AKRON
2/3/98
UFO Roundup vol 3 #10

AKRON
October 2, 2001
See Filer's Files

AKRON
October 23, 2001
See Filer's Files

ASHLAND
8/29/98
UFO Roundup vol 3 #36

ASHTABULA
10/21/00
UFO roundup vol 5 #46

BAINBRIDGE
March 8th, 2001
CE I. Photo.See: Reader's Sightings, page 21

BAINBRIDGE
March 29th, 2001
CE I. Photo.See: Reader's Sightings, page 21

BAINBRIDGE
August 29th, 2001
See Filer's Files #36

BATAVIA
9/23/97
UFO Roundup vol 2 #37

BELLEFONTAINE
10/15/96
(RDUP10/27/96)
Just past 11 p.m., a man driving between Kenton and Bellefontaine on Ohio Highway 68 spied a triangular UFO in the sky. The UFO was three miles (5 kilometers) north of Bellefontaine and described as "a bright red light centered between two white lights...an additional white light was close by, which made a triangle shape...The red light was centered in the triangular pattern and detached from the main object." The witness had it in view for five minutes before the light "extinguished."

BLANCHESTER
July 31, 2001
See Filer's Files #33

BRIDGEPORT
8/31/99
UFO Roundup vol 4 #20

BRYAN
September 29, 2001
See Filer's Files

CHAMPION
July 5th, 2002
See Filer's Files

CHARDON ROAD
8/1/55
(Magonia)
A man got out of his car and saw a circular object with a red light on it that came down fast, hovered, and emitted two beams of light. the witness fled toward his home, and the object appeared to chase him at less than 70 meters altitude. It measured about 30 meters in diameter and supported a dome. The man, his wife, and two children saw it fly away.

CHILLICOTHE
10/16/96
(RDUP10/27/96)
At 8:45 p.m., in rural Ross County outside of Chillicothe (population 23,240), a city 64 miles (102 kilometers) northeast of Manchester, residents spotted "appearing and disappearing lights." One man videotaped "an object with lights rotating around it in a circle." Radio station WKKJ 93.3 FM in Chillicothe drew several calls from listeners describing the UFOs. The UFO tape was broadcast on TV Channel 10 in Columbus, Ohio the next day, October 17.

CINCINNATI
7/50
(NICAP)
A CAA engineer observed a "wingless, fuselage-shaped" UFO.

CINCINNATI
7/28/96
(RDUP1/5/97)
At 7 p.m., two oblong, silvery disc-shaped objects were seen over Hamilton Avenue, not far from the mall. And in July 1995, a resident of Schwartze Avenue, off Moneycreek Road, reported seeing "a black, chevron-shaped object floating in and out of the clouds above Western Hills Plaza."

CINCINNATI
12/24/96
(RDUP1/5/97)
At 8 p.m., four people were driving down Moneycreek Road in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were "out looking at the Christmas lights," but the lights they saw hovering over the Western Hills Plaza shopping center had nothing to do with the holiday.

The quartet observed "a huge, phoenix-shaped object with headlights" hovering above the shopping center, which had closed at 6 p.m. The UFO hovered 100 feet above the mall. "The headlights were described as large and white, situated in a triangular arrangement on each corner, with a large red light in the center. There was no flight or departure path noted, as the object suddenly vanished from view,"

CINCINNATI
1/23/97
(RDUP2/2/97)
At 8:30 p.m., two women were walking in the parking lot of HQ Hardware Store, located at the intersection of Ridge Road and McLean Avenue in the Oakley section of Cincinnati, Ohio. One of the witnesses was seven months pregnant. All at once, both women noticed a strange flickering light above the parking lot.

Looking up, they spied "a saucer-shaped object that appeared and disappeared in the sky above the parking lot. The object hovered at a low elevation for 3 and 1/2 minutes" prior to leaving along "a zigzag departure path."

CINCINNATI
2/14/99
UFO Roundup vol 4 #8

CINCINNATI
February 18, 2002
See Filer's Files

CINCINNATI
March 20, 2002
See Filer's Files

CINCINNATI
October 10, 2002
See Filer's Files

CINCINNATI
January 8, 2003
See Filer's Files

CLEVELAND
7/29/57
(Bluebook)
10:31 p.m. Witnesses: Capital Airlines Capt. R.L. Stimley, First Officer F.J. Downing. One large, round, yellow-white object dimmed once, crossed the bow of the airliner, which then gave chase but was unable to catch it. Sighting last 8 minutes.

