- Lucasville, OH (Scioto County)
August 17 and 24, 2004 ? 9:00 p.m. time frame
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- SUMMARY
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- On August 24, 2004 I spoke at length with a female subject
from the Lucasville, Ohio vicinity. This persons name will not be divulged
in this report. She contacted the Cincinnati UFO Hotline (513-588-4548)
to report recent UFO sightings that have taken place over a period of several
days near her area. She said that she has video of a UFO from August 17
and also from the last night and earlier this morning. She candidly admits
that the video is of poor quality, of hand-held operation and only showing
a light, in the center of a dark screen.
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- We spoke for over 1-hour and discussed her concerns of
UFO activity near her home (Crosspoint of Blue Run and Morris Lane) on
August 17, August 19 and earlier this evening (August 24th). She said that
her road runs perpendicular to Route 23 and that her home is situated 6-miles
from the Ohio Correctional Institute Prison Facility at Lucasville. The
subject said that in addition to herself, there are 4-witnesses to a huge,
spherical object in the eastern sky during several episodes of unusual
UFO activity taking place over the past few nights and earlier this evening.
She also complained of a headache and stomachache for 3-days after the
first sighting of August 17.
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- ABOUT THE SUBJECT:
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- Lisa XXXXX (name deleted for privacy) said that she was
stationed at Brooks AFB (San Antonio, TX facility which merged with Lackland
AFB) for 5-year as a secretary. She is currently disabled (with a birth
defect on her left leg) and taking care of a family of 3 children ages
12 to 9. Her youngest son has bipolar disorder.
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- Her roommate, Sheila XXXXX (also deleted for privacy,
on-file) also has a 12-year old daughter and her visiting friend Della
XXXXX (also deleted for privacy, on-file) is also a witness to the UFO
activity.
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- AUGUST 17 UFO
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- The episode of UFO sightings began on Monday, August
17th at about 9:30 p.m. when the witness and her friends Della (who moved
in from Athens) and Sheila, all over 30-years old, had been present for
a social visit. The three were also concerned about local thieves who had
recently been stealing yard property.
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- While on periodic lookout (sitting on her living room
couch inside 2-mobile homes put together to form one home), and looking
directly south out her living room window, Lisa noticed what appeared to
be bright headlights on a white mailbox post. They continued to watch the
mailbox post as it was illuminated for about 30-minutes, taking note that
the angle of the lights seemed to originate from the east and an upper
direction, before finally asking her roommate to ask where the reflection
of light was coming from. They then went to the west end of the kitchen
to look out the window and saw reflective dot-like spots on the tail end
of her mini-van parked outside. The reflectivity was seen on the glass
as well as the car itself, and the roof of her van lit up an almost bluish,
color. The witness advised that the entire road in front of the house was
also illuminated by a blue haze. ,The blue color was also reflecting off
a propane tank and Lisa, Sheila and Della decided to step outside to investigate
the source of the light reflections on the various yard items.
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- When outside, they cautiously looked around and - according
to Lisa - did not think to look toward the sky. They took it for granted
that the source of the light was somehow originating from a car on a road.
At this point, according to Lisa, they noticed a subtle light change that
seemed to become orange-like. The witness looked toward the direction of
her mother's security light situated nearby (there was some kind of huge
surge of power through the security light, causing it to glow 4-times brighter
than usual and out of focus), trying to find the source of illumination
on the tank, and at that point saw pulsing lights in the eastern sky. Lisa
said this was somewhat of a shock to her. The bluish-white lights would
pulse darker and lighter, the witness said it was like a heartbeat, and
you could depend on the next pulse, not at all like a blink. This was one
solid, physical object in the sky, out further than the security light
and past the woods, over a tree line and no more than 10-miles distant.
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- Lisa said this object was visible for hours and the witness
observed it taking different positions across the sky, zipping from place
to place. It was comprised of several lights and could be seen to rotate,
having a white fog about it and at times would be comprised of 3 or 4-lights,
but having no sound.
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- Although the object would move from position to position
and return again, they primarily looked at the object when it was in position
toward the eastern sky as if it was localized toward Jackson, Ohio (going
east on 139).
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- The witnesses decided to maintain their position and
watch this activity for several hours into the early morning time frame.
