Lebanon, Ohio (6-21-2004)
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Kenny Young Briefing
A husband and wife couple who live 2-milessouthwest of Lebanon, OH notified of a UFO sighting on June 21st through E-mail to the online UFO report notification of the Cincinnati UFO Research website.
Mrs. XXX (not listed by request, name and contact info on-file) a middle-aged woman who lives between Mason and Lebanon informed me during a June 22 telephone conversation that around3:09 AM on June 21st she was watching TV and relaxing in her Lazy Boy recliner(the chair is 12 feet away from the window), awake at this hour because her allergies were bothering her. She said that she raised up in the recliner to see what time it was, and used a small flashlight that she shined on the clock to check the time. Just as she was leaning back she caught a bright light out of the corner of her eye. She watched as the intense bright light traveled from the corner of her window pane across the window and disappeared from the far edge of the window (she informed that this 1stfloor window, which faces due west, is actually two windows side by side).
The witness described the light, seen to the northwest in her line of her sight, as very bright and a dense white in color. When she and her husband later tried to determine the size of the object, she said it was as big as a fifty-cent piece held at arm's length. The light was seen beyond the trees nearest to her. The sky view in her entire neighborhood is obstructed with trees. She stated that beyond the trees the ground dips down so she could not be sure if the light was above tree top level but from where she sat it was below. It moved 'fast' but not 'super fast' and was not in view very long.
The object moved rapidly from South to the North. She wanted to stress that this was not car lights, airplane or helicopter lights. She said that she knew what those looked like. This light moved in a straight line and made no noise.
From her estimate, this object seemed to be localized over the Lebanon Correctional Institute. I asked how far she is from Lebanon Prison and she said about 5 miles straight as the crow flies. She has heard about sightings near the prison before. She was thanked for her time and I left my number asking for her to call me if anyone else reported a sighting.
The husband, also interviewed separately on June 29 by Kenny Young, was puzzled by the sighting and could not be sure if the object was a meteor or not. He discussed this possibility with his wife and she speculated that whatever this object was, it had been seen in the general direction of the LeCI facility. He was curious to learn if anyone else reported a sighting. The husband had called 2-years ago with a sighting that was reported by his daughter, who had also seen an unusual light that wobbled or zig-zagged through the night sky in this same general area.
Investigation
I called the Warren County Sheriffs dept. asking if any unusual lights or objects had been reported near the date and time in question and they said there were no reports. I also called the Butler County Sheriff's Dept. where the answer was also negative.
Filed June 29, 2004
Donnie Blessing (State Section Director, Southern Ohio MUFON)
Credits
- Special thanks to the late Kenny Young for this research, and to Donnie Blessing. from Southern Ohio MUFON
