NUFORC Sighting 55898

Occurred: 2001-08-13 22:31 Local
Reported: 2007-03-24 08:50 Pacific
Duration: 30 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: Lancaster, OH, USA

Shape: Light


Incredibly bright light, faded in then out, maybe super nova.

I'm only guessing at the date and time, it was definitely a couple of weeks before 9/11 and I saw a sighting in your database, in Ohio, similar to mine so I'm entering this as the date and time.

My husband and I went fishing for catfish after dark at a local public lake. It was a cloudless night. We had a Coleman lantern and I was watching the end of my rod looking for twitches that would mean I had a fish on. I suddenly noticed a light reflected in the water and I looked up to see a bright "star" that was rapidly getting brighter. I yelled to my husband who wasn't fishing and hadn't yet noticed it. For a second I thought it was a meteorite heading dead on for us as there was no movement at all. I was convinced for just a moment that we were going to get hit and die by meteorite! Then I noticed there were no "sparks" like I've seen in other fireballs I've witnessed and I next decided it must be a super nova. It got so bright it almost hurt my eyes, it lit up the woods around us, even brighter than a full moon would. It then started to dim at the same speed that it brightened and eventually faded away to nothing. It seemed to take a long time, but I'd guess it was actually around 30 seconds in duration.

If I remember correctly, I think I heard something reported on the local news a few days later involving a bright light or a super nova, but I'm not sure.

I have since seen aerial flares on TV and though they are similar to what I saw, flares actually have a floating feeling about them and they last much longer than my light. My light didn't "float", it definitely seemed to be outside earth's atmosphere.

Posted 2007-04-27

© 2023 National UFO Reporting Center. All rights reserved. Use or reproduction within any application without written consent is prohibited.