SE Ohio UFO Sighting Explained

So there I was sitting on my porch a couple nights ago like old people tend to do, and off to the south was a bright red-orange glowing disc in the sky. It was WAY too bright to be a star or a planet but it just hung there, just a huge red glowing disk. I watched it for a minute or so and then ran into the house to check flightradar14 to see if any aircraft were around and there wasn't. So then I run back outside and it was gone. In just 5 minutes it was gone. WTF

The next few days there were a lot of CV-22 tilt rotor helicopters flying around, and they are still outside flying north and south right now, so that was my clue. These aircraft have red and green LEDs on the tips of the rotors. The aircrew can control the color and brightness of the LEDs, and they are used to help with formation flying at night and other things.

Check out this video, I saw the kind of light you see at 40 seconds. It shows the green light but it can also be red.

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And here is an explanation: [link to theaviationist.com (secure)]


So, mystery solved. Pretty good for a 90 year old.