CLEVELAND
February 13, 2002
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COLUMBUS
10/2/51
(Bluebook)
6 p.m. Witness: Battelle Memorial Institute graduate physicist Howard Cross. One bright oval with a clipped tail flew straight and level, fading into the distance after 1 minute.

COLUMBUS
8/23/66
(Bluebook)
Witnesses: Broomall and Gilpin. One circular, luminous white object split into five objects and all streaked away toward the west. Sighting lasted 15 minutes.

COLUMBUS
12/12/97
UFO Roundup vol 3 #1

COLUMBUS
2/8/01
UFO roundup vol 6 #7

COLUMBUS
December 24, 2001
See Filer's Files

DAYTON
3/8/50
(UFO Encyclopedia, NICAP)
A TWA pilot reported a UFO directly over the Air Intelligence Unit at Wright-Patterson AFB and reported it to Dayton Municipal Airport. The Ohio National Gurad scrambled F51 jet interceptors to pursue the object, but it was lost in the clouds at 15,000 feet. Radar at Wright-Patterson confirmed the contact. The official explanation was that the sighting was of the planet Venus and the radar return was caused by a cloud of ice crystals.

DAYTON
6/1/51
(NICAP)
A Wright-Patterson AFB official watched a flying disc make a sharp turn.

DAYTON
7/20/96
(RDUP8/4/96)
At about 11 p.m., a West Virginia family watching the movie "Independence Day" at a drive-in in Dayton, Ohio saw a strange formation of colored lights shoot across the sky.

"I saw approximately 7 or 8 teal-colored lights without any specific shape," Mr. W. said. "They were flying at approximately 40 degrees above the horizon. Their appearance would have been like street lights in a very heavy fog. Their overflight was very brief, and they seemed to be traveling at a very high rate of speed, much faster than commercial or known military aircraft. They were flying in vee formation. Even though they were much less clear, they reminded me of the (1952)Lubbock (Texas) lights. They did not break formation or change direction at any time. I would estimate that their total time of overflight to be three to four seconds. It is very hard to determine how far away they might have been. There was no change in the radio station that was broadcasting the theatre soundtrack. I did not notice any noise at the time from them (the UFOs). I would like to know if anyone else in Dayton saw any UFO activity that night." Mr. W. adds that the teal- colored lights were flying from north to south. The family was in Dayton for the U.S. Air and Trade Show when they had their encounter.

DAYTON
2/14/99
UFO Roundup vol 4 #8

DAYTON
May 2, 2002
See Filer's Files

FRANKLIN
August 3, 2001
See Filer's Files #33

FREMONT
3/14/99
UFO Roundup vol 4 # 12

GIBSONBURG
1933
Filer's Files #26

HAMILTON
4/15/00
UFO Roundup vol 5 #17

HILLIARD
April 18, 2002
See Filer's Files

INDIAN LAKE
6/25/54
(Bluebook)
5:05 p.m. Witnesses: experienced private pilot John Mark, flying Navion lightplane; radar at Dayton, Ohio airport, tracked very fast target at same location. One silver or aluminum round object with a flat bottom, raised front edge, inverted cone on top, and a diameter of about 60'. Flew horizontally, hovered, made a high-G pull up and then a steep climb into an overcast. Sighting lasted 3-5 minutes.

IRONTON
7/8/00
UFO roundup vol 5 #30

JACKSON
10/17/96
(RDUP10/27/96)
In Jackson, Ohio (population 6,675), located 31 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Chillicothe, a resident reported seeing "a bright red fireball traversing the sky just after dark (6 p.m.) heading west."

KENTON
8/20/97
UFO Roundup vol 2 # 35

KENTON
10/16/98
UFO Roundup vol 3 #43

KETTERING
10/26/98
UFO Roundup vol 3 #45

LAKE COUNTY
11/6/57
(Magonia)
A civilian source reported an object so bright that his eyes could not sustain it. It appeared to land on a ridge, then took off again. It was round and much larger than a plane, had an "odd color," left no trail and made no noise.

LAKEWOOD
November 27, 2002
See Filer's Files

LIMA
10/17/96
(RDUP10/27/96)
At 11 p.m., Melissa M., 22, of Lima, Ohio was outdoors walking her dog. The canine needed to answer a call of nature. All at once, she saw "a bright light moving from the south." At first glance, Melissa thought it was a medical emergency helicopter but changed her mind when "the light went over me at high speed without making any noise." Minutes later, three military jets roared over her head. "They were so low I could see the red of their afterburners."

