As reported

Light over Granite City, IL

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

One large, orangeish light seen initially during thunder storm. Another similar light appeared a good distance away.

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 1999-04-05 → 1999-04-22

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December 4, 2020 · 6:00 PM · FORMATION

Granite City, IL

I walked outside in the back yard and looked up and noticed a string of lights approximately 20 or more and they were white in color and in a straight formation. I'm not sure but I would say that they were approximately 40 feet or more in between each of them. I did not hear any noise from them and ran in to get my wife who also witnessed this. I grabbed my iPad and tried to record it but it was unsuccessful. Soon after the lights rose up and vanished out of sight.

December 1, 2020 · 5:58 PM · LIGHT

Granite City, IL

I was standing in my backyard and when I turned around and looked up I saw two bright round lights hovering above me with no sound and they turned in unison and slowly went up. In around 4 more seconds, the ufo rapidly disappeared. I didn't have time to grab my phone/camera before it disappeared and was wondering if anyone else in Granite City seen it too.

August 8, 2010 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT