NUFORC Sighting 47642

Occurred: 2005-11-11 06:25 Local
Reported: 2005-11-11 15:32 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 1

Location: Mechanicsburg, OH, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Pulsating, hovering white light.

I am not sure exactly as to what it is that I saw, but I thought that I should at least report it, in case someone else in the area had seen what I had seen.

I was driving north on Highway 4 towards Mechanicsburg, Ohio. I was on my way to work at ((deleted)) plant in Marysville, Ohio.

The time was about 6:25 AM.

I was about three miles out of town before I entered the city limits when I spotted a round light in the north east. I could also barely see the colors of the morning rising sun in the east, but the sun was still way below the horizon.

The light I seen was not a star. I am familiar with what the planet Venus looks like on certain mornings, and this light was not the planet Venus.

I'm not sure how far or close it was to me, but if I was to hold out my arm, the object would seem to be about the size of a pea between my fingers.

What caught my attention with this object is rather than having a flashing strobe light like most airplane lights, this light was pulsating. It faded in and then faded out continuously. ( the speed of the fading in and out was no faster the the second hand of a clock ticking away.) As far as I could tell, the light did not seem like it was moving in the sky, I can't be sure of this though as I was driving at the time of the sighting.

The color of the light was white. There was only one light, not two or three like an airplane.

I observed the pulsating light for about thirty seconds as I drove along the highway curves, the light occasionly was obscured by trees as I was driving, and when I came through the trees into another clear shot view of the sky the light wasn't there anymore.

I didn't think much of what I saw, telling myself maybe it was a helicopter light, as I am not familiar with helicopter lights...maybe they have just one light that pulsates and fades in and out.

About a minute or so later I spotted the light again in the same spot in the distance...although, this time the light was not pulsating. It was a constant white light, no fading in or out. It also appeared to be stationary and not moving....I asked myself what this could be and I tried to observe it as much as I could while driving and trying to keep my car on the highway.

I observed the light for about another thirty seconds while it was constantly "on".

I looked away just for a split second and then when I looked back the light had disappeared.I thought that maybe if it was a helicopter, it could have turned and the light would no longer be visible in my direction, but I closely observed the area where I had seen the light, and I did not see anything at all, no side view of a light, or no back view of an aircraft,it was as if the light had just disappeared into thin air.

I am not so sure what this light was, it may very well have been a helicopter.

Posted 2005-12-16