LOCKBOURNE
7/18/52
(Bluebook)
9:10 p.m. Witnesses: T/Sgt. Mahone, A/3c Jennings. One amber-colored, elliptical-shaped object with a small flame at the rear, periodically increased in brightness. It moved very fast for l 1/2 minutes, giving off a resonant beat sound.

LORAIN
February 13, 2002
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LOVELAND
1/22/97
UFO Roundup vol 2 #5

MADISON
11/10/57
(Magonia)
A woman observed a very large lighted object 20 meters above ground. It was so brilliant that she had to close her eyes. It was over 10 meters wide, 3 to 4 meters thick, with a dome on top. The witness had to consult a physician several days later because of serious eye and skin irritation.

MANCHESTER
10/16/96
(RDUP10/27/96)
At 8:37 p.m., another couple saw "a bright orangish red" UFO "appear and disappear...in the direction of Manchester" (population 2,400), another Ohio River town 12 miles east of Aberdeen. The husband phoned a friend in Bethel (population 2,231), forty miles (64 kilometers) to the northwest, who looked outdoors and saw "three or four lights moving in a straight line, and two or three lights in a diagonal line, forming a T shape."

MANSFIELD
10/18/73
(UFO Encyclopedia)
Captain Lawrence J. Coyne was piloting a Bell helicopter when a 60 feet long, gary, cigar-shaped object with a dome on top nearly collided with the helicopter at an estimated speed of 600 knots. Coyne made a sudden descent in order to avoid the collision. The object was said to have a light, which it used to scan the helicopter. The encounter was confirmed by several witnesses on the ground. See Confrontation Over Mansfield.

MAPLEWOOD
8/29/48
(Magonia)
A farmer observed a silvery sphere of large dimension rise from a wooded area and hover above his farm, dropping a silvery substance that disintegrated before hitting the ground.

MARIETTA
August 31, 2001
See Filer's Files #36

MARIETTA
August 29, 2001
See Filer's Files

MARION
6/14/98
UFO roundup vol3 #25

MASSILLON
5/17/64
(Magonia)
A fiey object, maneuvering at low altitude, was seen from Wooster and Smithville at 2110, then from Lawrence and Burbank between 2125 and 2130. It flew erratically with a whirring sound and changes of color, apparently interfering with police radio. It went down toward the northwest, seemingly ready to land. Abnormal radioactivity allegedly was found at the site.

MIDDLETON
1/25/99
UFO Roundup vol 4 #7

MONTVILLE
11/6/57
(Magonia)
A man was driving home when he suddenly saw an object looking like a bright meteor split into two pieces, one of which went straigt up. The other piece got larger while its color change dfrom bright white to blue-green. It hovered 60 meters above a filed and came to the ground with a soft, whirring sound, 150 meters away. After observing it for 15 minutes, he walked to the object, which he found to be shaped like a "covered dish" 15 meters in diameter, 5 meters high, with a cone on top about 3 meters high, surrounded by a haze or fog, and pulsating slowly. Holes, footprints, and radioactivity were found at the site by the Civil Defense Director.

MOUNT HEALTHY
3/26/97
UFO Roundup vol 2 #13

MOUNT HEALTHY
12/31/98
UFO Roundup vol4 #2

MOUNT STERLING
3/12/97
(RDUP3/23/97)
At 8 p.m., a huge "flying disc" estimated to be 100 feet (30 meters) in diameter, appeared over Mount Sterling, Ohio (population 1,623), a small town in Madison County 22 miles (35 kilometers) southwest of Columbus.

The saucer was seen by two couples, one at each end of the town. They estimated that it floated 50 feet (15 meters) off the ground and flew from east to west. "It was over the town for four and a half minutes. There was no noise. The departure path was to the west at a very quick speed."

NEWBERRY
September 12, 2002
See Filer's Files

NEW VIENNA
3/26/97
(RDUP4/27/97)
At 8 p.m., a woman observed brightly-lit UFOs overflying the town. At 11 p.m., she called her brother on the phone, and her nephew said that "he had been outside playing basketball" when "he saw something drop from the sky and bounce back up off the ground in that area."

Other people saw the same phenomenon--a light dropping from the sky and bouncing back up-- between Highland and Leesburgh on Underground Road.

A New Vienna fireman told T.A.S.K. that he was driving on Ohio Route 729 to Route 72 south when he spied the event.

"Before we saw it hit the ground, there were three triangle-type lights in order, not flashing...an exact pyramid shape in the sky," the man said. "There was one object behind the three that was flashing. They just looked like a huge ball of light that kept getting brighter. You wouldn't see it and then all of a sudden it was there again. We headed for the area. It was towards Greenfield and Hillsboro. Have you ever seen a real bright, bright light? It just kept traveling real fast and then went straight down. We thought it was a shooting star at first, but it just dropped and hit the ground, and went straight back up the same way it came down. There was so sound or flash or anything we could see."

