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Ohio Man Shares UFO Experience – Part II

Article by Stacy Turner                                        January 7, 2021                                            (weeklyvillager.com)

• In this second part of a two-part article, we continue sharing the story of ‘Joe from Ohio’, who in 2017, was on his way home from his job in Garrettsville when he noticed strange blinking lights over a field from what he determined were three craft, and took some photos from his flip phone. A year later, driving through the same area Joe noticed lights in a wooded area, and thought he saw some figures as if they were looking for something. When he tried taking some photos on his flip phone, the cab inside his truck became illuminated with light. The charm hanging from his rear view mirror was inexplicably moving, but for some reason, Joe was not afraid. Before long, he had forgotten about the incident and the pictures on his flip phone, until a year ago when he was deleting photos and transferred the photos of these incidents to his computer. (see Part 1 of Joe’s story in this previous ExoArticle)

• Once the photos had been transferred to his computer, it provided a much larger view of the photos. Joe and his wife then noticed a figured shifting in the background between photos which Joe had taken while shielding his eyes from the light inside his truck. In the first shot, they noticed a shape that filled in a small portion at the top of the rear view mirror (featured photo above). Each frame showed the unidentified shapes’ reflection taking up a larger portion of the mirror. That looming shape appeared to be a face that came into more clarity as the image series progressed. The enlarged images also depicted what looked like a cylindrical shape entering the left side of the photo frame. In successive frames the figure changes shape, filling more of the mirror that reflected the event unfolding behind the cab of Joe’s truck.

• Joe’s wife admitted to being “creeped out” by the images, which appear to depict at least two figures approaching Joe’s vehicle amidst an unnaturally bright light source. While Joe remembered taking the initial photos that depicted bright lights above the field (see below), he noted that he wasn’t afraid. “I didn’t feel it/they wanted to hurt me.” But he had trouble remembering some of the other photos he found on his camera roll.

• Looking closer at the dates the photos were taken, Joe realized that several unexplained photos on his phone that he assumed were taken on the same date had actually taken place over multiple days. “In my mind, it all happened then and there,” he says. But a look at the time stamps shows that these experiences happened a number of different times. Since then, Joe’s had “weird dreams” along with an urge to get up and write them down, although the resulting mix of odd letters and numbers doesn’t make sense to him. Joe admits that every so often, he sits at his desk and studies the photos to try and jog his memory. But he hasn’t come any closer to explaining it, and “had to back away from it for a while.” “If I keep dwelling on it, it encompasses me.”

• The couple has also noticed strange lights near their home, which leads them to believe the visitors have some sort of connection to Joe. These experiences seem to occur when Joe takes out his photos to try and gain some clarity. He likens the visits to an experience with a stray dog. He explains, “When you first see it, you might be scared. But as you see it more often, you may feed it and you get used to each other, and then it’s not so scary.” His wife quickly added, “I don’t see it that way.”

• On at least two occasions, Joe and his wife have awoken to discover their home alarm system had been unarmed. They experienced what they considered a ‘break-in’, where someone had opened a ground floor window. They found small prints and a ‘mud-like” substance on the exterior of the house and on the windowpane, though the sticky substance didn’t match the type of soil around their home. Joe noted that the ‘visitor’ appeared to have moved items on the table below the window, presumably to make space to climb in the house. But nothing was taken, even though money was sitting on his desk in plain sight. The window was left open, with the blinds blowing, alerting him that someone had been there that evening.

• Joe wonders how many people have seen or experienced what he has, and hopes that they too will come forward to share what they’ve seen, and maybe help solve this mystery.

 

   Joe’s photo of ‘lights’ seen across a field

You’ll recall from the first part of Joe’s story, which appeared in the December 25th issue, where he shared what he experienced one night on Shanks Downes Road on his way home from work. You’ll remember that Joe set the phone aside, and didn’t think about them again until he sat down to remove old contacts and download photos to his computer. When he and his wife downloaded the photos, they made a startling discovery. Once they saw the series of photos enlarged on the computer screen, they noticed details that had escaped their notice on the tiny flip phone screen.

In the rear view mirror, in addition to the bright light that appeared to be coming from above the truck’s cab and the movement of a charm hanging from the rear-view mirror, the two noticed movement behind the cab where Joe sat. In the first shot, they noticed a shape that filled in a small portion at the top of the mirror. As Joe continued pressing the shutter with one hand while shielding his eyes from the intense light with his other, each frame showed the unidentified shapes reflection taking up a larger portion of the mirror. That looming shape appeared, to the couple, to be a face that came into more clarity as the image series progressed. In addition to what appeared in the center of the mirror, the enlarged images also depict what looked to the couple like a cylindrical, tube-shape entering the left side of the photo frame. In successive frames, the figure changes shape, filling more of the mirror that reflected the event unfolding behind the cab of Joe’s truck.

