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Low flying Ohio UFO described as square

An Ohio witness at Xenia reported watching a square-shaped object moving over his home under 500 feet, according to testimony in Case 83058 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

A Xenia, Ohio, witness watched an object move over his home under 500 feet. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)
A Xenia, Ohio, witness watched an object move over his home under 500 feet. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)

The witness and his son were outside at 10:10 p.m. on April 8, 2017, when the incident occurred.

“I witnessed a square-shaped UFO fly over our neighborhood in Xenia last night,” the witness stated. “It flew right over our home coming from the Spring Valley area straight towards Fairborn – which is where Wright Patterson Air Force Base is located about 9 miles from us.”

The object appeared to have flames come out of it. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)
The object appeared to have flames come out of it. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)

The witness described the object.

“It was square-shaped when overhead, but from a distance it was flatter from top to bottom. It appeared to have flames coming out of the rear of it and had no wings or other visible lights other than the flames and orange glow about it.”

There were no visible lights on the object. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)
There were no visible lights on the object. Pictured: Xania, Ohio. (Credit: Google)

The witness was hoping for more witnesses.

“I shouted for my girlfriend to come look, but she only saw it as it was flying from a further distance and not overhead. I tried to videotape it, but couldn’t get my phone fast enough.”

Xenia is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, population 25,719. MUFON Ohio Chief Investigator Ron McGlone is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

Roger Marsh

Roger Marsh is a UFO writer and content developer. He is Director of Communications for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) where he manages media contact, rights and permissions, and content development for television, film, documentary, radio, print and stage. Roger is a MUFON case researcher for History channel’s “Hangar 1: The UFO Files.” He is editor of the monthly international MUFON UFO Journal, executive producer of the weekly “MUFON UFO Traffic Report” radio show; serves as the MUFON webmaster; reporter for the daily “UFO Traffic Report” in web and audio formats; and publisher of the “MUFON Books” imprint. He is the author of Sacred Dialogue, editor of Silent Invasion, and co-editor of Ron Paul Speaks. Roger was featured in the 2015 season premiere episode of Destination America's "Monsters & Mysteries in America." Roger and his wife, Joyce, live in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, restoring a 1910 Pennsylvania four-square.

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3 Comments

  1. about 2 1/2 months I was sitting on my pourch and this square box with widows or lights on the under side moved across the sky.. it was about the size of a vw and moved slowly …no noise about 100ft in the air. two nights before I seen moving lights across the street. just a ball of light ,moving in a ziz zag
    direction.

  2. Gotta be a plane but orange glow i have seen one that was orange around right patt.

  3. Tonight about 2315 my friend and I saw an orange fireball traveling east across Copley, Ohio. About 500-1000’ in air. No sound. Couldn’t see any shape due to the brightness of the orange glow/flames. Disappeared behind clouds. I’ve no idea what it was.

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