NEW WINCHESTER
3/26/67
(Bluebook)
4 p.m. Witnesses: man, woman, three boys. One oval object, which looked like copper or brass with the sun shining on it, flew from southeast to northwest with tumbling motion for 30 minutes.

OWENSVILLE
7/10/96
(RDUP7/28/96)
At 11 p.m., three obervers in Owensville, Ohio reported a UFO hovering above the Zebulon Park apartment complex. This "glowing red object" hovered in position for about 30 minutes, leaving two of the witnesses "stunned" by the sight.

OWENSVILLE
7/18/96
(RDUP7/28/96)
At 3:25 a.m., an Owensville resident phoned the Clermont County Sheriff's Department and reported a UFO hovering over a field adjacent to his home. This UFO was described as a glowing red light. As the police cruiser arrived, the UFO drifted to the right and dropped into concealing shrubbery. The deputy found nothing amiss and left. As soon as he was gone, the witness said, the UFO returned to its former position "and resumed its previous level of luminosity." Again the witness called the sheriff, and this time three cruisers responded to the call. Again the UFO ducked into the nearby woods. The deputies searched the area for 30 minutes and found nothing. After they departed, the UFO rose again. This time the witness did not bother to call. Instead he watched the UFO until it vanished shortly before daybreak.

OWENSVILLE
7/12/00
UFO roundup vol 5 #32

PENBERVILLE
6/13/64
(Magonia)
A woman saw a bright object coming to the ground about 200 meters away. While approaching, its lights blinked and turned to dark red. Five minutes later it went away slowly.

PERRYSBURG
7/4/96
(RDUP8/4/96)
Laura B., a 28-year-old housewife who lives near Oregon Road, just off Turnpike 80/90 in Perrysburg, Ohio, spotted an airborne disk with flashing lights sometime around 11 p.m.

"I could have sworn I saw a UFO this night," Laura reported. "I saw a UFO fly very low overhead, with lights chasing lights underneath, and it was going on a path that was unusual for any aircraft in our area. There were no other lights on the UFO except for the bright chasing ones that could be seen for miles. There were three underneath and one up on the tail end of the UFO. Unfortunately, I was the only one awake (in the family) at the time, and I was not on any type of drugs or alcohol."

Asked to describe the object further, Laura added, "The UFO's speed and height are really not known to me, but I would say that its speed was rather fast, as that of a large jet airliner. Although it was flying rather fast, it was very low, so I could see it clearly...I didn't see any red or green lights indicating it was an airplane. I saw it from miles away, eight to ten miles, and I would say it was pitch dark and the chasing lights were extremely bright white. Three lights on the bottom and one up on the tail end, blinking in order from the UFO's front to back."

PIKETON
2/27/97
UFO Roundup vol 2 #9

PORTAGE COUNTY
April 17, 1966
Law officers chase UFO

PORTSMOUTH
November 20, 2002
See Filer's Files

PORTSMOUTH
January 9, 2003
See Filer's Files

SALEM
December 28, 2001
See Filer's Files

SANDUSKY ROAD
6/8/66
(Magonia)
A man driving between Kansas and Toledo saw anobject appear out of nowhere. It was cigar-shaped, bright metallic, and flew low to the northeast. Minimum distance: 30 meters. The object was completely silent, and the size of an airliner.

SAYBROOK
2/26/00
UFO roundup vol 5 #11

SCIOTODALE
10/23/96
(RDUP11/3/96)
A man in Sciotodale, Ohio (population 600) stepped out into his backyard at 10:45 p.m. and saw "a bright yellow-orange sphere with a vaporous trail" in the sky. He described the condition of the sky as partly cloudy with a three-quarters moon. "The object was flying below the cloud cover at a very high speed," he said, "The direction of the object was from east to west." He had his last glimpse of the UFO as it flew into a patch of clouds. He watched the clouds for another 15 minutes, but the UFO did not re-emerge. "One final note--there was a slight zigzag pattern during its flight."

SHEFFIELD LAKE
9/21/58
(Magonia)
A circular flat object , 7 meters in diameter, 2 meters thick, hovering 1.5 meters above the ground, and making a jetlike sound, was seen from a house by a woman. Its color was that of aluminum; it had a wobbling motion and emitted gray smoke before rising again and taking off.

