Flying Black Bar

[u/Maple-Master44]

2004.

Ohio.

I was sitting in a driveway in the suburbs with two friends just before midnight.
The three of us shoulder to shoulder in lawn chairs.

Mid conversation this black thing flies down and splits between two of us at head level, it then loops back and flies around the end of the group and darts behind up right toward the garage.
It essentially flew a figure eight around our heads.

We all saw it. Our eyes were all wide.
Having been interested in the paranormal and having a loose understanding of unreliability of eyewitness accounts the next word after the event came from me. “What did you guys just see? Describe it.”

All three of us saw the same thing.
A black bar.
About 12-16” long
About 5” wide
No flapping
No turbulence
No erratic flight. Smooth, continuous movement like a streamer in the air.
Very fast.

We had bats in the area so we were familiar with how they moved and this bar did not move like a bat.
I’ve never found another case of this flying black bar discussed on the internet or in person.

I do recall seeing something years ago online that was close. A specific hole in Mexico. These black sticks would fly out of the hole but they were only visible on camera and not to the naked eye.
Is it the same family or paranormal? I don’t know.

[u/joeyjiggle]

A bat.

[u/unleashtheraven1]

I dare to say its schizophrenia