Black Triangle Sighted near Lordstown, OH on evening of 11/26/2019
I was driving along the Ohio Turnpike around 7:55pm on 11/26, with my family. We were headed to Pittsburgh to visit the in-laws for Thanksgiving. As we were headed east, having just passed the Lordstown Assembly plant, I looked out the driver side window and spotted a couple of lights to the NE. I kept glancing over and noticed that they were not blinking. As I was driving, I asked my 12-year old, who was seated behind me to look out her window and verify she could see the lights, as well. She confirmed she could see them also. The lights were heading S by SW, and we could now see 3 white lights. I was still waiting for some blinking to confirm a commercial aircraft, but all we saw were the 3 white steady lights.
The sky was very dark, with heavy cloud cover. Additionally, the moon was at about .4% as a waning crescent so this added to the lack of illumination in the sky.
We continued to watch the object as it flew towards us at a relatively slow rate of speed. It did not match the speed of the planes we saw landing at Detroit Metro, or Cleveland on our way out of town, or in Pittsburgh afterwards.
As I watched the approach, I could make out a dark triangular shape, but was challenged in documenting much further as I was driving, and my wife was getting irritated with the amount of attention the object was getting from me. I asked my daughter to try and take a picture with her phone, but it was fruitless with an iPhone, through a window on a dark night.
When we got to my in-law's I hopped online to see which bases were in proximity. The one that popped for me was Wright-Patterson, just outside of Dayton, lying to the SW of our location and in the direction the object was heading. I am inclined to believe it was military and that the lunar phase and additional cloud cover made for an opportune evening for a clandestine flight. However, it was unidentified, and with the amount of black triangle sightings reported over the years, I thought I should share.
I was driving along the Ohio Turnpike around 7:55pm on 11/26, with my family. We were headed to Pittsburgh to visit the in-laws for Thanksgiving. As we were headed east, having just passed the Lordstown Assembly plant, I looked out the driver side window and spotted a couple of lights to the NE. I kept glancing over and noticed that they were not blinking. As I was driving, I asked my 12-year old, who was seated behind me to look out her window and verify she could see the lights, as well. She confirmed she could see them also. The lights were heading S by SW, and we could now see 3 white lights. I was still waiting for some blinking to confirm a commercial aircraft, but all we saw were the 3 white steady lights.
The sky was very dark, with heavy cloud cover. Additionally, the moon was at about .4% as a waning crescent so this added to the lack of illumination in the sky.
We continued to watch the object as it flew towards us at a relatively slow rate of speed. It did not match the speed of the planes we saw landing at Detroit Metro, or Cleveland on our way out of town, or in Pittsburgh afterwards.
As I watched the approach, I could make out a dark triangular shape, but was challenged in documenting much further as I was driving, and my wife was getting irritated with the amount of attention the object was getting from me. I asked my daughter to try and take a picture with her phone, but it was fruitless with an iPhone, through a window on a dark night.
When we got to my in-law's I hopped online to see which bases were in proximity. The one that popped for me was Wright-Patterson, just outside of Dayton, lying to the SW of our location and in the direction the object was heading. I am inclined to believe it was military and that the lunar phase and additional cloud cover made for an opportune evening for a clandestine flight. However, it was unidentified, and with the amount of black triangle sightings reported over the years, I thought I should share.
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Lordstown
USA
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~5 minutes
41.17
-80.87
triangle
OH
Occurred : 11/26/2019 19:55 (Entered as : 11/26/2019 19:55) Reported: 9/2/2020 7:05:44 AM 07:05 Posted: 9/4/2020 Location: Lordstown, OH Shape: Triangle Duration: ~5 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Black Triangle Sighted near Lordstown, OH on evening of 11/26/2019