SOUTHINGTON
June 17, 2001
Filer's Files #26

SOUTH WEBSTER
November 15, 2001
See Filer's Files

SPRINGFIELD
7/11/61
(Bluebook)
7:45 p.m. Witnesses: ex-air navigator G. Scott, Mrs. Scott, and neighbors. One round, bright light like shiny aluminum, passed overhead in 20 minutes.

SPRINGFIELD
March 19, 2002
See Filer's Files

ST. CLAIRSVILLE
October 22, 2002
See Filer's Files

STOW
August 14, 2001
See Filer's Files #35

SUMMIT COUNTY
4/16/66
(UFO Encyclopedia)
Deputy Sheriff's Neff and Spaur were alerted by radio to a UFO report by a woman who said an object as big as a house was flying over the area. The went to the address and got out of their cars to check the woods, when suddenly a UFO appeared above the trees and coming towards them, making a sound like an electrical transformer on overload. They got back into the car and watched as the object moved away from them. They radioed their office and were told to chase the object, which they did, reaching speeds of 100 mph. The cahse continued into Pennsylvania, and the object was seen by law enforcement persons in that state as well. When the object reached Pittsburgh Airport, it shot straight up and disappeared.

SUNBURY
12/7/51
(Bluebook)
4:30 p.m. Witness: amateur astronomer Carl Loar. One silvery sphere seen through telescope. Two specks sighted at sides, object seemed to explode and was replaced by a dark cloud and many specks. 30 minutes.

TOLEDO
4/1/00
UFO Roundup vol5 #16

URBANA
7/3/96
(RDUP7/28/96)
At 9:30 p.m., three people in Urbana, Ohio observed a "glowing red object" traveling across the sky from north to south. The UFO was observed a a former USAF officer who served in the Gulf War and operated Hawk missile systems. Trained at Fort Bliss, he has extensive training in identification of all types of aircraft. He stated that the glowing UFO was surrounded by five F-14 jet interceptors. The jets, strangely, made no sound as they passed overhead. The UFO then vanished, while the F-14s "flew around for awhile, as if they were looking for it."

URBANA
7/8/96
(RDUP7/28/96)
An Urbana resident Phoned Tristates Advocates for Scientific Knowledge (T.A.S.K.) and reported a UFO flying over the Odd Lots Department Store on Scioto Drive. According to T.A.S.K. researcher Kenneth Young, "the object was described as a self-luminous ball of red light and was traveling at the speed of an airplane, traversing the sky from east to west and (looked) as big as a dime held at arm's length."

VIENNA
December 8, 2002
See Filer's Files

WARREN
July 4, 2002
See Filer's Files

WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE
January 7, 2003
See Filer's Files

WASHINGTON COURTHOUSE
February 6, 2003
See Filer's Files

WESTERVILLE
September 23, 2002
See Filer's Files

WEST LAKE
8/2/54
(Bluebook)
5:17 p.m. Witness: ex-AAF B-17 gunner (19 missions) N.E. Schroeder. One thin, bright ellipse, like polished metal, hovered for 5-8 seconds, dropped down 3,000' in 3 seconds, hovered again and faded out after a total of 20 seconds in view.

WEST MANCHESTER
July 2, 2001
SEE FILER'S FILES

WEST MEDINA
9/4/98
UFO Roundup vol 3 #38

WEST SALEM
8/29/98
UFO roundup vol 3 #36

WILLIAMSBURG
January 8, 2003
See Filer's Files

WILMINGTON
9/28/66
(Bluebook)
3:38 p.m. Witness: Clarke. Three round, oval-shaped, aluminum-colored objects with rotating rings around them. Two remained stationary, while the third varied its altitude during the 90 second sighting.

WILMINGTON
3/26/97
(RDUP3/30/97)
At 8 p.m., David S. was working at a warehouse in Wilmington, Ohio when co-workers called him outdoors to witness a strange display in the sky. Looking east toward Hillsboro, Dave saw "a large orange fireball, which disappeared and then reappeared. It would fade as another reappeared, almost in perfect configuration with each other, assuming the shape of a boomerang."

Dave's co-workers had been watching the display since 7:30. At precisely 7:40, they told him, four fighter jets had appeared in the northwest sky. The jets had flown southeast, straight towards the orange lights. "As the lights would 'come on,' the jets would fly into the general vicinity as if playing a game of cat-and-mouse," Dave reported. The orange globes appeared eight times between 7:30 and 8:45 p.m.

WOOSTER
2/8/00
UFO Roundup vol 5 #7

ZANESVILLE
1/29/98
UFO Roundup vol 3 #5

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