NUFORC Sighting 17587

Occurred: 2001-04-07 15:30 Local
Reported: 2001-05-11 00:00 Pacific
Duration: 10 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Pepper Pike, OH, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object

Large, silver cigar, hovering low on horizion, half the size of my finger at arms length, in northeast.

While traveling east on Fairmount, at the circle, spotted large, silver craft about 20 degrees above the horizon, slighty northeast. Half the length of a finger at arms length. Looked at first like a plane, but it was too low, too big, and had NO tail or visable wings. Sighted at first as I stopped at the circle, it seemed to be hovering, not moving like a plane. Lost sight of it as I went around the circle and continued on Fairmount. Glimpsed it again about 1/3 of a mile later, through a break in the treeline. Saw it for about 4 second at that point, and it had turned paralell to my direction. It looked larger and was still moving slow or hovering. The right end of it had a large light or reflection upon it at this point, yellow white in color. The body had indistinct markings or shapes, and it was rounded at both ends. No sound was heard, there was no vapor trail, no smoke. It looked like it was within a mile of my location.

Posted 2001-08-05