As they listened to a loud chorus of dogs barking from all different areas
around her, they also debated what the object was and made an attempt to
capture the object on videotape and watched as beams of light were thrown,
or reflected through the air.
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- Closer to 4:30 a.m., one aircraft comprised of a triangular-shaped
light configuration came into view after the witnesses heard a distinct
jet-like low, dull roar or rumble. This triangular object, having dozens
of pulsating multi-colored lights all around its surface, approached from
the west and flew straight overhead at a lower elevation than the first
white object, then would change direction and travel southeast. The duration
of this sighting was around 60-seconds and then the object would return
along the same path, making a direction change at the same estimated position
and return to the west, but looking behind its path and watching its departure,
the witness saw many bright glowing star-like objects that pulsed white.
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- Lisa explained that she was concerned about what might
be going on in the Lucasville area and had asked if others had reported
sightings. She had heard of local UFO reports before but said that this
distinct episode began during the week of the 19th.
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- On the 19th, Lisa said that she watched a huge, luminescent
white cylindrical shape also during late night hours. She attempted to
videotape the light source, but on camera its focus is off and the camera
was not fastened to a tripod. Lisa said the object looked like a hotdog,,
and acknowledges being an amateur videographer.
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- CREATURE SIGHTING
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- During a bizarre sighting that took place several hours
before our telephone discussion, Lisa expressed concern about something
that may have landed across the road from her residence earlier and went
on to express her perception of a humanoid figure seen in the darkness
of her backyard within a few hours of the object landing, in the field.
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- Around 9:30 p.m. (Tuesday, August 24th), Lisa and her
friend Sheila felt there was a creature near their home.
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- "Jesse's bedroom points toward that field to the
east where we,ve seen all this activity behind moms, she said.
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- "Shortly after this small light came down in the
field across the road, some distance away, we all sat around and were on
the lookout for what would happen next. Just a little while after this
I heard a rustle and saw a bush move to the left, and that whole area to
my left is nothing but woods, brush and hills. I don,t know what it was,
but I was tuned in to what was going to happen next and I saw the brush
move and I saw eyes or something reflecting light. The security light is
between Jesse's window and that bush, and Jess described (roommates daughter,
13-yrs. Old), the same thing.
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- Lisa said the experience has been very frustrating and
cannot say for certain that the figure spotted was a woodland animal or
otherwise related to the UFO sighting. She said that to pass the time,
she has been working with the children to craft aluminum foil hats to make
light of the situation, and they have been sitting around the house wearing
aluminum foil on her head. Despite the effort to find humor in the situation,
Lisa said they are seriously alarmed.
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- I asked if I could talk with Sheila concerning the suspected
landing of a UFO and the sighting of this figure, outside.
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- Sheila then came to the phone and introduced herself
to me, explaining: "Okay, there were these lights that came down to
ground level, I would say they were lined up almost looks like on a board,
but there are 4 lights together and when they flash they go alternately
top right to bottom left, then reverse. Then before you know it, two bright
flashes of light go flying into the field and into the forest there to
the left, which would be into our woods, opposite to where this thing would
be behind the tree line.
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- Sheila said that after this "board of lights would
flicker and flash, it seemed to descend into the field where it was no
longer visible. She said that she maintained an alert observation, looking
out for what was to follow and that some time had passed before the suspected
creature, was sighted (perhaps 15 to 20-minutes).
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- Sheila said that this creature, was engaged in a rapid
scurrying or running through the field across the road and into the immediate
yard in front of the house. She could not discern with certainty whether
it was 2 or 4-legged (walking upright) due to darkness, but felt it was
walking upright and also felt herself to be keenly aware that there was
a physical presence outside as she watched through the window.
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- She spoke of the creature in the 'past tense' method,
stressing that she could not presently see it while talking with me by
telephone.
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- "It looked as if I could see eyes in the bushes,
Sheila said. "It looked like a large white head. I could not see a
body, it sort of blended into the bush, but the eyes are reflecting the
security light, like an animal looking at you in the woods, but I do not
know if this was an animal.
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- Sheila also repeated that her friend Lisa saw something
land in the field and also claimed to have seen something running in the
darkness.
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- "Whatever this was, it was running so fast, that
it somehow blended with the environment, Sheila said.
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- Sheila estimated the distance of between 20 to 25-feet
from the window to the bush where the suspected "eyes were fixed at
one point.
