Columbus, Ohio: Research chemist sees silent aluminum-colored cigar-shaped object
At 5:15 p.m. on 27 September 1965 a research chemist driving near Columbus, Ohio, watched an aluminum-colored, cigar-shaped object move silently from east to west for 30–40 seconds, banking slightly once; newspapers reported a cigar-shaped object over Westerville that night.
Background
A research chemist saw an aluminum-colored, cigar-shaped object pass across the northern sky in front of his car near Columbus, Ohio. The object moved silently from east to west, banking slightly once to the southwest. Continuing his drive home, he watched it disappear behind the horizon after 30–40 seconds. Newspaper reports mentioned sightings of a cigar-shaped UFO that night in Westerville, Ohio. Eberhart cites the Cleveland Plain Dealer of 28 September 1965, which ran the report under the headline "UFO Probably a Meteor, Says Weatherman," and NICAP's The UFO Evidence, vol. 2. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.