Well... After lurking on this site for many years, I'm finally taking the dive. So many time's I've wanted to chime in... So here I go.

Even though I live here (NEO as in N.E. Ohio) I don't contribute with this unfortunate statistic.

One of the top stories right now. I watched the video, and was almost rolling in the aisles.
(warning, this story includes: UFO's, Saskwatch, Lake Erie monster. )

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4534754/detail.html

No one else reported a blimp, so it must be a UFO...

(Can't wait for your collective witty replies)

Oh, this statement is begging for a Maksutov moment. 8-[

Maybe one of the guys who wanted to avoid to be drafted for service in Vietnam, never found the Canadian border and never caught the news. Like those japanese soldiers forgotten on some islands in the Pacific...

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I think this calls for reviving the wood chuck chucking wood pun thread. Man I miss that one.

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Hmmm... Hairy creature crossing Ohio highway?

Ok...Who let Robin Williams loose? Come on fess up!

I think it was one of them Cleveland Dawg Pound denizens that got lost in his quest to find a real football team. :P

Rumor has it that he almost made it to Pittsburgh too.. :wink:

Welcome to the board NEO.

It depends on what you mean real
Really good? Really stupid? I love to watch, but I rate the new browns with the new coke.

Thx for the welcome. I thought I'd start with this subject because I found this site when I was trying to figure out my first UFO (never thought alien, just unidentified). Turned out to be Iridium flare. Since then, saw some pretty wierd (but explainable) stuff.[/u]

Welcome NEOWatcher. Another fellow traveler from the sunny north coast.

I particularly liked this sentence from the article...
Ohio must also be home to some of the most bad grammar. For those who are not familiar with this website, it is the official website of the ABC affiliate in Cleveland. #-o

There was also this poll with the article....
Do you believe in UFOs?
Percentage of 4112 Votes
Yes 3268 79%
No 844 21%

I hope the yes votes meant "yes, I believe there exist objects that are unidentified, but that doesn't mean that are extra-terrestial in nature", but I really doubt that. Another #-o

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Well, one thing for sure, Ohio (or at least NewsChannel 5) appears to have some of the country's shortest cameramen.



Meanwhile, is it true that, in Ohio, "UFO" stands for "Unidentified Furry Object?



Finally, reliable sources have reported that the hairy creature was none other than Dennis Kucinich, who had been forced to leave his riverside refrigerator box when the Cuyahoga caught fire again and destroyed the vegan's residence.

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He has to be short to interview Dennis.

I was also trying to find a story they had about a local haunted theater, with all the pictures of the "orbs". I guess they cleaned thier lenses. I'm sure they'll come up with more stuff.

The worst part is, I used to think that this was one of the better news channels. :-?

It probably is one of the "better" ones, but better is a relative term - poor is relatively better than horrible. :wink:

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Ok; it's been 2 years since we had the second most UFO sightings...
NOW;

Cleveland has the most UFO investigators in the world
No; I'm not proud of that.

Aliens never saw a dam or factory before?

And the blimp was out, but no one reported the blimp that night... (from the OP)

It somehow seems appropriate they hold their meetings in a Funeral Home.

The video keeps calling the unknown sightings "paranormal".

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The video keeps calling the unknown sightings "paranormal".
you gotta admit, the people reporting the "sightings" are indeed not normal.

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I'm like one of those idiot savants...well, except for the savant part.

"A long time ago, yet somehow in the future"

Normally, I wouldn't consider something on YouTube to be worth mentioning by itself, but, this one is mentioned on the news today even though it is old.
( here as Lake Erie UFO Caught on tape...sorry, no direct link)

He's convinced it's ET. The station is re-airing it, because the first time, it caused problem with thier equipment.

This guy's YouTube is here with a description similar to today's story.
Anybody want to count the occurances of "dude"?
He also mentions a "refueling"...imagine that.

And doesn't apply to airplanes.

And they are right because they are not flying toward Eastlake... They seem to be headed toward Hopkins international airport along the same direction as the main runway.
They are...
Not from miles away.

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Wow. Your first post was also your first thread. And all about stupid not-actually-aliens! (Note that I'm not calling you stupid; your analysis of the recent sightings seems pretty spot-on to me.)

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