UFOMYST
CaseUnknown2004

Elyria, OH, USA

Very bright lighted, small hovering object seen southeast of Ohio ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))

Report quality: Low35/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 1200s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (65 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • NUFORC attached a skeptical explanation note (e.g. Venus, satellite, meteor)
When
2004-11-03
Where
Elyria, OH, USA
Shape
Unknown
Duration
20 min.
Geo
41.368, -82.108 · exact
Slug
unknown-over-elyria-oh-2004-7a0504
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • One of 22 documented reports from Elyria, OH in the UFOMYST archive.
  • Ohio logged 134 sightings in 2004.

Report

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