I Want to Believe...

On the midnight shift in NE Ohio law enforcement there are two constants: 1) A rookie from another municipality will find something in your jurisdiction at 3:30 am and 2) No matter if you roll up on a cop from a major city or a small village you will hear Coast 2 Coast AM. Just like a donut shop, C2C is usually the only thing happening late night so most guys and gals listen to it(except for the guy on our department who suffers from migraines, he rocks to classical music). If you're familiar with C2C, good on ya. If not, let me enlighten you: Conspiracy theory, ghosts, psychics, sasquatch, and ufo's. Most cops understand the meaning of "for entertainment purposes only" but not me. I'm a skeptical believer in everything but most recently in ufo's. Up until a few months ago I couldn't understand how I had never seen a ufo, seeing as how I'm usually up and out late. Then I saw something strange. Driving down the road one night I saw a bright light in the sky that proceeded to fade away into nothing. It wasn't a plane or a helicopter or anything, it was just unidentified. I did my duty and told people, including MUFON. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera so my personal experience was just that, personal. But now I have video. That's right, I am officially applying for my Crackpot Card here on this blog. Please ignore my voice; I was talking to my wife briefly in the first video and then trying to call my sister who wouldn't answer her phone. Also, I sound really eager considering I carry a gun for a living and am 34. Creepily eager, in fact. Lastly, if you're a parent or an adult who is related to me, please excuse my language and just reassure yourself in the fact that I would NEVER speak like this in your presence. In the videos I took tonight the object is in the middle of the screens, pretty obviously the focus of my attention. It wasn't a star although it appears to flicker.

I watched this light for ten minutes and during that time it stayed in the same position in the sky. Also, it faded completely in and out several times as I watched but I didn't catch that on film; Though it does start to fade toward the end of both videos. These videos don't even begin to capture the brightness of this thing. At its most intense it lit up the surrounding clouds like the moon does on a cloudy night.

After the second vid I drove to a local golf course to try to get a better view of what this was but by the time I got there the light had disappeared and I didn't see it anymore tonight. Make of this what you will, I know what I saw and as you can hear me whining in the audio, I wish someone else had seen it, too.