Silent house-sized bell disc-shaped UFO, Zanesville, Ohio

Occurred: 2026-05-09 23:00 Local (10:00 pm)
Reported: 2026-05-10 19:33 Pacific
Duration: 5-8 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Zanesville, OH, USA
Location details: Over an open field

Shape: Disk
Color: Dark grey
Estimated Size: House sized
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Object was SW of us moving NW
Angle of Elevation: 42
Heading: NW
Closest Distance: Under 500 yards
Estimated Speed: 2mph slow "float"
Characteristics: Lights on object

Silent house-sized bell disc, flat bottom, domed top, square cap, single top light, 8 rotating lights in triangle flash pattern, ~1mph,

Me and my wife were outside on our farm in Muskingum County Ohio on the night of May 9th 2026 around 11PM watching stars. No clouds, clear night, good moonlight. Out of nowhere this thing came from behind us, we didn't hear it coming at all, zero sound the whole time.

It entered my field of view and I immediately knew it wasn't normal. Hard edge, very obvious silhouette against the sky. We could clearly make out the shape in the moonlight. It was house-sized, bell shaped, flat on the bottom, domed on top, with a small square cap at the very top that had one single light on it. Eight lights on the craft were flashing in a triangular pattern as it slowly rotated. I could make out what looked like windows.

It was roughly 500 yards out, not directly overhead. It drifted slow and steady to the northwest in the direction of US Route 40. It covered my 4 acre field in about 3 to 4 minutes. We calculated that puts it at roughly 1.5 to 2 mph. It never changed speed, never changed altitude, just floated through and kept going until it was out of sight.

Complete silence the entire time. No engine, no hum, no prop wash, nothing.

Me and my wife separately drew sketches of what we saw without talking to each other first. The sketches match.

Recalculated speed: approximately 1.5 to 2 mph. Still slower than a bicycle. Conclusion unchanged.

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(Source: nuforc.org; May 13, 2026; https://tinyurl.com/224xha99)
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