I am a 63 year old retired law enforcement officer in southern ohio. on march 5th my girlfriend was in our backyard taking our dog out. she came running in the house and yelled at me to come out and look at something in the sky. there was a very bright object to the west and it was stationery for some 5 minutes or so. what was so unusual was that about every 30 seconds or so a light that wasn't as bright would shoot out of it to it's left. the objects would travel around probably 1/2 mile from it and then disappear. all together there was at least a dozen if not more of them. then the light shot straight up and disappeared. this was no helicopter and it was not flares that were coming from it. it was amazing to see. then on march 16 also around 9:30 pm, we were on our front porch which faces south towards kentucky and we saw the same bright star looking object. this time it was stationery for about a minute or two and then suddenly shot to the right and stayed there for about 30 seconds. it then zigzagged to the left and remained there for around 30 seconds also. very quick and fluid movements both times, definitley under intelligent control. it then moved to the east very fast, sat there for a minute and very slowly dropped straight down behind a house and we lost sight of it. i couldn't believe that within a 2 week period we saw what we did. i've seen a alot of crazy shit in my life, but this is at the top of my list. it really makes you want to do some stargazing. before i die i'd love to know who or what these things are and what they want. also makes you want to go out and buy a good video camera.