NUFORC Sighting 38354

Occurred: 2004-07-23 18:30 Local
Reported: 2004-07-27 11:01 Pacific
Duration: 5 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Cleveland/Toledo (between), PA, USA

Shape: Cigar
Characteristics: Aircraft nearby

Driving toward Toldeo Ohio around 7:30 pm, sun just beginning to set. My girlfriend ((name deleted)) and I noticed a small cylindrical shaft of bright white slowly ascending in the sky before us. The object was positioned in front of a low lying dark cloud and allowed us to gauge distance and direction better than if it were only a clear sky. After ascending for a few minutes the object simply faded away, though not within the cloud or behind any obstruction. It simply dissolved. Object left no trail. A minute later a hellicopter flew out to roughly the same spot then turned and flew back in the direction it came. I've never seen a ufo before, I probably never will again, but this was definitely not an airplane or bird or reflection of the sun. It was a tangible something-or-other that had us both entranced.

Posted 2004-08-11