UFOs, CROP CIRCLES KEEP RESEARCHERS BUSY IN OHIO

July 28, 1996
Source: UFO RoundUp (2 articles)
On Wednesday, July 3, 1996, 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 by 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."

On Monday, July 8, an Urbana resident telephoned 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."

On Wednesday, July 10, 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.

On Friday, July 12, a resident of Loveland phoned WLW Radio (700 AM) and reported "a very large object surrounded by very bright white lights." The WLW deejay said the caller sounded "very serious, very scared."

On Thursday, July 18, 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.

T.A.S.K. members also investigated the appearance of a crop circle on July 4 in Paulding County, Ohio. A pilot taking his family out for a flight spotted the circle from the air. Upon landing, he contacted Dan Arend, owner of the property. At 8:30 p.m., Mr. Arend phoned Sheriff Daniel T. Harrow. Investigating officers found that the field's wheat had been levelled to the ground in a counterclockwise direction. There were no visible tracks leading to or from the site, located just off Township Road 126.

The crop circle was photographed July 8. Several scientists visited the scene, including Jim Timmerman of Chicago's Center for UFO Studies. The crop circle was soon branded a hoax. However, on July 11, a team from Eastern Michigan University found that the wheat within the circle was radioactive. According to T.A.S.K. field investigator Dale Farmer, the circle registered 60 clicks on their Geiger counter, as opposed to 30 clicks found within the surrounding area.

UFOs APPEAR ALL OVER OHIO

On Saturday night, July 20, 1996, 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.

On Thursday, July 4, 1996, 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."

In issue #24, UFO ROUNDUP reported the UFO sightings in Owensville, Ohio, south of Dayton, that took place during July. Afterward, editor Lucius Farrish of UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE sent word that Owensville has been the center of a UFO flap dating back to January 1995.

According to the March 3, 1996 issue of the Cleveland News- Herald, a "shadowy blur" flew over Owensville on March 29, 1995. Less than a month later, on April 7, 1995, residents saw "a dome- shaped object" hovering over Owensville. In the autumn, the flap began anew. On September 18, 1995, a disk-shaped UFO was seen in nearby Sharonville, and on September 23, 1995, "a bright white light" illuminated the night skies over Owensville.

David M. of Cincinnati reports a strange encounter his girlfriend had five years ago in Blanchester, just north of Owensville. On a summer night in 1991, David's girlfriend, Stephanie, and her sister, Lisa, "were harassed by strange bright lights around the Stone Lick Lake area, and it (UFO) followed her and her sister for five-and-a- half miles, weaving back and forth across the road at treetop level. The object was soon joined by another," which followed Stephanie's car "at about 30 to 35 feet above the ground. This went on until they were about a half-mile from their trailer home on Marathon Edenton Road, at which point the UFOs dropped behind the trees. Both (girls) were extremely shaken but relieved that they were almost home. As they pulled into their driveway, a bright light rose from behind the trailer and drifted toward them. The two ran for the front door and let themselves in quickly. At which point my girlfriend ran into the bedroom and hid under the covers. Her sister watched the object from the living room window and watched it hover 12 to 15 feet above the driveway. Now a strange humming could be heard, similar to that of a large transformer. The object was still too bright" for Lisa "to determine its exact shape, but she felt it was round. The object floated off across the street and over the trailer homes there" before departing.

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