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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