{"id":1745,"date":"2015-06-18T23:17:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T23:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/?p=1745"},"modified":"2015-06-18T23:21:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T23:21:34","slug":"trotwood-oh-ufo-encounter-oct-25-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/trotwood-oh-ufo-encounter-oct-25-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Trotwood, OH UFO Encounter &#8211; Oct. 25, 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following report is from the late UFO research and investigator Kenny Young and Donnie Blessing. It is archived here for reference:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">SUBJECT: UFO Report<\/span><\/b><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">LOCATION: Trotwood, OH (Montgomery County)<br \/>\nDATE: October 25, 2003<\/span><\/b><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">TIME: Around 10:40 p.m.<\/span><\/b><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><u><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">SUMMARY<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Today I spoke with a witness from Trotwood,Ohio (a suburb of\u00a0 Dayton). Mrs. R. (name on file) related to me her close encounter with a UFO on the evening of October 25th around 10:40PM.<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Mrs. R. was taking her granddaughter,age 3, home.\u00a0 She had been baby sitting that day.\u00a0 Her daughter lives in a semi-rural area with only an occasional lamp post on the roads.As Mrs. R. approached a 4 way stop which was Union Rd. and Little Richmond Rd., she spotted what looked to be a &#8220;glowing red S&#8221; just above tree top level.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">The elongated &#8220;letter S&#8221; was on its side as opposed to be standing up. She likened the light of the S to the glow of the coils in a toaster.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">As Mrs. R. came to the four way stop she then saw that the S seemed to be on the bottom of a stationary object.\u00a0She described the object as bell shape at the top and coming down to a hat brim shape.\u00a0 The object was about as long as a small CessMA plane and about as tall as a one story house.\u00a0 The object was black or dark gray in color.\u00a0 It hovered about 6-8 feet above the tree tops.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Mrs. R. goes on to state that around the bottom of the object there were small round white\/bluish lights that held steady. The object made no sound.\u00a0 At this point Mrs. R, says she was very frightened fearing for her granddaughter who sat beside her in the car.<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Mrs. R says she became so frightened that she did not know to speed off or stay to watch the object longer.\u00a0She said that another vehicle was present at the 4-way stop, remembering that she saw a pair of headlights.\u00a0 She does not remember what the vehicle did as she concentrated only on the object.\u00a0 She said that she watched the object for a little over a minute.\u00a0 Suddenly the object shot straight up and veered off to her right and was gone at a tremendous rate of speed.<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">At this point Mrs. R. states she also sped off to her daughters house saying, &#8221; Oh dear God&#8221; &#8220;What did I just see?&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;Was that a UFO?&#8221;<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Mrs. R. went on to explain that she has no interest in the subject of UFOs.\u00a0 She had seen pictures of them on TV.<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Mrs. R. says that she experienced no trouble with her car during the sighting.<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">She spotted no other aircraft in the area at the time of her sighting.\u00a0 She called her mother and told her of her experiences.\u00a0 She has also spoken of the event to her coworkers.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Weather conditions for that night were clear with calm winds and warm temps.<\/span><\/b><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><u><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">INVESTIGATION<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">I contacted the Trotwood Police Dept. at 937-837-7777.\u00a0 They reported that no calls had been placed to the station on the date in question of a possible UFO sighting.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><u><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">COMMENT<\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">I find Mrs. R. to be a credible witness and truthful in her remarks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">The report was originally submitted to Peter Davenport of The National UFO Reporting Center , and he had also talked with the witness and said &#8220;she sounded to be a rather good witness.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">This report is still under investigation.\u00a0If any new details come out about this case they will be posted at a future date.<\/span><\/b><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <b><\/b>\u00a0<b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Additional notes:<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">I spoke with Mrs. R&#8217;s mother after our conversation. She confirmed to me that her daughter did indeed call herfrom her cell phone on the way home. She sounded frightened and upset.\u00a0She described what she had seen to her mother.\u00a0 Her mother relayed the details of the conversation which matched what her daughter told me.\u00a0At one point her mothers says that her daughter is very no nonsense type person and if she tells you something you can believe her.\u00a0 She was\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">even a skeptic until she saw the UFO.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Filed 11\/12\/03<\/span><\/b><\/em><br \/>\n<em> <b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica;\">Donnie Blessing\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following report is from the late UFO research and investigator Kenny Young and Donnie Blessing. It is archived here for reference: SUBJECT: UFO Report LOCATION: Trotwood, OH (Montgomery County) DATE: October 25, 2003 TIME: Around 10:40 p.m. SUMMARY Today I spoke with a witness from Trotwood,Ohio (a suburb of\u00a0 Dayton). Mrs. R. 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