satellites passing over the sky at that time. Nothing reported.
October 7, 2022 · 7:49 PM · TRIANGLE
New Albany, OH
way too fast to be a plane. planes aren’t in a triangle shape.
October 4, 2022 · 4:12 AM · SPHERE
Sagamore Hills, OH
Live feed from security camera shows ball of light/orb hovering around in our front yard. I have video of this happening, thought it could be a big at first but ruled that out. This is definitely a spherical bill of light that moves up and down and side to side, gets closer and further away. Never seen anything like it
October 4, 2022 · 4:12 AM · SPHERE
Sagamore Hills, OH
We just so happened to look at the security camera monitor and saw this ball of light hovering in our front yard. We used our phones and recorded for just over 6 minutes. We thought it was a bug or something at first but I looked again and there is no way it was a bug. It hovered in the air, moved left right up and down. I could see light coming from this ball on the house across the street. About as big as a basketball.
September 30, 2022 · 12:30 AM · SPHERE
New Miami, Ohio (Hamilton Ohio), OH
The other much smaller lights were flashing and changing locations. 1- Flashing red, stayed in a tightly confined spot while changing positions slightly, the movement was smooth and fast. 2- Flashing white. Staying in a less confined space, moving often and smoothly. I saw it move in straight lines, but also in round swooping movements. The others were faint and fleeting. None of the lights I saw moved in straight lines or constant movements. It appeared that they were hovering. I was sitting on a bench looking to the south with my head and chin resting on the bench so it wouldn't move.
September 24, 2022 · 11:16 AM · EGG
Warren, OH
A small beam of light shaped like a bean flying in one straight line following an aircraft and then a passenger from the military jumped from a white aircraft as the bean moved erratically .
September 23, 2022 · 9:20 PM · DISK
Moraine, OH
Me and my girlfriend were heading towards west Carrollton Ohio. Towards downtown going underneath interstate 75 north and interstate 75 south when she witnessed a bright object (disk shape) appear in the sky . She told me to look and I seen it too . The direction was south east.The object sat there for a minute or two then something bright started falling towards the earth . It was slow moving and glowing. Then the disk shape object that was bright standing in the sky disappeared while the other object was still moving towards the earth. The object moving towards earth kept falling until it was out of sight .
September 15, 2022 · 9:49 PM · LIGHT
Marysville, OH
On the night of Thursday September 15th, while visiting family, at exactly 8:46 pm in Marysville, OH. My wife, father and mother in-law, and myself went outside to observe the Iternational Space Station flyover because the night was clear and moonless and its not something we can see every day. (Path of ISS S.W. to N.E. at 28°), just as the I.S.S was overhead us, all of the sudden, we noticed off in a North Westerly direction about 12 to 20 bright white/blue lights "flash" into existence and then "out" and then another set flashed in and out in different positions a few more times. Lasted approximately 16 seconds and seemed to have a higher altitude than the I.S.S. Also there was a large shadowy oval directly overhead that appeared to silently hover moments after the "sparking lights" stopped. I looked back to the I.S.S just as it disappeared behind the roofline of the house and the oval was gone!
September 15, 2022 · 3:00 AM · OVAL
Greenville, OH
Two portals open up in sky real low. Oval white capsule came out and enter second potral,all with no sound Happenned 4 or 6 months ago. Portals round circles lit up. The oval capsule was real hudge all white round on the ends.
September 12, 2022 · 9:15 PM · CIRCLE
Fairport, OH
I'm using my phone I don't have word processor. Three of us were outside getting ready to fish, it was dark. I was looking at the stars and seen a shooting star. I yelled for my friends to look and grabbed my phone to video it. I think the whole thing was about a minute from start till I said I lost it. I couldn't find the shooting star with my phone, and kept looking and I pulled my phone away once. Thought I didn't get anything. So I was going to delete the video and thought I'd check it before deleting it why I don't know. That's when I seen 2 white lights then it turned almost like whatever it was. Was round because then there was a red light with the 2 lights. I can't describe how it loomed,, another white light showed and in the video the lights were closer than it should have been in my video. Then it went away to the left in my video fast. It was not a plane or helicopter. The reason it's taken me this long is because I didn't know who to contact without thinking we were all crazy amd try and tell us what I seen was something else. I believe there is life out there but never believed in ufo's and what I seen.
September 10, 2022 · 7:30 PM · LIGHT
WESTLAKE, OH
I saw two large lights like triangles with soft edges dart across the sky. The lights were close to each other and looked large like the moon. There was no noise. Because of the size it looked like it was flying close to the ground. The lights were much too large to be something fixed to an airplane. This all occurred near my home and after sunset but before the complete night sky. The time indicated on the form is a broad guess.
September 5, 2022 · 10:30 PM · LIGHT
Middletown, OH
I was out walking my dog, like I do every night at this time, and as I was coming up on the field that we frequent, I noticed an intensely bright flash of light in the sky. It was blue, initially, and it lit up the surrounding area with a dim glow, and almost immediately, it changed to yellow and shot off, leaving the clouds a mixture of purple and red for a while. The whole thing happened in the course of maybe 5 or 6 seconds, but the sky had something of a visual residue for about 20 seconds afterward. The strangest part, however, was that the siren of a nearby police car sounded off, weakly, as though it was activated without receiving enough power, right as this whole situation occurred. And, since your form has a specific option for animal reaction, I feel it's important to note that my dog behaved much more cautiously than he usually does for the rest of our time outside, never leaving my side for more than a few moments.