NUFORC UFO Sighting 181929

Occurred: 1981-06-20 23:45 Local
Reported: 2024-06-18 11:52 Pacific
Duration: 10 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Oregonia, OH, USA
Location details: 39°24'05"N 84°06'22"W

Shape: Cigar
Color: white and red
Estimated Size: 40 yards long
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: almost overhead
Angle of Elevation: 80
Closest Distance: 100 yards
Estimated Speed: still to 100 mph
Characteristics: Lights on object, Changed Color, Made a sound

Observed large hovering object emitting no sound, with white and red light pattern of light at 100 yards

On the evening of June 20th 1981, I was traveling south on State Highway 123 crossing interstate I-71 at approximately 11:30pm. It was a clear and cloudless sky. I noticed a very bright light low on the horizon some distance down the road in the direction I was traveling. It seemed odd to me as I had driven this road many times and never observed what I assumed was a star in this location. I was traveling south on St. Rt. 123 and was able to observe the light for some time before the road curved and went into a low area of trees, where I momentarily lost sight of the light. What struck me about the light was its intensity, bright white and crystalline. I emerged onto a plateau of farm fields and was again able to see the object, much nearer and seemingly stationary low in the sky. It was also apparent that there were multiple white lights, two on one end and one on the other. I continued driving south on State Highway 123 approximately ¼ mile while observing the object. I then turned left onto Nixon Camp Road and slowed my vehicle to see if the object was moving, I drove a short distance to a point where I was perpendicular to where the object was hovering over the field. Still unsure if the object was moving, I stopped my car and looked up, the object was not moving. I then turned my car off, to see if the object was making a sound and it was not. I stepped out of my car onto the road to observe the object. I could see that it appeared to approximately 100 yards up on the south side of the road at 80 degrees to my position. I could observe three white lights as stated before separated by approximately 20 yards, no outline or shape could be seen. I then began flashing the headlights of my car to try and get a reaction, I also blew the horn. This elicited no immediate response, and I continued to observe the object for another minute or two. There was then a pattern of red light, which undulated in a rectangular shape between the two white lights and the single light while the object remained stationary. The object then began to emit a sound like rushing air, and began to move up and off slowly to the northeast.

Posted 2024-06-21