Sphere over Kewanee, IL
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Reddish-orange sphere seen outside Kewanee, IL
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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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 1989-10-08 → 1989-10-25
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May 29, 2017 · 5:15 AM · CHANGING
Kewanee, IL
I had just stepped out side and I saw something in the southern sky. I saw a blue to a teal green light with a smaller white light to the east of the blue one. Both lights looked to be part of the same object. I first thought I was looking at an airplane turning to the north. All the sudden the blue teal light gets very large and bright at the same time. That lasted no more then 2 seconds, then the white light grew in size and got brighter as the blue teal one shrunk in size. But did not grow to the size of the blue teal light. The lights looked to have had a grey haze around them. The white light shrunk to a dull red to amber color and disappeared.
October 11, 1989 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
Kewanee, IL
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Large glowing sphere was positioned almost directly overhead.