True Story.
Back in 1986 my mother and I saw one together. It was late summer because it was after 9:30 and it was dark. This is Cleveland, Ohio and I am 9 years-old and I'm supposed to be in bed. My lil brother (7) and older sis (13) were already sleeping and my brother and I shared a room.
My house on Robertson (off Miles) was the 5th house from the corner. We had one of the tallest houses on the street, so I could see over all of the houses and over Miles Elementary School just across the street from the corner house. I had no business up, but I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd wait and watch the sky until my father got home from 2nd shift.
Anybody who lives where there isn't TOO much light in a certain part of the city can see stars, helicopters, and planes in the night sky. I used to look for them. I was a bored kid in a low-middle class family with a father that didn't buy toys too often. I had to entertain myself.
On that night I looked out of my parent's window overlooking the eastern sky. I saw what looked like a helicopter (at least with the lights). The thing is it was going in a zigzag pattern. I figured it was kinda low because of the small lights but it just kept coming toward me. It came even closer to where it was zigzagging above the school, only 5 houses and across a street away. No panic. This was no helicopter.
By the time it got over my neighbor's house I was sure of what it was. A UFO! Even at 9 I had been into animals watching Marty Stouffer's Wild America and every animal show I could find. I had never seen this in any animal show I'd seen. It was slightly longer than a city bus spun on its axis. Flashing lights in a rainbow of colors was amazing. It flew over all of my neighbor's houses and came right towards me!
It was over the front side window, but from my second floor perch in the front room of my house I had a bird’s eye view. I was in awe as it slowly flew over head. It made about as much noise as a microwave when it runs...it was that quiet. It was kinda similar in dimension to "Flight of the Navigator"...without the slightly odd shape. Right now I was staring at it's underbelly as it flew over my house. When I could no longer see it I could see its lights illuminating the front windows of my home, bathing it with a soft white glow.
My mother was still up. She definitely wasn't in her room where I was standing. I ran down stairs, "Mom, you gotta look! You gotta look" as she sat in the dining room on the first floor but opposite my perch window. I dragged her to the dining room, but because of the neighbor's huge tree all we could see was the glow of the lights.
I had an idea to go to the back porch. I didn't think of this at the time, but my porch only covered 60% of the back of the house. It covered from the side of the house where I was perched to just before my bedroom window on the opposite back end of the house. We wouldn't have been able to see anything there. This is where a weird night gets weirder. The UFO was visible on the front westward side of my house, out of our view…or so we thought.
This UFO flew/hovered over my neighbor’s driveway over the houses and hovered 10-12 feet from my back porch over my neighbor’s yard and mine! The amazing thing was how quiet it was. And to look at it! It had black windows like a 2-way mirror/visor. Neither my mom nor I could see inside. We stood out there and stared at this great big thing like kids in awe of Santa Claus. Aside from taking an occasional glimpse of each other we were focused on the UFO.
After glaring at this thing for at least five minutes (probably more) we decided to try to wake my sister and brother up. We took turns, mom with my sister and me with my brother, but to no avail. We finally decided that it wasn’t meant for them to see. We leaned on the rickety banister less than a stones throw away from the single most amazing thing either of us had ever seen! How long were we out there? 30 minutes? 15? Who knows? Who cares?
I guess the UFO got bored with us and it slowly gained altitude (only 5-10 feet so that it could clear my neighbor’s garage), turned right facing west, and away from us. Almost without warning it took off down the street with such speed that it looked as it had been shot out of a cannon. I don’t remember it even stirring a leave in its takeoff.
We talked for an hour until my old man came home…he didn’t believe us. The next morning we told my sister and brother and they did believe us. Even though I have never seen anything like it before that was the single greatest thing I ever saw. Nobody could call me a liar on this. I know what I saw.
Back in 1986 my mother and I saw one together. It was late summer because it was after 9:30 and it was dark. This is Cleveland, Ohio and I am 9 years-old and I'm supposed to be in bed. My lil brother (7) and older sis (13) were already sleeping and my brother and I shared a room.
My house on Robertson (off Miles) was the 5th house from the corner. We had one of the tallest houses on the street, so I could see over all of the houses and over Miles Elementary School just across the street from the corner house. I had no business up, but I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd wait and watch the sky until my father got home from 2nd shift.
Anybody who lives where there isn't TOO much light in a certain part of the city can see stars, helicopters, and planes in the night sky. I used to look for them. I was a bored kid in a low-middle class family with a father that didn't buy toys too often. I had to entertain myself.
On that night I looked out of my parent's window overlooking the eastern sky. I saw what looked like a helicopter (at least with the lights). The thing is it was going in a zigzag pattern. I figured it was kinda low because of the small lights but it just kept coming toward me. It came even closer to where it was zigzagging above the school, only 5 houses and across a street away. No panic. This was no helicopter.
By the time it got over my neighbor's house I was sure of what it was. A UFO! Even at 9 I had been into animals watching Marty Stouffer's Wild America and every animal show I could find. I had never seen this in any animal show I'd seen. It was slightly longer than a city bus spun on its axis. Flashing lights in a rainbow of colors was amazing. It flew over all of my neighbor's houses and came right towards me!
It was over the front side window, but from my second floor perch in the front room of my house I had a bird’s eye view. I was in awe as it slowly flew over head. It made about as much noise as a microwave when it runs...it was that quiet. It was kinda similar in dimension to "Flight of the Navigator"...without the slightly odd shape. Right now I was staring at it's underbelly as it flew over my house. When I could no longer see it I could see its lights illuminating the front windows of my home, bathing it with a soft white glow.
My mother was still up. She definitely wasn't in her room where I was standing. I ran down stairs, "Mom, you gotta look! You gotta look" as she sat in the dining room on the first floor but opposite my perch window. I dragged her to the dining room, but because of the neighbor's huge tree all we could see was the glow of the lights.
I had an idea to go to the back porch. I didn't think of this at the time, but my porch only covered 60% of the back of the house. It covered from the side of the house where I was perched to just before my bedroom window on the opposite back end of the house. We wouldn't have been able to see anything there. This is where a weird night gets weirder. The UFO was visible on the front westward side of my house, out of our view…or so we thought.
This UFO flew/hovered over my neighbor’s driveway over the houses and hovered 10-12 feet from my back porch over my neighbor’s yard and mine! The amazing thing was how quiet it was. And to look at it! It had black windows like a 2-way mirror/visor. Neither my mom nor I could see inside. We stood out there and stared at this great big thing like kids in awe of Santa Claus. Aside from taking an occasional glimpse of each other we were focused on the UFO.
After glaring at this thing for at least five minutes (probably more) we decided to try to wake my sister and brother up. We took turns, mom with my sister and me with my brother, but to no avail. We finally decided that it wasn’t meant for them to see. We leaned on the rickety banister less than a stones throw away from the single most amazing thing either of us had ever seen! How long were we out there? 30 minutes? 15? Who knows? Who cares?
I guess the UFO got bored with us and it slowly gained altitude (only 5-10 feet so that it could clear my neighbor’s garage), turned right facing west, and away from us. Almost without warning it took off down the street with such speed that it looked as it had been shot out of a cannon. I don’t remember it even stirring a leave in its takeoff.
We talked for an hour until my old man came home…he didn’t believe us. The next morning we told my sister and brother and they did believe us. Even though I have never seen anything like it before that was the single greatest thing I ever saw. Nobody could call me a liar on this. I know what I saw.
It never fails. If we encountered extra terrestrials we would know it. 