As we spoke, Joe’s wife visibly shuddered and admitted to being “creeped out” by the images, which appear to depict at least two figures approaching Joe’s vehicle amidst an unnaturally bright light source. While Joe remembered taking the initial photos that depicted bright lights above the field, he noted that he wasn’t afraid. “I didn’t feel it/they wanted to hurt me.” But he had trouble remembering some of the other photos he found on his camera roll.

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Ohio Man Shares UFO Experience

Article by Stacy Turner                                       December 23, 2020                                        (weeklyvillager.com)

• In 2017, an Ohio man referred to only as “Joe” was on his way home from the 3rd shift at his job in Garrettsville when he noticed strange lights above a field. He stopped to try and take a few photos on his flip phone to show his wife. Joe captured lights from what he identified as two distinct aircraft (pictured above). He recalls being mesmerized as the two craft seemed to signal to each other by the use of the lights which blinked alternately to each other, as if communicating. When a third larger craft appeared between the two, Joe felt the need to leave. “I wanted to get out of there — it was getting too crowded,” he joked.

• About a year later, driving through the same area, Joe noticed some intense lights in a wooded area in distance. “They appeared to be looking for something,” he said. He stopped his truck to get a better look. From the distance, he thought he spotted figures. Once again, he tried to capture photos on his flip phone. A bright light illuminated the inside of his truck, and made him cover his eyes. But he managed to fire off a series of photos on his phone (to be revealed in part two of Joe’s story). The photos show the intense movement of a charm that hung from the rear view mirror, even though his truck was parked. But Joe noted that he wasn’t afraid, and didn’t feel like he was in danger. He showed the photos to his friends and family on the tiny screen of his flip phone, but after a time, he forgot about them.

• It wasn’t until he began the task of deleting old photos and contacts from his trusty flip phone about a year ago that he came across those photos again. When he and his wife downloaded the photos to a computer to get a closer look, they were astonished at what they saw in the background… to be continued.

• According to the Mutual UFO Network, or ‘MUFON’, UFOs have been investigated over the years by governments, independent groups, and scientists. The mystery surrounding UFOs has historical roots in the early 19th century when unexplained “ghost fliers” were spotted in Europe and North America. During the 1930s, numerous “ghost rockets” were reported in Scandinavia.

• During the Second World War, airmen reported seeing “mystery airships” or “foo fighters” while in flight. After the war in 1947, aviator Kenneth Arnold reported spotting a “flying saucer” near Mt. Rainier, Washington, bringing the concept of flying saucers to the public forefront during late 1940s and early 1950s. During the Cold War, US, British, Canadian, Danish, Italian, and Swedish governments all collected reports of UFO sightings. Although the US government says it officially shut down its $22 million UFO study program, the ‘Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program’, in 2012, the Pentagon recently announced launching a new ‘UAP Task Force’.

• Organizations around the world continue to collect information from amateur astronomers and regular folks who happened to be in the right place at the right time to view an unexplained event in the sky. The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), documented nearly 3,000 sightings reported in Ohio in 2020 alone. In fact, the organization listed Ohio in the top five states for reported UFO sightings, after California, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Florida.

 

At the close of this year, even the most positive among us has had trouble dealing with 2020. With a global pandemic changing the way we live, political upheaval, racial divides, and an election fraught with venom and strife, even the threat of murder hornets don’t faze us after all that 2020 has dumped on our doorsteps. So learning about how a local man’s experiences point to the fact that we’re not alone in the universe may just be the icing on the cake of the year that made us question every other area of our lives.

You may be surprised to learn that the subject has a name — UFOlogy, which is noted as the array of subject matter and activities associated with an interest in unidentified flying objects (UFOs). According to the Mutual UFO Network (mufon.com), UFOs have been subject to various investigations over the years by governments, independent groups, and scientists. The non-profit 501-C.3 organization that was founded in 1969 notes that the mystery surrounding UFOs has historical roots in the early 19th century when unexplained “ghost fliers” were spotted in Europe and North America and numerous “ghost rockets” were reported in Scandinavia during the 1930s.

   Kenneth Arnold and the flying ‘saucer’

During the Second World War, Allied airmen reported seeing “mystery airships” or “foo fighters” while in flight. After the War ended, aviator Kenneth Arnold reported spotting a “flying saucer” near Mt. Rainier, Washington in 1947. Media hype following this report brought the concept of flying saucers to the forefront of the public eye during late 1940s and early 1950s as a result. During the Cold War, US, British, Canadian, Danish, Italian, and Swedish governments have each collected reports of UFO sightings, although most governmental programs have been officially reported to be shut down as recently as 2012, although US Defense Department allocated $22 million on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program in 2017.

Organizations around the world continue to collect information from amateur astronomers and regular folks who happened to be in the right place at the right time to view an unexplained event in the sky. One such US organization, the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), documented that nearly 3,000 sightings were reported in Ohio in 2020 alone (nuforc.org). In fact, the organization’s information compiled in 2018 listed Ohio in the top five states for reported UFO sightings (after California, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Florida.)
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