- UFO SIGHTING Fremont, OHIO (Sandusky
County) March 14, 1999 - 11:36 p.m. Police document, witness interview
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- Courtesy of Tim Hagemeister, NACOMM,
a UFO sighting from Fremont, Ohio (Sandusky County) was passed along. The
report alleged that UFOs were spotted the previous evening, March 14, 1999.
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- In an attempt to determine if others
in the Fremont, Ohio area also reported strange sightings, a phone call
was placed to the Sandusky County Sheriff's Office (419-332-2613) at 8:15
a.m. Monday morning, March 15, 1999. Deputy Cunningham handled the call
and acknowledged that a previous UFO sighting from last week (from Clyde,
Ohio, 6-miles southeast of Fremont) was referred to the NATIONAL UFO REPORTING
CENTER.
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- Details of this report can be found at:
http://home.fuse.net/ufo/CLYDE99.htm
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- When informed that details of a more
recent sighting were sought after, Deputy Cunningham then said, "At
23:36 last night, March 14, a deputy went out to investigate a UFO sighting
and did report a strange array of lights in the sky, describing them as
being clustered together. The officer observed the cluster of lights and
made a detailed police report, and that report was requested for public
disclosure.
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- The call was transferred to Connie, a
kind employee of the Records Department. Connie agreed to forward the full
report on both sightings. Below is a transcribed version of the "Calls
for Service by Agency Type/Incident #" report, which is entitled:
"Suspicious flying object:"
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- --------------POLICE REPORT------------------
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- Incident #:99001950
- Activity: 132
- Incident Locn: SW OF 712 CR 126
- Township Code: BALL
- Grid Code: FRE
- Patrol Area: C
- Street: CR 126
- City: Fremont
- State Code: OH
- Zip Code: 43420
- Shift: 3
- Dispatcher: 7253
- Response Code: 2
- Agency Code: SCSO
- Officer Code: 7234
- Disp Code: 003
- Recvd Date: 03-14-99
- Recvd Time: 23:36
- Dispatch Date: 03-14-99
- Dispatch Time: 23:39
- Arrive Date: 03-14-99
- Arrive Time: 23:47
- Clear Date: 03-14-99
- Clear Time: 23:50
- Day of Week: 1
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- Additional Comments: SUSPICIOUS FLYING OBJECT
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- The complaintant called dispatch and indicated that he
was observing a
- strange array of lights in the sky that appeared to be
southwest from
- his [deleted for privacy purposes] residence. The complainant
described
- the lights as being clustered together and multi-coplored.
-
- As I responded to the area of the call, I first observed
the cluster
- of lights as I was on the west end of the bypass. They
appeared to
- be red, green, white or yellow in color. I continued
south on SR 53
- and then west on SR 12. The lights did not appear to
be getting closer,
- so I pulled my cruiser over at the intersection of CR
12 and SR 12, in
- order to retrieve my field glasses from the trunk.
-
- I was unable to identify the object through my field
glasses. The
- lights appeared to illuminating in a steady fashion.
I did not observe
- any flashing or change in brightness.
-
- The unidentified flying object did not give me any indication
that it
- was anything else other than an airplane or helicopter.
Although the
- lights did not appear to be moving at a high rate of
speed, the height
- and distance from my location made it difficult, if not
impossible,
- to estimate.
-
- The object did not appear to be posing a threat or acting
in any way
- that could have been interpreted as hostile. I returned
to routine
- patrol.
-
- Deputy Amor
-
- ------This concludes the police report dated March 14,
1999--------
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- FURTHER INVESTIGATION:
-
- The witness, whose name, address and phone number was
listed in the
- police report [deleted for privacy], was contacted this
morning at
- 9:00 p.m.
-
- While requesting that his name not be used in any report,
he went on
- to explain that his wife and daughter had also saw the
strange lights
- as well. The objects, he said, were visible from around
11:30 p.m.
- until almost 2:00 a.m.
-
- "They were not stars," the witness assured
soundly, "they were
- cigar-shaped, oscillating lights. Several of them were
sitting way
- out to the west of us sitting in a triangular pattern.
They were
- not airplanes or helicopters.
-
- "One that was closest seemed to have a white light
underneath and other
- light on top. We did not see any structure, they were
too far away, but
- we could see that there was some shape to them.
-
- "The most I ever saw at one time was about 5 or
6 of them, most of
- the time there were 3 in a triangular pattern. Each individual
object
- would be visible for a lengthy duration of time, and
would move around
- in different parts of the sky. One moved to the east.
They were not on
- the horizon at any point."
-
- When asked again about the possibility that the witness
could have
- been observing twinkling stars, he stated: "These
things were
- traveling the wrong way for stars. Stars were disappearing
in the west,
- the objects we saw traveling in all different directions,
some to the
- east. In the beginning when they were closest to us we
heard a hum."
-
- The daughter, who also came to the phone and discussed
the event,
- described a quiet, low noise heard while the objects
were closest to
- their location. The humming sound was not high pitched,
but a somewhat
- low, steady droning noise.
-
- The objects were still visible at 2:00 a.m. when the
family finally
- decided to retire to bed, even though they were farther
off in the
- distance.
-
- "I have no idea what this was," the witness
said, "I've seen twinkling
- stars before, there is no way this was stars. They were
cigar shaped
- or oblong lights and made a humming sound."
-
- The witness, who does not own a camera, said that he
had "the shit"
- scared out of his family because of the incident. When
asked why they
- were alarmed, he said: "We've never seen anything
like this before."
-
- The witness contacted the Sandusky County Sheriff's Office,
took his
- report but did not respond to him otherwise. "They
never came out,"
- he said.
-
- He also reported the sighting on-line to the on-line
UFO report
- site NACOMM, directed by Tim Hagemeister [it was due
to Hagemeister's
- forwarding of this report that began this investigation].
-
- He also tried calling WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
in Dayton, Ohio,
- but did not get any answer at their phone number. He
also tried to
- call the control tower at the Toledo Airport, but could
not get
- through.
-
- The weather conditions at the time were clear skies with
cold
- temperatures.
-
- Filed;
- March 15, 1999
- Kenny Young
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