Unknown over Oak Park, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
After hovering motionless for hours, a mysterious arial light performs aerodynamically impossible maneuvers.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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What would the paper say?
Sightings from the Project Blue Book era (through 1969) live in Record Group 341 at the National Archives. Through Aletheca, the house instrument, anyone can commission the request — filed, chased, and published in the open, refusals included. The draft goes over already written: the records sought, and the date window they would live in.
Routed to: National Archives and Records Administration · records window 1965-07-04 → 1965-07-21
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May 8, 2020 · 1:00 PM · LIGHT
Oak Park, IL
A friend of mine sent this video to me on 05/08/2020, taken either that day or the day before midday. I uploaded it to youtube but left it unlisted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIukJ-4R1co&feature=youtu.be As you can see, my friend recorded a flickering light that moved slowly across the sky for around a minute.
September 4, 2007 · 9:00 PM · DISK
Oak Park, IL
heard "humming" sound and then a brilliant flash went off. Within the flash was a disk shaped prism of rainbow colors.
June 25, 1999 · 6:30 PM · OTHER
Oak Park, IL
2 unidentidfied objects moving east-west. The first with 3 lobes, the second a rectanglular object with light at "front".