2006 Celina, Ohio Sighting

THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: March, 30, 2006

Sighting Time: 2pm

Day/Night: Daytime

Location: Celina, Ohio

Urban or Rural: Rural

Hynek Classification: DD (Daylight Disc) Metallic or whitish object seen in the day.

Duration: 15 seconds

No. of Object(s):  1

Size of Object(s): 10ft tall by 7.5ft wide

Distance to Object(s): 150 yards

Shape of Object(s): cylinder

Color of Object(s): matte gray

Number of Witnesses: 3

Source:

Summary/Description: I was driving east on Ohio State Route 703 from St Marys to Celina. West of the WSU extension campus I heard a high pitched tone through my window (it was about half way down). I looked toward the noise and saw a cylinder shaped object keeping pace with me against the trees and along the shore of Grand Lake St Marys. The object kept pace with me for about 0.25 miles and entered into some wooded lots that also had homes. When I reached the other side I no longer saw the object but could hear the tone become fainter and fainter as I gained distance from the last known location.

The trees are about 40-50ft high, all pine. The object was near the tops and was about 1/5 the height of the trees. I was about 125-150 yds from the tree line. The object looked similar to a very large flying 55gal drum that was dark grey in color. Weather conditions were overcast with a slight breeze coming off the lake, the water was not very choppy. I was traveling at 60mph and the object was keeping pace with me. I noticed the drive of a pickup in front of me was also looking out the window and tapped his brakes when I could no longer see the object. We pulled up side by side at an intersection of OH703 and OH29 and asked each other about the object. He was driving an F-150, I was driving a GMC Sonoma. He (Steve McGregor of Celina, OH) told me he thought it was spinning on the vertical axis, I did not think it was spinning, but it was asymmetrical with no lights, could make it hard to tell. He also noticed the high pitched tone.

On the way home I took the same route back, I did not hear the high pitch tone nor did I see anything resembling what I had seen on the way there.