GRAPHIC CREATED BY KEVIN KELLY

A flying saucer hovers over the City of Cleveland

     (Plain Press April 2025) A great majority of Cleveland residents do not realize that their State of Ohio is considered a hot spot for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) sightings. In addition, some of the oldest UFO organizations originated in the Cleveland area. By 2021, there have been 3,012 reported sightings of UFOs in the State of Ohio alone. Some of the most well-known UFO sightings in history took place in two areas in Ohio. The most recent notable UFO sighting occurred on June 21, 2023, in Middletown, Ohio. Residents reported witnessing an extraordinary display of green lights rotating clockwise, in the night sky around 10:30PM. Middletown residents even captured video of the phenomenon, describing it as both frightening and fascinating. The lights eventually darted across the sky, vanishing, making it unlikely it was a drone.

     The first was in 1958 in Pickaway County near Circleville which is 25 miles south of Columbus in Central Ohio. The second one occurred in Portage County which is in the Northeastern Ohio region.

     In 1966 in Portage County, two Sheriff Deputies spotted a large object in the sky. Jumping into their police cruisers, they chased the UFO all the way into the State of Pennsylvania. The Portage County incident was even recreated by director / producer Steven Spielberg in his famous motion picture “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”.

     In addition, the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, located in Dayton, Ohio, is considered to be the place where alien remains are being stored. These are the ones that were recovered in Roswell, New Mexico, from a crashed alien spaceship that occurred way back in 1947.

     One of the first sightings that occurred just south of Cleveland on Pleasant Valley Road, back in 1958, was seen by a group of 21 witnesses. One of those witnesses later became the representative of the “International UFO Research and Analytic Organization,” which today is called MUFON.

     During the 1960’s, when reports of strange objects being seen in the sky rose significantly, Cuyahoga County was considered the ideal place, in the state, to hold UFO conferences. Some of the locations that were chosen for these meetings were Valley Forge High School and Parkbrook Motel on Brookpark Road.

     Another famous Ohio UFO incident happened in 1973 at 10PM. A UH-1H Helicopter, which was carrying three United States reservists enroute from Port Columbus to Cleveland Hopkins Airport, was intercepted by an unidentified object in the sky. The incident was witnessed by not only the airmen but by people on the ground as well. Then in 1978 a Parma gas station attendant, picnicking in the Brecksville Reservation with his family, snapped a photo of a flying saucer, which became a sensation when it was published in The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper the following day.

A documentary called, “Ohio Flying Saucers”, covering these Cleveland area UFO incidents, and more, has been produced by Shocker Enterprises Film Company; (ShockerEnterprises.com) located in Cuyahoga County. The video will be broadcast on Cleveland Spectrum, Channel 1021, Mondays at 9PM. For further information you can contact Kevin at: Kevin@ShockerEnterprises.com or call: 216-230-1840