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- Lisa returned to the phone and I tried to ask follow
up questions, but the two were talking excitedly and saying so much that
taking notes became difficult at this point. Both Lisa and Sheila felt
that the creature was outside the residence while we spoke.
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- Lisa said that she did not feel threatened, and I asked
if they had a flashlight or something to illuminate the area. Sheila gathered
her courage as we spoke and I waited on the phone as she walked outside
to investigate the immediate area near the house and nearby bushes. She
was away from the phone for about 3-minutes before returning to inform
that she could not see anything in the bushes and perhaps "it was
gone (I talked with Lisa on the phone while Sheila had investigated).
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- I will note for the record that neither Lisa nor Sheila
seemed to reference the creature, as an alien, but clearly expressed their
concern that this object was somehow related to the sighting of a UFO.
They did not say the word 'alien' and when discussing the creature, they
used careful language and several times each one closed their sentence
or statement with an upturned question mark, accent to their expression.
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- Lisa went on to explain that she had called The Scioto
County Sheriff's Office to report the first UFO sighting from the other
morning. Lisa said that the receptionist at police headquarters took her
name, address and phone number and said that someone would call back, but
Lisa said nobody has called and she doesn,t think her call to the police
department was taken very seriously.
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- When asked of any other unusual activity taking place
locally, Lisa said that on August 18, there was a very strange thunderstorm
with continual, rolling thunder and ferocious, strobing lightning that
hit her area. This storm was reported by a reporter who writes with the
Shawnee Sentinel and at one point, the thunder sounded like a thud, that
hit the top part of the living room, making a sound similar to that of
skittering or small feet.
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- After our lengthy discussion, I told Lisa of my interest
in UFOs sighted in the Lucasville area and my interest in the prison facility
there. Lisa speculated that prison guards at the Ohio Correctional Institute
should have been able to see the UFOs that she observed. I explained my
interest in following up with Lisa and Sheila and having a look at her
videotape and better understanding the nature of the sighting activity.
I also asked that they keep me posted if any more UFOs are sighted, or
if they feel there is something unusual taking place outside. I gave her
my telephone number and advised them to undertake extreme caution and to
keep the telephone number to the police department close at hand, and asked
that if they should call the police again to also call me. Lisa explained
that she was exhausted and frustrated from this experience.
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- INVESTIGATOR COMMENT
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- The witness did not offer any indication of an interest
or proclivity toward things paranormal or faith-based. She did explain
of her military career and was most helpful with details of her busy family
and personal life. The telephone conversation was lengthy and I explained
my occasional inability to take notes as complete and thorough as I would
have liked as she had a lot to report and would often explain multiple
things and sightings at once. She did stop and help me take notes at times,
some sentences pertaining to a description of the UFO I would stop and
read to her, asking that she correct me on certain notes.
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- After the discussion, I was of the impression that the
witness was basically honest and frustrated with the exhausting circumstances;
perhaps believing that UFOs were active in some clandestine or secretive
way in the darkness near her residence. Her frustration might have been
compounded by her not having an answer to account for the sightings.
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- As for the sighting of the object seen for a lengthy
duration on August 17 that she videotaped, this may fit the description
of a routine star or planet when taken into account misperception potential.
However, the traits such as pulsing, and the object changing position or
roaming, from place to place over a duration do not fit that explanation.
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- The perception of a creature, is something I cannot account
for, only by speculation that a woodland forest creature such as a deer
or even a bear may have been in the vicinity and some situational cross-interpretation
developed in which Lisa and Sheila might have interpreted the slight observation
or indistinct sighting of this creature into the UFO situation that had
already been underway. The indistinct creature, elusively running, was
seen in darkness and no discernible form could be observed, and nothing
immediately suggests this was any intelligence or related with the sighting
of an object thought to have landed moments earlier.
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- ADDITION
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- Cincinnati researcher Donnie Blessing made inquiries
with the Scioto County Sheriff's office and was able to determine that
the drug surveillance helicopter used in the county was operational in
the vicinity during the time frame in question, but not active only during
daylight hours - not at night. This rules out the helicopter as one possible
explanation.
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- Filed, AUGUST 25, 2004 KENNY YOUNG -- UFO Research http://home.fuse.net/ufo
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