2022-07-22 - Dublin, OH - Cigar

Saw an object moving straight down slowly, as we were watching it, several lights lit up consecutively and then it disappeared.

While walking our dogs, we paused at the school’s practice field to take a look at the stars. I pointed out what I thought was the Big Dipper to my husband. We were talking about it and also noticed several passenger places (we’re about 30 miles from CMH airport). We then noticed what looked like, upon first glance, a meteor entering the atmosphere. We quickly realized it couldn’t be a meteor or shooting star because it was moving too slowly at a nearly 90-degree angle towards the earth. (It was moving at a much slower rate than the planes.) We also noticed what looked like an elongated, cigar-shaped, faint outline following the orangish-light. We started walking in its direction to try to get a better look and we could clearly see an outline that would form a massive, cigar-shaped object. After a minute or two of watching it, it appeared to slow down even further and it flashed a rapid succession of 6-8 consecutive lights in a perfectly straight line (there did appear to be greater separation between the first and second light, then the next few were perfectly spaced and then another space before the next light). This further solidified that we had the shape/size correct as the lights were spread out across the midline of the object, across its entire length, which was hard to determine, but we’re guessing was at least 1,000 yards long. After the lights lit up, they quickly flashed off. The object appeared to hover in its place and slowly pivot to be horizontal (parallel to the earth). It then either disappeared behind a cloud line or simply disappeared. It did not appear to fly off.