NUFORC Sighting 89286

Occurred: 2012-05-27 23:40 Local
Reported: 2012-05-30 18:33 Pacific
Duration: 2 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Pleasant Hill, OH, USA

Shape: Light
Characteristics: Lights on object

Very fast and erratic light seen in the sky around Troy, OH.

My friend and I were finishing up a night of shooting the breeze and satellite watching. He looked up and said, "What kind of airplane is that?" I looked and saw a flashing light about 60 degrees up and 15 degrees right of north.

The light was a little brighter than the stars in the big dipper and pure white. It would blink twice within a second and be dark for about 3 seconds. It was moving in a very quick and erratic way with no discernable pattern. It seemed to be about the altitude of a commercial jet.

It stayed in that general area of the sky for about 2 minutes then moved behind the neighbor’s roof. It came back into view on the other side of their roof 10 seconds later. Where it blinked 3 more times and disappeared.

Within 2 minutes more we saw it blink 3 more times and disappear, but now it was about due south. Another minute later we saw it blink 2 more times back at its original NNW position. We stayed out for another 45 minutes waiting for it to reappear, to no avail.

I have worked for a commercial airline for 11 years; the other witness is an MBA with a large technology company. We are both 31 years of age. No drugs or alcohol were involved in this observation and neither of us had ever seen anything like it.

Posted 2012-06-05